Truck manifest comes to New York

Truck manifest comes to New York       Deployment and testing of the new automated truck manifest system is currently underway at border checkpoints in the state of New York, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced in a Federal Register notice.
   CBP this year has been phasing in along the Canadian and Mexican borders its new electronic manifest system for collecting international shipment data from motor carriers.
   The system is voluntary but the agency will eventually mandate that cross-border truckers file their paperwork electronically to speed up processing at ports of entry.
   According to the announcement, the system will be deployed at the Peace Bridge near Buffalo after July 10 and at the Lewiston Bridge, the other major crossing in the area, after Aug. 12. The installation process has been ongoing at smaller border stations since late June.