Understanding the Canadian Freight Market – Part 5 – Some Tips for Shippers

Understanding the Canadian Freight Market – Part 5 – Some Tips for Shippers

9 years ago

The first four blogs in this series looked at the fundamentals of road and rail transportation within Canada and between Canada and the United States. This blog will focus on a set of Best Practices in Canadian Freight Transportation. Here are a few thoughts to consider if you wish to be proficient in this area. […]

Understanding the Canadian Freight Market – Part 4 – Cross-Border Freight Transportation

9 years ago

The last blog in this series examined road and rail transportation within Canada; this blog will focus cross-border freight transportation. Please note that there are a set of processes and procedures (http://www.dantranscon.com/index.php/blog?view=entry&id=241 ) that must be followed in order to move goods successfully between the United States and Canada. Please refer to the second blog […]

Understanding the Canadian Freight Market – Part 2 – Canada is America’s Top Trading Partner

9 years ago

In my last blog, I provided an overview of Canada’s economy and demographics. In this blog, I will outline the importance of trade to Canada, and the United States, and then touch on some of the key variables that facilitate the trading process. Canada has been a major trading nation for many years. Well before […]

Has your Company Mastered Cross-Border Trade between Canada and the United States?

11 years ago

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2014. Since the enactment of NAFTA in 1994, trade between the United States, Canada and Mexico has increased almost 200 percent to an estimated $930 billion. The cross-border flow of goods between the U.S. and Canada has grown to $400 billion. A […]

NAFTA Rail Revenues Set to Grow

12 years ago

In my last bog I looked at how the near-shoring movement and a host of other factors are contributing to an economic boom in Mexico. I also discussed how the privatization of the Mexican rail industry has led to the improvement in Mexico’s rail network. These enhancements combined with lower costs and faster customs clearance […]

Almost 20 years since NAFTA, the Mexican Freight Boom May Finally Be Here – Intermodal Shipping may be Big Winner

12 years ago

It is hard to believe that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into effect on January 1, 1994, almost twenty years ago. Like so many of us in the industry at the time, my colleagues and I rushed down to Laredo/Nuevo Laredo and other key Mexican points to learn the intricacies of the […]

What is happening to Surface Trade between the NAFTA Countries?

13 years ago

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, Canada and Mexico, was 6.6 percent higher in June 2012 than in June 2011, totaling $82.6 billion, unadjusted for inflation according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation. Adjusted for inflation and […]