* Ontario / Canada - Sensors could lead to better border traffic predictability
-- Truck tie-ups have become legion at the busiest commercial crossing between Canada and the US, the Ambassador Bridge. But, as in so many other areas of life, rapidly evolving technology might provide a solution to frustrated truckers, shippers and consignees... The University of Windsor’s Cross-Border Institute is developing a sensors-based system that could aid trucking firms by going beyond letting them know what current traffic patterns are at the bridge, to predicting what to expect in an hour or two...
(Photo: Border shakeup ) -- Windsor, ONT, CAN - Fleet Owner, by Ron Stang - September 23, 2015
** Michigan / USA - Trucking may miss out on cross-border benefit. The ACE Cargo Release implementation into early 2016
-- The decision by the Customs Border Patrol (CBP) agency back in August to delay implementation of certain portions of its Automated Commercial Environment or “ACE” cross-border freight protocols until Feb. 28 next year won’t cause any problems for truckers, namely, being able haul freight across the U.S.-Canadian border without being locked into a specific port of entry... The good news for motor carriers, though, is that CBP has not added any other electronic requirements regarding freight bills/cargo checks at this point. “As carriers are not directly impacted, there should be little affect from the ACE delay,” said Craig Seelig, product manager for customs and compliance for the Americas at transportation software firm WiseTech Global...
Detroit, MICH, USA - Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr - Sep 23, 2015
Labels: border crossings, border news
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