Borderlands: Mexico

Convoy CEO Dan Lewis’ presentation on Tuesday was titled “Your Problems are Our Obsession: Things I Learned by Sneaking into Warehouses and Camping Outside Truck Stops.”

Walmart’s new $42 million omnichannel distribution center in Ciudad Chihuahua will serve 58 stores in northern Mexico.

“Future of work” innovator Eric Termuende opens CSCMP’s 2020 conference explaining how to create successful teams in the new virtual workplace.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers recently seized $14 million worth of drugs in several border incidents.

Truckload volumes and rates may have plateaued…for now.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexican train blockade costing millions; Toyota and VW expand in Mexico; tire manufacturer opens Houston facility; Xxentria opens border operation; US, Mexico and Canada extend border closures.

CBP’s Virtual Trade Week featured talks on the USMCA, forced labor, e-commerce, and how emerging technology is changing trade.

“China and tariffs: Why COVID has actually increased cargo yields” was the topic of a virtual fireside chat at the American Shipper Global Trade Tech Summit.

Longer truck wait times at Otay Mesa were reportedly caused by changes to customs requirements by Mexican officials.

“Forager: Manically focused on cross-border with tech” was the topic of a virtual fireside chat at American Shipper’s Global Trade Tech summit.

CBP’s expansion project at the Pharr Port of Entry in South Texas is aimed at speeding up commercial agriculture processing.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, Amazon presses the gas on holiday hiring, a judge allows truck tolls to continue in Rhode Island and police hunt for a motive behind the killing of a truck driver.

An Odessa, Texas-based company must face a $500,000 lawsuit over alleged damage to a wastewater pipeline.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Border trucking capacity remains tight; Schneider Electric expanding in Tijuana; new highway in Mexico to boost cross-border trade; Ceva Logistics expands in Latin America.

Truck driver Christopher Sedrick Brown pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 132 kilograms (292 pounds) of marijuana.

In August, Mexico’s production of heavy-duty vehicles was 12,592 units, a decrease of 30% compared to the same period in 2019.

Some U.S. importers worry the Trump administration’s actions could lead to new tariffs or other restrictions.

Mexican cartels are using more commercial trucks to smuggle drugs across the border, CBP acting commissioner says.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, General Motors and Nikola Corp. strike a deal for fuel cells; diesel engines are a big winner from the fallout of the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal; and trucking’s exemption from AB5 could be at risk.

CBP’s Virtual Trade Week symposium kicked off Tuesday with a panel on the advantages of United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

Illinois-based hardware giant joins The Home Depot and Walmart as U.S. retail companies betting big on Mexico’s home improvement market.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: FedEx Logistics expands in El Paso, Texas; Stanley Black and Decker picks Mexico for new plant; Grupo TMM appoints new CEO; CBP officers seize $4 million worth of narcotics.

The new factories from Boston-based Creation Technologies, Austria-based Pollmann International and El Paso, Texas-based MFG Solutions, Luxembourg-based Ikano Industries, and Milwaukee Tools will create more than 3,400 new jobs in Mexico.

Key ports and roads across the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast remain closed in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura.

Hurricane Laura is closing in on the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast and is expected to bring extreme winds and a “catastrophic” storm surge of possibly 20 feet of water.

“The scope of methamphetamine abuse in the U.S. is on the rise,” said Andrew Douglas, port director for the Laredo port of entry.

Hurricane Laura is predicted to make landfall near Port Houston, part of the nation’s largest logistics hub for oil, gas and petrochemicals.

Laura is expected to make landfall late Wednesday night, hitting the Gulf Coast somewhere near the Texas-Louisiana border.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, prosecutors have indicted 11 for staging truck accidents. Plus, Mike Boeglin’s widow is still searching for answers in her husband’s murder, and TFI International is hit by a ransomware attack.

Five companies recently announced big plans in Mexico, including two new factories and several major expansion projects.

Another massive weekly gain in outbound tender load volumes The freight markets continue to accelerate with outbound tender volumes climbing another 7.4% week over week. This has continued to keep truckload capacity tight and it is showing in spot market rates along with a power rating of 85 out of 100 for carriers in the […]

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: China automaker picks Dallas as distribution hub; Volvo delivers 55 trucks to Mexican carrier; Port Houston volume down 10%; and VW Mexico agrees to 5.5% employee pay raise.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, two freight-related companies in Texas are eliminating 382 jobs.

SkyBitz provides the transportation and logistics industries with real-time asset tracking and data analytics from sensors and remote monitoring solutions.

More than $125 million in drugs has been seized from tractor-trailers attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas and California since July 15.

Carriers looking to attract more drivers may have to get creative with recruitment, as well as consider raising pay or adding bonuses, said Rob Hatchett, president of SeatMyTrucks.

The Port of Veracruz, one of Mexico’s largest maritime trade ports, has a 100-year concession with an entity called Administración Portuaria Integral de Veracruz.

Kyungshin Cable makes wire harnesses used in the automotive industry for companies in Mexico, the United States and Canada.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Home Depot logistics center sells for $247M; $4.3 million in fake Air Jordans seized in Dallas; Alfagomma opens Mexican factory; Grupo Gondi chooses Transplace TMS. Home Depot logistics center in Dallas sells for $247 million One […]

U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized almost 600 packages of methamphetamine and 14,880 pounds of marijuana at the Otay Mesa border crossing.

Imports of auto parts, passenger cars and commercial trucks into Texas ports declined 23% through the first six months of the year.

Around 55% of people in Mexico said they shop online to avoid leaving home during the pandemic, according to a new report.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, trucking ponders its next move following President Trump’s payroll tax deferment order; Nikola receives a huge order; and a truck driver is sentenced for a crash that killed five.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexican auto production breaks out of a slump; Trump approves a new international rail bridge; a Mexican carrier acquires 25 new Scania trucks; and officers seize more than $2.4 million in cash at San Diego ports.

Atlanta-based FleetCor is a commercial fuel-card and business-payments systems provider. The company employs around 8,700 people and provides commercial card services in more than 100 countries.

The meth seizure occurred at the cargo facility of the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge in South Texas.

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Trimble is a provider of technology solutions for trucking companies, private fleets, freight brokerage, and third-party logistics providers.

FedEx Freight is expanding its freight distribution operation in Laredo, Texas, near the US-Mexico border.

With trade relations between the U.S. and China strained, the future of global supply chains could be Mexico.

Video shot by another motorist shows the driver of a tractor trailer trying to wiggle the unidentified man off its hood as it sped down the highway.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Concern for China’s supply dominance of rare earth metals; CEVA Logistics to operate a warehouse for IKEA in Mexico; Coca-Cola FEMSA acquires 45 Kenworth trucks; Nikola’s new factory to rely on cross-border supply chain.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, Roadrunner continues its revamp with the spinoff of its Ascent Global Logistics business. Plus, Hurricane Hanna leaves its mark on Texas, and e-commerce robots arrive.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Truck capacity tight near Mexican border; drugs found in shipments of ketchup and onions; DHL opens new foreign trade zone in El Paso; and Commerce opens inquiry aimed at Mexican wire mesh.

More layoffs in Texas aerospace and freight services companies as coronavirus case numbers climb

Parts of Texas could get drenched with 4 to 8 inches of rain from a tropical storm expected to make landfall on Saturday.

Company is leveraging rail service for its Transplace customers.

Central Mexico tops for cargo theft; Flex adds 1,000 jobs in Juárez, $3.3 million of meth found in tile shipment and Mexican sorghum farmers to meet with government on Wednesday.

The U.S. Border Patrol aided the individual when the train arrived in San Diego, Texas.

Mexico’s new “Administrative Registry of the Automotive Industry of Heavy Vehicles” will contain monthly data from trucking companies, including wholesale and retail sales, as well as import, export and production numbers for trucks in Mexico.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: 1,403 Texas trucking/freight-related companies received PPP loans; $4.2 million in drugs seized at Pharr port of entry; Visible SCM acquires TriCon; and Liftit raises $22.5 million in Series B funding.

Werner’s final-mile service uses a proprietary software platform that allows for fully automated, high-volume delivery of heavy goods, according to the truckload carrier.

Proeza Ventures, Industrious Ventures and Purple Arch Ventures have been added to Forager’s Series A round of financing, which initially closed in March and is now oversubscribed at $10.5 million.

Canada-based BRP’s third plant in Ciudad Juarez aims to meet demand for the company’s off-road recreational vehicles.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico among toughest countries for foreign investors; Houston CBP seizes animal bones, homemade soap; customs broker expands in Laredo; and GM, union disagree on Texas plant closure.

Truck drivers traveling in Texas will have to don face masks in public as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s new COVID-19 mandate, issued on July 2.

Shacman Trucks plans to have five to six distributors in Mexico this year, as well as an assembly plant for Class 6-8 trucks by 2022.

The agreement will help small and midsize businesses in Mexico reach more than 220 countries and territories around the world, as well as customers in the United States within one business day.

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade pact goes into effect Wednesday during one of the worst economic crises since the Great Depression.

Port Laredo saw 33% fewer truck crossings in May, while the the Del Rio-Acuña port of entry fell 41%; the Brownsville port of entry declined 36%.

Laredo, Texas-based Super Transport International is hauling everything from oilfield equipment and wind turbine blades to industrial biotrickling filters from Mexico to Canada.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexican export factories back to work; Texas seaport awarded road improvement grant; Canadian company plans $26 million Texas distribution center expansion; $2.5 million in drugs found in mattress shipment from Mexico.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mission Produce to open vast avocado distribution center in Laredo; RCR Rail Co. marks groundbreaking for new Taylor Logistics Park; Daimler Trucks Mexico appoints first female plant manager in Saltillo; CBP seizes 577 of pounds marijuana from shipment of plastic scrap.

The new cargo inspection program at Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge aims to save time and money for trucks traveling to and from Mexico.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. US-Mexico cross-border trade faces hurdles; General Electric cuts 257 jobs at Texas plant; Laredo CBP seizes $1.6 million of meth hidden in tractor-trailers; Houston and Rotterdam ports launch PortXchange trial.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Trucking sector wrestling with fragile freight rates and loose capacity; XPO Logistics to layoff 243 employees; Mexico’s auto manufacturers restarts factories, but a few are still waiting; World Trade Bridge officers intercept narcotics worth more almost $1 million.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: CBP beefs up security at US-Mexico border; Kenworth restarts truck factory in Mexico; Love’s Travel Stops opens new location in Laredo; Port of Brownsville ranks third for “financial resilience.”

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Cross-border trade is key for economic growth; US-Mexico truck crossings declined 8% through April 2020; transportation software firm moving to Texas; and Laredo CBP finds $11 million worth of meth inside shipment of flooring.

The new USMCA Center will facilitate the transition from NAFTA, update U.S. Customs and Border Protection regulations on pending USMCA issues, and provide guidance on new compliance obligations.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: U.S. supply chains’ future could be tied to Mexico and USMCA; Forager celebrates Laredo’s history as an international port; CBP aims to keep Mother’s Day flowers pest-free; Dachser Mexico offers new customs house brokerage services.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Trucking schools see demand surge during coronavirus; $11.5 million drug bust at Laredo’s World Trade Bridge; cargo theft of trucks in Mexico up 25% during pandemic; Arizona fast-tracks project to expand truck parking on Interstate 40.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Nuvocargo raises $5.3 million for cross-border freight operations; Nogales importers donate free produce to the community; cargo at Mexico’s seaports decline during the first quarter; CBP seizes 352 pounds of marijuana at Santa Teresa port of entry.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Avocado imports from Mexico fare well during pandemic; Caterpillar’s Texas distributor building new factory; General Motors to make masks in Mexico; new logistics app aids supply chain.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Researchers find ways to minimize wait-times at border crossings; truck cargo volumes down at Otay Mesa; container volume slows down at Port Houston; and KAL Freight expands into Texas.

Cheez-Its, chocolate, candy among top imports from Mexico during pandemic; CBP stops wood-munching pests from entering Port Houston; $4.2 million of cocaine seized at border patrol checkpoint; and trucking services firm Liftit expands operations in Mexico.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade.

The new tomato inspection rules are part of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s deal with Mexican growers to suspend its anti-dumping investigation into the produce.

This week: US-Mexico supply chains intact despite coronavirus; border agents foil drug smuggling attempts worth $2.7 million; Port Houston reopens container terminals following positive coronavirus test; Pharr Bridge Business Park opens 100,000-square-foot distribution center.

Port Houston announced it was closing two terminals after an employee who worked at both sites tested positive for the coronavirus.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Walmart opens new distribution center to meet e-commerce demand; border officials lobby for funding of new truck and railway bridges; two Texas seaports receive $39 million for improvements and expansion; Mexican manufacturing association creates coronavirus prevention task force.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexican trucking officials discuss cross-border goals; CBP finds $590,000 of meth in shipment of stone items; Mexican automotive industry’s 2019 foreign investment: $3.9 billion; Helion targets car and heavy-duty truck dealers around Dallas.

A forum on dual-trailer trucks, to discuss the economic benefits and road safety, was held in Mexico’s Senate Wednesday through Friday.

Tomatoes imported from Mexico will begin undergoing tougher inspections at the border starting April 1. The increased inspections are part of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s deal with Mexican growers to suspend its anti-dumping investigation into the produce.

Mexico City-based Estafeta is one of the largest courier, express and parcel firms in the country. The company has around 6,700 employees and operates 30.5 million shipments per year.

As risks surge and stocks plunge, a look at the key coronavirus issues and a rundown of FreightWaves’ coverage to date.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: factories in Mexico feeling effect from coronavirus; Mexico seeks solution to controversial fuel standard; traffic congestion costs the trucking industry $75 billion annually; and metal recycling firm to build new plant near U.S.-Mexico border.

Grupo HG Transportaciones’ new Cascadia trucks are equipped with Detroit DD13 engines and Detroit Assurance technology, aiming to increase driving safety.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: project44 promotes freight visibility in USMCA era; Amazon leases 1 million-square-foot warehouse at DFW International Airport ; Mexico auto industry preparing for coronavirus impact; Port Houston container volume spikes in January. project44 promotes freight visibility in USMCA […]

Shutdown of Trusted Traveler Program in New York state could slow trade moving to and from Canada.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico considers law banning all double tractor-trailer trucks; Dynacraft finalizing relocation of plant to Texas; QSL opens new marine terminal on the Houston Ship Channel; El Paso border agents bust two commercial trucks for carrying narcotics. […]

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: CFI Logistica expands cross-border operations; Laredo mayor Saenz hails signing of USMCA; jury convicts trafficker using commercial trucks to smuggle drugs; Laredo CBP office gets new director of field operations.  CFI Logistica expands cross-border operations with […]