Canadian Companies Loading up in the USA

Sorta what I thought as well, especially since he's got 11 years driving.

 

No, I don't think you're "stealing" U.S. jobs. I've got just short of 4 years driving, and have been a border jumper the whole time.

Now, bringing a load into the U.S., then having to make multiple pickups to get back to Ca., is done all the time. It's no different than a U.S. driver taking a load to Montreal, then deadhead down to Oakville for a pickup, then to say, Missasauga for another pickup, then back to the U.S. to drop it, then rinse repeat.

It seems the laws in the U.S. and Ca. parallel each other. I had run into something once I wasn't comfortable with though. I had picked up a load in Huntsville On. I think it was, and told to drop it in Milton, for another driver to bring it into the U.S.. Then I got an empty, and went elsewhere to get that load and bring it to N.Y. Just didn't seem right to me. The company, they have blue trucks, told me I was good to go. Ofcourse that was the weekend crew, and likely they didn't have a clue. I got away with it, but I don't feel it was right.


I know I'll get some raised eyebrows over this, but oh well, it's just my opinion. I really don't see what the problem is with cross border trucking, we're all North Americans, like it not. I do have a rather biased opinion on how that could be taken care, maybe I should post it in the Joke section.

I didn't go to the site yet that was offered to you, but that would likely help out a bit.

 

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/intl-programs/intl-programs.htm

Frequently asked Questions
Q. A Canadian driver is taking a shipment from Canada for delivery to a point in the United States. The dispatcher has been notified of a shipment destined to Canada that is located in another state. May the driver take an empty trailer (deadhead) from the delivery point to the other state to pick up the shipment and deliver it to Canada?
A. A driver may deadhead a trailer from one location to another within the United States PROVIDED the deadhead trailer is either the one the driver came in with or the one he or she is departing with. The driver may not haul an empty trailer from one location to drop it off at another location.
Q. Under what circumstances may a driver enter with an empty tractor?
A. 1) A driver may enter with an empty tractor to pick up a trailer for delivery to Canada or Mexico.
A. 2) The driver may enter with an empty tractor to pick up a loaded trailer or goods previously brought from Canada or Mexico and left at the port-of-entry or a Customs warehouse or lot for government inspection or entry processing by a government agency, even if the driver did not bring the goods. (Note - this only applies when the goods have been held for Federal inspection by a government agency. It does not apply to goods that have already cleared inspection.)

Q. Does the driver have to depart with the same trailer with which he or she entered the United States?
A. The driver may drop a trailer at one location and drive empty to another location to pick up a loaded trailer destined to Canada or Mexico.

Q. May a foreign driver taking a shipment from the United States to Canada also take merchandise destined to another point in the United States since it is on the way?
A. No. For Immigration purposes, that is considered point-to-point hauling within the United States and is not permitted. The driver may only take goods loaded in the United States to Canada or Mexico.

Q. May a driver perform associated functions such as loading and unloading cargo?
A. The driver may perform a function that is a necessary incident to international trade. Loading and unloading that is merely incidental to the primary purpose of transporting goods into or out of the United States is permitted.

Q. May a U. S. carrier employ foreign drivers?
A. A United States carrier may employ a foreign driver if the driver is engaged only in the international delivery of goods and cargo to or from the United States. The foreign driver must have an established foreign residence that he or she does not intend to abandon. The foreign driver may not engage in any domestic carriage of goods without employment authorization to work in the U.S.

Last Modified 02/28/2003

 

Ya got people like us? LOL

Talk about travelling across a number of states. How about a load coming from Menominee Mi, across the top to Levis PQ. Then deadhead all the way to Ottawa? One never knows what goes thru the minds of planners. LOL

 

Maybe he was using this part of the rules?
Cabotage Rules
The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) describes what Canadian drivers can and cannot do while operating in the United States.
Click here to download PDF

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4. Use of Canadian-based Vehicles for Domestic Transportation. Generally, the use of
Canadian-based vehicles for domestic movement of merchandise is prohibited. There is one exception. A domestic movement incidental to the immediate prior or subsequent engagement of a vehicle in international transportation is allowed. Incidental is defined as Ain the general direction of an export move or as part of the return movement to their
base country@. It includes a movement en route to the pick-up of an export move. For example, a Toronto, ON-based carrier transports merchandise originating in Toronto and
terminating in Miami, FL. The vehicle can then be used to pick up merchandise in Miami
for delivery to St Louis, MO (a domestic move) where an export move will be picked up
for delivery to Canada. The movement of merchandise from Miami to St Louis is
considered incidental to the immediate prior or subsequent engagement of such vehicle in
international transportation. The Canadian-based vehicle can also transport a domestic
move in the general direction of an export move and then immediately return empty to
Canada.
The purpose of this change in cabotage regulations was to allow more efficient and economical
utilization of vehicles both domestically and internationally.
INS Requirements:
1. Temporary Visitors for Business. Canadian truck drivers must meet the general entry
requirements as a visitor for business. The requirements include:
$ have a residence in a foreign country which he or she has no intention of
abandoning,
$ intend to depart the U.S. at the end of the authorized period of temporary
admission,
$ have adequate financial means to carry out the purpose of the visit to and
departure from the U.S., and
$ establish that he or she is not inadmissible to the U.S. under the provisions of
section 212(