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Oct 14, 2014

CROSS-BORDER TRUCKING * USA / Mexico: Questions remain for cross-border trucking as pilot program nears end

* DC - OOIDA: 83 percent of miles traveled by participants have been within the border zone

Washington,DC,USA -Overdrive, by Jill Dunn -October 02, 2014: -- With the expiration of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s cross-border trucking pilot program with Mexico coming Oct. 14, both the future of cross-border trucking and the effectiveness of the agency’s three-year test are unclear... The agency has said little about the next steps of potential cross-border partnership between the two countries, and the program fell well below the participate level. Federal officials said they would need to accurately gauge the safety of Mexican carriers operating outside of the border zone... The agency met its target number of inspections — hitting 5,455, as of Sept. 21. But it fell well short of the 46 carriers needed, with just 13 participating currently... The 2011 agreement between the two nations — as well as the previous program — stipulated that Mexico provide reciprocal authority for U.S.A. carriers. Ten U.S.A. carriers participated in the 2007 program, and they were allowed to continue operation in Mexico after the United States (of A.) terminated that program in 2009... In April 2011, four of the 10 carriers still operated in Mexico. Most U.S.A. trucking firms offering services there do through a partnership with a Mexican trucking company, the report said...

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