What are the requirements to go to Canada?

Yeah. Have a look @ the website RickG pointed you to. You need either an Ontario CVOR (commercial vehicle operator's registration number) or if you file anywhere else in Canada you get an NSC number, stands for National Safety code. Both are simple to get, used to be free but I believe they're charging new registrants $100/year now. There will be a link on the website were you can likely file online. The CVOR will do you everywhere in Canada except Quebec, where you need to register for an NIR number, but I believe that is still free. Also, if you plan to go to British Columbia, or BC (stands for BRING CASH) you have to have your insurance on file with them. Sounds alot harder than it is, and while the log regs are different than the US, if you run your logs the same way you do at home you'll be fine as you are allowed 13 hours driving in Canada. The big difference is a reset in 36 hours in Canada instead of 34.

 

like i said. you need papers.

i don't do canada. so i don't know the whole shpeel. just what i've seen happen.

and word of the grapevine is no loads coming back out.

i know the last company always bounced back into montana for cars.

 

Very detail answer. You rock!

 

As mentioned, for 2 way operations, you need:
1) Canadian Carrier Code
2) CVOR to operate in Ontario
3) NIR and NEQ for Quebec ($500+ per year for NEQ typically)
4) Insurance filing for BC
5) PAPS labels and ACI manifests for entering Canada (although ACI enforcement hasn't started)
6) PARS labels and ACE manifests for entering the US
7) SCAC code
8) Knowledge of Canadian HOS
9) Hazmat in Canada requires carrying proof of certain Hazmat training
10) Knowledge of axle weight tolerances in Canada. For example, spread axle trailers are severely penalized on weight from Manitoba west. Penalty is so bad that it isn't practical to run spreads there.

See www.blueridgetmllc.com and www.borderconnect.com for info. We are customers of both. We used Blue Ridge for help with our Canadian Carrier Code, PAPS and PARS labels. We use Border Connect for ACI and ACE.

 

Although e-manifest isn't being enforced yet it takes time to register and carriers need to get with the program . I haven't heard a set enforcement date yet , just "sometime this Fall "

 

You're right Rick. They keep pushing it back as many carriers haven't registered yet. It would be a wise idea to do so though.

 

Funny how theres supposedly " no loads " but as they are our BIGGEST cross border trading partner a lot of freight gets moved each way.


Snowy you need to go up there sometime , roads are paved and everything , get to see the LINE up of LOADED trucks heading back to the USA from Canada

 

How can you tell the trucks are loaded just looking at them ?The most loaded trucks I saw crossing the Blue Water Bridge were trash haulers from Toronto . Haven't seen them lately so have only had 1 or 2 trucks ahead of me at the tolls .

 

you sure they are loaded????? cuz after all. trucks doooo have to come back.

i'm a criminal. i can't get in. so i can only by what the companies tell me.

 

Okay, I'll play. If it's a van trailer with a bolt seal on the door, it's loaded. if it's a reefer wagon and the little green light is lit on the unit, it's loaded. It may not have a bolt seal on depending what they're hauling as FDA may wanna inspect/seal it up @ the border. If it's a 4/5/6/7/8 axle trailer or B-train, and all the axles are on the ground, it's loaded. If the tarps don't seem to be rolled up on the deck of a flatbed, but rather seem to be tossed over something as to protect it from weather, good chance it's loaded. Tanks, as you well know, could very well be sealed from the wash rack for kosher, etc. so may in fact be deadheading.

Thanks for calling in!