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US border closures with Mexico, Canada extended through Sept. 21

Trucks lined up for inspection at the U.S.-Mexico border at the Port of Laredo. The U.S. land borders with Mexico and Canada will remain closed for non-essential travel through Sept. 21.

The closures of the U.S. land borders with Mexico and Canada for non-essential travel have been extended another month to curb the spread of COVID-19.

The land borders will remain closed through September 21, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf announced in a tweet on Friday morning.

The U.S. land borders have been closed to non-essential travel since March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Trucks have continued to move freight relatively freely across the Mexican and Canadian...

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Leaders say USMCA aiding border industries’ recovery from pandemic

The new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is already proving that keeping trade flowing through North America benefits all three nations, according to Ruth Hughs, Texas secretary of state.

“[Texas] would not be the economic powerhouse that we currently are without our trading partners in Mexico and in Canada,” Hughes said during a panel discussion, “USMCA implementation and the importance of regionalism,” on Thursday.

The panel was hosted by the El Paso, Texas-based Borderplex Alliance

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US-Canada border closure extended to Aug. 21

A view of trucks crossing the U.S.-Canada border. The border's closure for non-essential travel has been extended to Aug. 21

The U.S.-Canada border will remain closed for nonessential travel until Aug. 21 after both governments agreed to extend the restriction by 30 days to curb the spread of COVID-19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday.

Today, Canada and the United States have agreed to extend the temporary restriction of all non-essential travel across the Canada-US border by one month, until August 21st.

— Chrystia Freeland (@cafreeland) July 16, 2020

“We’re going to keep working closely with our...

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US-to-Canada truck crossings hit pre-COVID level

An aerial view of trucks at a U.S.-Canada border crossing. Truck crossings at the border have trended higher since April.

Truck crossings from the U.S. to Canada reached a pre-COVID-19 level last week, suggesting that the cross-border freight recovery didn’t miss a beat during two national holidays and the implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on trade.

About 85,000 truck drivers entered Canada from the U.S. during the week ending Sunday, data from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) released Tuesday shows. An almost identical number crossed during the comparable week in 2019. 

It...

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CBP finds 48 alleged stowaways in BNSF, UP trains at border

A photograph of people waiting in a long line inside a hallway.

Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently apprehended 48 people who allegedly sought to cross the U.S. border illegally from Mexico as stowaways on auto hauler rail cars operated by BNSF (NYSE: BRK) and Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP).

The incidents occurred between last Thursday and Saturday at the El Paso, Texas, port of entry.

In one incident on Thursday, CBP officers processing a northbound train at a Union Pacific (UP) rail crossing discovered 13 alleged stowaways in an auto...

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Border officers bust another truck with marijuana from Canada

Bags of marijuana seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers from a truck hauling garbage at the Canada-U.S. Border. Drug seizures at the border on the rise.

A garbage truck hauling waste from Canada became the latest commercial vehicle busted with marijuana hidden in its cargo as part of a rise in drug seizures at the U.S. border.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers found 418 pounds of marijuana in 15 trash bags after stopping the waste hauler after it crossed the Ambassador Bridge into Detroit on June 19, officials said on Monday, June 21. 

It followed two much larger marijuana seizures involving Canadian trucks crossing the Peace...

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Truck crossings have the best week since US-Canada border closed

Trucks wait to enter cross the Canada-U.S. border at the Peace Bridge linking Ontario and New York. Cross-border truck traffic rose last week.

More than 100,000 trucks crossed the United States-Canada border last week, a level not seen since it closed to non-essential travel in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) announced on Wednesday, June 17, that just over 101,000 truck drivers crossed into Canada from the United States during the week ending June 14. The tally, which roughly corresponds to individuals trucks, has trended upward since April.

Last week’s border tally still represented a...

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US-Canada border closure has silver linings, customs broker says

Trucks crossing the U.S.-Canada border.

Since the United States-Canada border closed to nonessential travel in March, trucks have continued to move goods between the countries freely, even benefiting from the drop in car traffic. But one particular corner of the supply chain stopped in its tracks: the informal cross-border logistics of ordinary Canadians and small businesses.

“When the borders closed, getting those items across got more difficult,” Graham Robins, president and CEO of Vancouver-based A & A Customs Brokers, told...

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US to Canada truck border crossings rebound

A view from a live web camera of trucks crossing the U.S-Canada border via the Peace Bridge

The number of trucks crossing the U.S.-Canada border reached its highest level since late March, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) data shows.

Nearly 86,000 truckers entered Canada from the U.S. during the week ending May 31. That represents a decline of almost 22% compared to a year ago, the CBSA said late on Wednesday, June 3.

U.S. freight volumes have surged since the Memorial Day weekend. (Video: FreightWaves)

The latest data point offers yet another positive signal for cross-border freight

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Today’s Pickup: More trucks continue to cross US-Canada border

The U.S.-Canada border crossing at Blue Water Bridge links Port Huron, Michigan and Point Edward, Ontario

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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) reported an uptick in truck drivers crossing to Canada from the U.S. last week. It’s another encouraging sign for cross-border freight during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Just over 81,000 truckers crossed the U.S.-Canada border during the week ending May 17, the CBSA reported on May 19. It’s the highest tally since the week ending March 29. Also impressive is that this happened leading up to Monday’s Victoria Day holiday.

The number of crossings – which...

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