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Cross-Border Trucking Complicated By Language, ID Systems
ASHINGTON — Language barriers, multiple identification systems, congestion and delays are some of the challenges the trucking industry faces at the nation’s borders, industry executives said.
In addition, the lack of a harmonized regulatory policy between the United States, Canada and Mexico makes for a “never-ending battle about who and what policy we are supposed to be in compliance with,” said Gary Nichols, director of business development for Contract Freighters Inc., Joplin, Mo.“This compounds day-to-day challenges we face when transporting goods across the Mexican border,” Nichols said Jan. 24 during the Transportation Research Board’s annual conference here.
