Mexican trucks

FMCSA opens comment period for twelfth participant in Cross Border Pilot Program

FMCSA opens comment period for twelfth participant in Cross Border Pilot Program

FMCSA has announced the 12th Mexican motor carrier to successfully pass it’s Pre Authorization Safety Audit and is asking for public comments prior to issuing the carrier provisional operating authority. Servicio de Transporte Internacional y Local SA de CV (STIL) of Cd. Juarez Chihuahua, is bringing 20 tractors and 13 drivers into the program which … Continued

DC Appeals Court “Green Lights” Cross Border Pilot Program – Opponents respond with lies and misinformation

DC Appeals Court “Green Lights” Cross Border Pilot Program – Opponents respond with lies and misinformation

This morning, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals gave opponents of Cross Border Trucking yet another devastating yet unsurprising loss in their efforts to prevent Mexican trucks from operating in the United States. Not all Mexican trucks of which there are thousands with legal authority to operate, but a select few enrolled in the Cross … Continued

Mexico’s SCT Moves Forward with NOM-68

Mexico’s SCT Moves Forward with NOM-68

On March 22, the Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) in Mexico published its proposed Mexican Official Standard NOM-68 in the Official Gazette, similar to the Federal Register in the U.S.  NOM-68 addresses federal inspection standards for CMVs in Mexico. There is a 60-day comment period for the proposal. All comments must be submitted in … Continued

The day the circus came to town – DC Court of Appeals hears oral arguments from Teamsters & OOIDA

Lawyers for OOIDA and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and their allied bogus safety groups such as Public Citizen were in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, DC, on Thursday, Dec. 6, trying once again to get a court to stop the Mexican cross-border trucking program. This is not the first time these groups … Continued

New U.S.-Mexico Truck Cargo Agreement soon to be unveiled

2014 will be the 20th anniversary of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and love it or hate it, what a ride it’s been, and the next 20 years will be even better. At the opening of the NAFTA 2.0 conference held in San Antonio this past week to commemorate 20 years since the signing … Continued