Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of U.S.-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico won’t prohibit double tractor-trailers; Mexican government delays ban on genetically modified corn; Arizona border port of entry project receives $8M; and B.I.G. Logistics acquires Mexican customs broker and 3PL.
Mexico won’t ban double tractor-trailers on roads
After more than a year of debate, Mexican lawmakers nixed an initiative that would have banned double...
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico reconsiders banning double tractor-trailers; New Mexico announces $72M air cargo facility; Texas seafood importer sues government for blocking shipment; and trucker receives nine-year prison sentence for drug smuggling.
Mexico reconsiders banning double tractor-trailers
Lawmakers in Mexico are once again considering an initiative that would ban the use of double...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/borderlands-mexico-reconsiders-ban-on-double-tractor-trailers
Truck drivers who want to take on double trailers at UPS (NYSE: UPS) will likely see a faster route to the job thanks to a new training exemption from federal regulators.
The five-year exemption, which applies only to UPS, allows the company to provide behind-the-wheel training in twin 28-foot trailers — known as doubles — for candidates holding a learner’s permit, rather than having to wait until the trainees get their CDL as required by federal law.
In approving the exemption, the Federal Motor...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ups-gets-driver-training-exemption-for-double-trailers
Federal regulators remain unconvinced that UPS (NYSE: UPS) can maintain safety standards if the company were to be exempted from certain provisions included in new driver-training rules.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for the second time has denied a request by UPS that the company not need to adhere to a requirement that training instructors for its long-haul drivers have two years of experience driving a commercial truck, according to a ruling to be published Tuesday.
FMCSA...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ups-fails-in-second-shot-at-bypassing-driver-trainer-rules
Drayage trucks hauling freight to and from Louisiana shipping ports are now able to pull a tandem of 20-foot containers under a new law aimed at addressing supply chain concerns across the state.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signed the bill into law on June 17 after it passed both chambers of the state’s legislature.
The law aims to reduce the number of containers delayed at shipping facilities across Louisiana by using fewer trucks to haul them, along with increasing the volume of shipments...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/louisiana-approves-tandem-load-hauling-for-drayage-trucks