The claim is self evident. I am comparing the added tasks of unloading and loading to the alternative of not performing these tasks. If it was efficient to load and unload, there would not be a debate about Mexican truckers coming into the US.
“The claim is self evident.”
Fair argument.
“If it was efficient to load and unload, there would not be a debate about Mexican truckers coming into the US.”
Being part of full implementation of NAFTA, the issue would indeed still be on the table.
Our current system allows us to take a truck and trailer into Mexico, drop it at a loading facility, and pick it up in transit to the US using the most direct, safe, and approved method. Or, we could just sit and wait on it...for 2,3,4, or even 5 days. LOL
When I drove, I used to have a regular beer customer, with beer coming from Mexico going into Canada. I would drive into Tecate from Cali., over the mountains (on the dirt roads), park my truck inside of their building, and take a room a few bldg’s down. They’d come and get me when it was ready to go. I never had a problem, people were great, and I enjoyed it. I wouldn’t even think of doing that nowadays.
We currently have in place, with Canada, the NAFTA system of reciprocity, and the Canadians cheat like crazy. It DOES hurt us, noticeably, in the refrigerated and “open” freight (Flatbed/Step Decks, Double Drops, RGN’s, etc) segments.
The Canadians, at least, have some class about it and try not to make themselves too visible and, generally, don’t cause problems.
OTOH, we get the heck harassed out of us when we go into Canada, starting at the border. This is especially true in the Eastern Provinces. {wink-wink}
With the exception of a few places in North Western Manitoba, I won’t even send a truck East of Saskatchewan anymore.
Do all you Ivory Tower types live in a bubble? There are far more serious consequences to this issue than mere ‘efficency’.