* DC - Annually the value almost $15 billion
Washington,DC,USA -Bloomberg News/Transport Topics -15 May 2013: -- Delays at U.S.-Mexico border crossings cost the U.S. economy $7.8 billion in 2011 as improvements lagged behind traffic growth... And the cost could rise to almost $15 billion annually if the value of U.S.-Mexico truck trade reaches $463 billion by 2020 as predicted... The Senate’s debate of an overhaul of the nation’s immigration system is focused on securing remote stretches of the border instead of long-needed improvements in technology, infrastructure and staffing at border crossings... The Senate bill includes funding for 3,500 additional Customs officers and earmarks $6.5 billion for border security, Bloomberg said... With few exceptions, monthly surface trade among NAFTA trading partners Mexico, the United States and Canada have risen steadily every month in a year-over-year basis, according to U.S. Department of Transportation data... Modernizing land ports of entry, which average more than 40 years old, would cost $6 billion according to a 2011 Customs and Border Protection report, with about half that cost earmarked for the southern border...
* DC - FMCSA to eliminate 'defect-free' equipment reports for motor carriers
Washington,DC,USA -Land Line, by David Tanner -9 May 2013: -- Motor carriers that operate more than one truck are currently required to retain records of post-trip driver-vehicle inspection reports known as DVIRs, regardless of whether the report shows any defects to the equipment. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration plans to file a rule to eliminate the reporting requirement if a post-trip inspection finds no equipment defects... Drivers would still be required to conduct post-trip inspections, but would only be required to fill out a DVIR if the inspection found any defects to report to the motor carrier. One-truck owner-operators are exempt from the reporting requirement and are not required to process and retain DVIRs... Polly Trottenberg, U.S. Department of Transportation undersecretary of policy, told that eliminating the reporting requirement for interstate motor carriers would save the trucking industry $1.5 billion per year... The agency has already eliminated the reporting requirement for intermodal equipment haulers. The FMCSA estimates savings from the June 2012 final rule at $54 million for the intermodal industry...Labels: trucking industry news USA
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