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Safety, compliance and registrations for carriers on both sides of the border.

From CVOR and DOT audits to IFTA filings, weight-distance taxes and C-TPAT, one team keeps your safety record and your paperwork in order.

Safety & compliance consulting

Reviews, audits and systems that keep your safety record clean.

01 · Ontario · Canada

CVOR & NSC compliance

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Your CVOR record follows every inspection, conviction and collision. We read it with you, explain what is driving it, and build a plan to bring it under control.

What’s included

  • CVOR abstract review and trend explanation
  • Root-cause review of inspections, convictions and collisions
  • Response planning after an MTO letter or interview request
  • National Safety Code requirements for carriers operating outside Ontario
  • Record-keeping setup so the next abstract tells a better story

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02 · MTO · FMCSA

MTO & DOT audit preparation

NSC 15Facility auditNew EntrantCompliance review
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An audit looks at your records, not your intentions. We run a mock audit against the same areas, show you the gaps, and help you close them before the auditor arrives.

What’s included

  • Mock MTO facility audit or U.S. DOT compliance review using your real files
  • Gap report ranked by risk
  • Document request list and audit-day preparation
  • Corrective-action plan after an audit result

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03 · United States

FMCSA / CSA administration

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Crossing into the U.S. brings a second rulebook. We keep your U.S. safety data, registrations and records in order.

What’s included

  • CSA / SMS score monitoring and BASIC review
  • DataQs challenges where inspection or crash records are wrong
  • MCS-150 biennial update support
  • U.S. record-keeping checklist for your office

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04 · Canada & U.S.

Driver qualification files

49 CFR 391AbstractsMedicals
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Driver files are where audits start and where most carriers lose points. We check every file against what each jurisdiction expects and give you a gap list per driver.

What’s included

  • Applications, abstracts, road tests and previous-employer checks
  • Medical certificate and licence expiry tracking
  • Annual review records
  • A file structure your office can keep up without us

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05 · Canada & U.S.

ELD & logbook auditing and monitoring

SOR/2005-313O. Reg. 555/0649 CFR 395ELD
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Log violations show up at roadside and in audits. We audit your logs the way an auditor would, then keep monitoring them so problems are caught while they are small.

What’s included

  • Log audits against Canadian and U.S. hours-of-service rules
  • Ongoing weekly or monthly ELD monitoring with exception reports
  • Unassigned driving, edits and personal conveyance review
  • Supporting documents: fuel, bills of lading, trip records

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06 · Cross-border carriers

DOT drug & alcohol testing program

49 CFR 38249 CFR 40Clearinghouse

Carriers sending CDL drivers into the U.S. need a DOT-compliant testing program. We set yours up and manage it, with tests done by certified collection sites and laboratories.

What’s included

  • Enrolment in a DOT-compliant random testing consortium
  • Pre-employment, random, post-accident and reasonable-suspicion testing coordination
  • Program policy and supervisor training records
  • FMCSA Clearinghouse queries and reporting

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07 · Drivers & office staff

Driver safety training

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Practical sessions that keep drivers and dispatchers current on the rules they are inspected against.

What’s included

  • Hours of service and ELD use
  • Pre-trip inspection and defect reporting
  • Load security and cargo securement
  • Roadside inspection: what officers check and how to prepare
  • Training records for your driver files

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08 · All carriers

Safety program & policy manual

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A written safety program that matches how you actually operate, with practical policies your office and drivers can follow.

What’s included

  • Safety policy manual written for your operation
  • Maintenance, inspection and defect-reporting procedures
  • Collision and incident reporting procedures
  • Annual review schedule

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09 · Ongoing

Monthly compliance support

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Most problems come from things expiring quietly. A monthly plan keeps someone watching your records.

What’s included

  • Monthly CVOR and CSA review
  • Expiry tracking for medicals, licences, registrations and permits
  • Monthly log sampling
  • One point of contact when a regulator gets in touch

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Registrations, authorities & tax filings

The paperwork that lets your trucks run, filed correctly and renewed on time.

Ontario

CVOR registration

New CVOR certificates, renewals, fleet-size changes and updates to your operator details.

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United States

USDOT number

New USDOT registration, MCS-150 updates and reactivation for carriers operating in the U.S.

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United States

MC number (operating authority)

For-hire interstate operating authority, BOC-3 process agent filing and insurance filing follow-up.

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United States

UCR registration

Annual Unified Carrier Registration, filed before the deadline every year.

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Canada & U.S.

International Registration Plan (IRP)

Apportioned plates and cab cards, new accounts, renewals and adding jurisdictions or units.

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Canada & U.S.

IFTA licence & quarterly tax filing

IFTA licence and decals, quarterly fuel-tax returns prepared from your mileage and fuel records, and record-keeping for IFTA audits.

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Oregon

Oregon weight-mile tax

Oregon highway-use account, permits and weight-mile tax reporting for trucks entering Oregon.

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New York

New York Highway Use Tax (HUT)

HUT certificate, decals and returns for trucks running in New York State.

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Kentucky

Kentucky weight-distance tax (KYU)

KYU number and weight-distance tax returns for trucks travelling in Kentucky.

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New Mexico

New Mexico weight-distance tax

New Mexico weight-distance tax permit and returns for trucks entering New Mexico.

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Start-ups

New carrier setup

A registration road map for Ontario and cross-border operation, and a record-keeping system from day one.

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Cross-border security & trade programs

Programs that speed up border crossings and help win shipper contracts.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

C-TPAT

Guidance through the requirements and application for the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, and help keeping your security profile current.

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Canada Border Services Agency

Partners in Protection (PIP)

Guidance through the requirements and application for CBSA’s Partners in Protection program.

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Canada Border Services Agency

Customs Self Assessment (CSA)

Support through each part of the CBSA Customs Self Assessment carrier application.

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Fuel efficiency program

SmartWay

Help joining SmartWay, the freight-efficiency partnership many shippers ask their carriers to belong to, and preparing your annual reporting.

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Tickets & roadside

Help when an inspection or a ticket threatens your record.

Ontario & U.S.

Ticket & inspection review

We review tickets and roadside inspection reports, look for errors, and explain the effect on your CVOR or CSA record. For court representation we work with licensed paralegals.

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Registrations, tax returns and program applications are filed with the responsible government agency, and fees charged by those agencies are separate. We do not represent clients in court; for that we work with licensed paralegals. We do not promise audit results.

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