The North American Cargo Securement Standard is a Canada-US co-operative project jointly administered by the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA) and the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA).

Since 1994 there has been active and close collaboration between representatives of governments and industry in both Canada and the United States in pursuit of developing and implementing uniform regulatory requirements for securement of cargo on highway transport vehicles.

Key milestones in this collaboration include:

• September 2010: Changes Effective January 1, 2011

• December 2009: Changes Effective January 1, 2010
  - Requirement to use tiedowns marked with Working Load Limit - Updated December 2, 2010
  - Requirement to use automatic tiedown tensioning devices for securement of logs loaded crosswise

• October 2005: Interpretation Guides on the NSC Standard and on Securement of Dressed Lumber and Similar Building Materials on Flatbed Trucks and Trailers
  
  
• June 2005: US FMSCA Issued Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (RIN 2126 - AA88)
  
  
• July 2005: New regulations based on North American Standard to come into effect in Canada
  
  
• September 2004: Canada – new NSC Standard approved. National Safety Code Standard 10 – Cargo Securement.
  
  
• January 2004: New regulations based on North American Standard came into effect in the United States
  
  
• November 2003: Training program (two-day course) completed. Materials available: Instructor's Manual, Participant's Guide, Driver's Handbook.
  
  
• January 2003: Model Regulation (Draft 5) revised and updated to reflect provisions of final rulemaking in United States
  
  
• September 2002: Joint Canada/US effort to develop training program to accompany new regulations launched