We brought Ericcoyote in to review our cross-border routing after a new terminal opened in Windsor. The first month was about understanding how our fleet actually moved under the Motor Vehicle Transport Act—not just the route maps, but the permit gaps and the hours-of-service pressure points.
The team walked through three specific corridors: Windsor to Detroit, Sarnia to Port Huron, and Fort Erie to Buffalo. For each one they checked our carrier authority filings, the actual driver logs, and the customs clearance times. What stood out was the attention to the Act's requirement for continuous movement—our drivers were losing time at secondary inspections because we hadn't aligned the load documents with the federal record-keeping rules.
By the end of the month we had a revised routing plan that cut two hours off the Windsor-Detroit run and a checklist for every cross-border dispatch. The compliance side alone saved us from a potential audit flag. It's not flashy work, but it's the kind of detail that keeps a fleet running without surprises.