BORDER CONTROLS * USA - Truckers say new regs won't jam borders

Truckers here say they're prepared for the new regulations

Burlington,VT,USA -USA TODAY -30 May 2009: -- Americans returning from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and parts of the Caribbean will need more than a driver's license to get back into the USA beginning Monday — and efforts are underway to prevent that from turning into a truck backlog at the borders... Commercial truckers in this border state, home of one of the nation's busiest border crossings, are among those who will be affected by the more stringent documentation requirements, the latest in a series of anti-terrorism efforts put in place after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C... In implementing the new requirements, the Department of Homeland Security faces a tricky balancing act: trying to secure the nation's 5,000 miles of border with Canada and 1,900 miles of border with Mexico while not disrupting trade. On an average day last year, Customs officers processed more than 70,000 truck, rail and sea containers... The trucking industry is "well prepared" for the change, said Clayton Boyce, vice president of public affairs for the American Trucking Associations... (Photo by Morris Lamont/AP - As new travel documentation requirements are put in place at U.S. border crossings Monday, officials are hoping to avoid scenes like this one: trucks backed up in Canada, 17 miles north of USA border on Sept. 12, 2001, the day after the 9/11 terror attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C.)


* Canada - TA boss 'nervous' as border ID rule looms


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Ottawa,ONT,CAN -Today's Trucking -29 May 2009: -- Canada's leading trucker rep is waiting anxiously for the new Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative ID rules to kick-in on Monday, June 1... Even though the Canadian Trucking Alliance helped avert potential border chaos this week by convincing US Customs to make some last minute changes to its policy, CTA boss, David Bradley, worries that the message from head office in Washington may not have filtered down to all of the front line officers at land border points... Acceptable forms of ID include a passport, FAST card or a security enhanced drivers' licence... (Map Google)