Development of A Uniform North American Cargo .PPT

A Uniform North American Cargo Securement Standard Overview of Proposed Model Regulation March 1999 A Uniform, North American Cargo Securement Standard Expectation: a performance based cargo securement standard which can be uniformly implemented and applied throughout North America Process: joint effort, open discussion and collaboration between governments and stakeholders from Canada and United States Background Research program to address problems with cargo securement developed by Ontario MTO in early ‘90’s Research conducted under sponsorship and direction of joint Canada-U.S., public-private partnership Research testing completed in early 1997 Findings delivered to joint Canada/United States committee to support development of new regulations Standard Development - Organization Standards Harmonization Committee open membership eight meetings held from 1996 to fall 1998 broad participation from both governments and industry federal, state and provincial governments trucking industry shippers equipment manufacturers Meeting Results Performance Criteria ~ the fundamental basis for cargo securement requirements Format of standard ~ review of existing regulations and models used in other countries Evolutionary process ~ variety of expectations simple standard: clear, usable and enforceable practical guide: advice based on research and testing results Meeting Results Convergence to consensus agreement on scope and application of standard agreement on performance criteria agreement on framework for standard: general requirements which apply to all cargo specific requirements for commodities which pose high risk or challenges to securement agreement on list of specific commodities North American Standard development of a “model” regulation which can be implemented throughout North America ultimate vision of standard in two parts: “Model Regulation” ~ the regulatory aspects of the proposed standard “The Guide” ~ elaboration on the regulations, what’s req