Hazmat border crossing

I'm scheduled to haul a hazmat load from the US to Canada. Are there any specific rules that I need to know about Canada that differ from the US?.

 

Depends on the load and the requirements. Your average hazmat load, not really. Don’t need to stop at rail crossings like you do stateside.

 

It's basic flammable, nothing particularly nasty. Good to know about the railroad crossings. I haven't been to this customer yet, but other nonhazmat loads that I have hauled take me over rail tracks going across the trans canadian/20 in Quebec.

I can imagine the chaos I would cause coming to a full stop on a 62 MPH highway.

 

You have to stop for R/R crossings in Quebec unless they are exempt.

 

I will check if it has signage saying it is exempt...assuming I can figure out the French.

 

Check online to see if there is any restrictions on where you are crossing.
Ambassador bridge is no hazmat.
There is one class that is restricted at Bluewater.
And I think you are supposed to notify the peace bridge about a hour before you cross.

 

Thanks, it was a land crossing didn't see any restrictions posted at the crossing. Made it to the customer without issue, only one RR crossing on a side street which I stopped for, didn't check if it was exempt or not.

 

Yeah it's not really the border that has a problem with hazmat. More of bridges and tunnels to get to some of them. Always a good idea to do a Google search to make sure there is nothing special about crossing somewhere with hazmat. Last thing you want is any undo trouble hauling hazmat.

 

You can't use the tunnel in Montreal with dangerous goods on board. Not sure if its still the Fontaine tunnel, they have a way of changing names of main roads etc after a local election. Bridges are not a issue.

 

They opened Ambasador Bridge, Windsor-Detroit for few months ago for some hazmat freight. I'm puling right now an automotive load of door assemblys with airbags , pyrotechnic cartridges ,Class 9 I'll cross in Windsor . I've been crosding this loads for many years via Port Huron/Sarnia only. Years ago I used to pull garbage from Ontario to Michigan , we could exit in Port Huron only, and only return empty through Windsor, but over past months I have seen garbage trucks entering USA in Detroit. A couple of weeks ago in came into Canada with a load of corrosive ckeaning materials, not sure what hazmat class, and had to go via Sarnia.