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Less-than-truckload carrier Pitt Ohio said it will offer direct service from Cincinnati to six cross-border locations in Texas.
In this edition: The FMCSA broker transparency rule comment period is almost up, and Mexico gets bushels of corn.
This week in Borderlands: Averitt completes major facilities expansion in San Antonio; Bennett Family of Companies opens new facility in Texas; Aerospace manufacturer completes $28M expansion in Mexico; and Mode Global acquires freight brokerage division of Jillamy.
Hub Group announced a joint venture with Mexico’s largest intermodal carrier, EASO.
Less-than-truckload carrier XPO said it has expanded its cross-border service with the launch of XPO Mexico+.
In this edition: Hurricane season is anticipated to be one for the books this year, and cross-border heats up in Texas.
In this edition: First-quarter earnings hit some harder than others, and Cargado had a successful seed round of funding.
U.S. trade with Mexico totaled $200 billion in the first quarter, led by shipments of vehicles, auto parts, gasoline and computers.
The year’s five biggest U.S.-Mexico cross-border business stories are highlighted.
Canada Cartage, one of Canada’s largest transportation and logistics companies, has acquired Montreal-based GTI Group.
Reliance Partners brings per-load Shipper’s Interest coverage to freight brokers and carriers to their TMS, providing protection on cross-border, international, LTL and high-value shipments.
In this edition: The United Auto Workers has its strike moment; Mexico maintains its top spot; and the FreightTech 100 list is back.
Inside this edition: Gen Zers enter the workforce knowing their worth and not settling for less, Mexico continues to boom, and California comes up with another rule about trucks.
Inside this edition: Regulations for customs brokers get a facelift; Laredo is the MVP; and Credit Suisse provides some new year ratings.
Since founding as Kargoo in 2018, Los Angeles-based Shappi has raised $3.2 million to digitize the process of getting goods from the United States into the hands of consumers in Latin America.
Zonos, a technology company focused on enabling cross-border commerce, has secured a new contract with the Postal Service.
The North American railroads engage in cross-border movements too. So why hasn’t the vaccine mandate erupted into protests over cross-border rail operations in the same way trucking has? This AskWaves article explores that question.
The platform will help improve supply chain visibility for shippers, KCS said.
Manufacturing is increasing in Mexico as nearshoring has caught the attention of many U.S. companies.
“It’s a true domestic and international cargo insurance product that brokers and carriers are now utilizing to win the highest-margin freight and strengthen ties with their current client base,” Mark Vickers said on shipper’s interest insurance.
Return of millions of US visitors to be ‘boon’ for transportation and logistics
The USMCA has brought about new opportunities for cross-border trade. Is your organization taking advantage of these changes?
The land borders between the United States, Canada and Mexico will remain closed to nonessential travelers for at least another 30 days.
Border agents say Mother’s Day week is one of their busiest for inspecting agriculture-related imports.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Odyssey Logistics opens facility in Laredo; CBP beefs up border security; Rockport Terminals acquired by Jones Capital; and train collides with tractor-trailer in Houston.
Trucking companies in the United States and Mexico are violating cabotage rules by misusing Mexican B-1 visa drivers, allege stakeholders in Texas and Mexico.
Nuvocargo recently updated its platform to include bilingual tracking features and more visibility for cargo shipments in Mexico.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Big changes planned for Pharr bridge; Team Worldwide opens office in southern Arizona; Amazon to open fulfillment center in Texas Panhandle; and CG Railway launches bigger, faster vessels.
A global semiconductor chip shortage continues to affect auo factories on both sides of the United States-Mexico border.
China was the top U.S. trading partner for the 10th consecutive month in January and was the most important trading partner in 2020.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Jamco Group expands in Laredo; BTL picks Mexico for new auto parts plant; G-Global expands in El Paso; and agents seize $40 million in drugs in Texas and California.
Mark Vickers of Reliance Partners warns transportation providers of Mexico’s eye-opening insurance regulations, which he compares to the “Wild West.”
CFI’s facility in Laredo, Texas, has 6,000 square feet of office space on a 40-acre lot, including a staging and transloading area for cross-border Mexico freight.
Texas announces suspension of natural gas exports to Mexico until Sunday.
Canadian trucking and logistics company Fastfrate Group beefs up its cross-border e-commerce business by acquiring third-party logistics provider ASL Distribution Services.
Carriers moving cross-border freight have not had the same access to loads as those moving loads within the U.S. Forager is working to change that.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Super Bowl avocado exports from Mexico are up; Schneider provides diversity grants; Logistics center opens in Tijuana; and CBP seizes phony designer children’s pajamas.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Tecma acquires cross-border trucking firm; Mexican carrier achieves CTPAT certification; Boyd Corp. opens factory in Juárez, Mexico; and massive new industrial/logistics park set for Arizona.
Nissan Mexicana is upgrading the Aguascalientes factory where it rolls out Kicks and March vehicles.
Cross-border logistics platform looks to scale sustainably as it prepares to raise more capital.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Laredo gets its third cold storage inspection facility; a Texas trucking company is acquired by Phoenix Logistics; SE-Freight gets 30 Kenworth trucks; and Revere Plastics acquires a Mexican factory.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently launched a weekly data report on current market trends for key imported crops from Mexico and Canada.
Cross-border trade is strong but could be affected by everything from driver shortages to the freight imbalance to the Mexican peso in 2021. FreightWaves recently caught up with Troy Ryley and Jordan Dewart from Redwood Mexico, part of Redwood Logistics, a logistics platform company headquartered in Chicago. Redwood Logistics’ portfolio includes digital freight brokerage, freight […]
The land borders between the United States, Canada and Mexico will remain closed until at least another 30 days.
Officials in Mexico unveiled plans Tuesday for an industrial development that includes a logistics center and airport aimed at boosting international trade.
With factories across Mexico getting back to full capacity in 2021, the cross-border freight market is already impacting truckload capacity, supply chains and trade strategy.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Border bridge project gets presidential permit; Honda to build electric vehicle in Mexico; Texas-based Spirit Truck Lines acquired by Forgelight; and CBP seizes meth hidden in tortilla press.
For the second month in a row, China was the main trading partner of the U.S., followed by Mexico, Canada and Japan.
Ladingo’s growth suggests a segment of the market is not being adequately served by existing solutions.
David Henry, regional manager for Mexico at GlobalTranz, makes his predictions for cross-border trade.
A train carrying more than 160 Volkswagen vehicles was derailed in Mexico last week by thieves, according to Mexican authorities.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico registers a $3 billion trade surplus in November; Wholesum inaugurates a new facility in Mexico; the Nogales port of entry to reopen Sundays; and Shacman Trucks signs distribution agreement.
Everything from shipments of tomatoes, avocados, jalapenos and broccoli, to loads of electronic equipment were used in attempted smuggling cases at the Mexico border.
Mexico’s new fuel import regulations are seen by critics as an attempt to boost state oil firm Pemex.
The Timken Co. and Envases Group recently announced plans for cross-border factories in Texas and Mexico.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Opening Texas bridge to cargo trucks will be game changer; Amazon will open a logistics center in Mérida; new service links ports of Brownsville and Tampa Bay; Rhenus Group expands in Mexico.
The cross-border transportation and logistics industry faced unprecedented disruption this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Port Houston will be the first U.S. port of call in THE Alliance’s new direct Asia service. The trans-Pacific EC6 service will begin in Kaohsiung, China, and reach the U.S. Gulf Coast through the Panama Canal. “We are very excited about the start of this new service by THE Alliance. It offers our regional exporters […]
California officials want to reduce wait times for trucks at the Otay Mesa crossing to a 20-minute average at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Arizona joins New York and Maryland as states that have recently converted to all cashless tolling.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Three new intermodal hubs signed for the Texas Gulf Coast; jury awards $500,000 for damage from truck accident; NTG promotes Drew Herpich to chief commercial officer; and Volkswagen links U.S.-Mexico factories through cloud services.
HighCom Armor said the value of products to be exported to Mexico City over the next 10 years could be up to $50 million.
Three Taiwan-based manufacturers are bringing 400 jobs to Santa Teresa, New Mexico, in 2021.
Uber’s (NYSE: UBER) acquisition of Mexican grocery delivery startup Cornershop was approved on Monday by Mexico’s Federal Commission of Economic Competition (COFECE). The approval from COFECE was the last part of the acquisition. Terms of the deal, which gives Uber a majority stake in the company, were not disclosed. The acquisition furthers the expansion of […]
Officers at the Laredo Port of Entry seized narcotics valued at more than $2.8 million in two recent unrelated cases at the World Trade and Colombia-Solidarity bridges.
Mexican drivers were protesting having to return empty tractor-trailers through the Colombia-Solidarity bridge
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Automotive manufacturers are building in Mexico; FedEx Express expands in Querétaro; Dunavant Distribution expands in Houston; and agents stop over 200 people being smuggled in commercial trailers.
Federal agents intercepted a shipment of 100,000 counterfeit surgical masks at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The United States stands to prosper with more supply chain collaborations between Canada and Mexico, according to trade experts.
Forager and project44 aim to create a new standard of cross-border transparency for U.S.-Mexico freight.
Volvo said Monday it has discontinued the sale of Class 8 trucks in Mexico, citing disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mexican authorities found an abandoned tractor-trailer near the U.S.-Mexico border with $62 million in drugs hidden between sacks of plaster mix.
China is again the top trading partner of the United States, with trade totaling $59.6 billion for October.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Officials want to create a new free-trade zone along the US-Mexico border; DFW Airport invests in a data-sharing platform; Mexico sees a record trade surplus in October; and Mexico announces 29 new infrastructure projects at $11.5 billion.
Officials in Texas recently announced four drug seizures involving trucks along the United States-Mexico border.
A rail blockade in west-central Mexico has ended, freeing key rail lines connecting to the Mexican seaport of Lázaro Cárdenas on the Pacific coast.
Partly blaming the COVID-19 pandemic, Best Buy Co. will close all remaining 41 stores in Mexico by Dec. 31.
Italian firm Fincantieri is building a $150M shipyard in Mexico’s Yucatán state to take advantage of cruise line operations and oil & gas exploration.
The South Texas border crossings in Laredo and Pharr led the United States in imports of avocados and tomatoes from January through Wednesday.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Arizona-Mexico border trade recovering slowly; Averitt Express expands in Laredo; Port of Brownsville FTZ ranks No. 2; and CBP nabs $3M in narcotics at Pharr International Bridge. Arizona-Mexico border trade recovering slowly Cross-border trade between Mexico […]
Law enforcement in California and Texas recently announced two major drug cases involving cross-border trucking operations along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Nuvocargo’s meteoric growth continues with four new hires aimed at expanding the company’s global reach.
Beginning Dec. 7, empty northbound tractor-trailers entering the U.S. from Mexico through Laredo, Texas, will be routed to the Colombia-Solidarity Bridge.
The Ysleta-Zaragoza International Bridge in El Paso, Texas, will be closed to northbound truck traffic for two weeks to allow for upgrades on the Mexican side.
1992: Textiles and trucking are among industries with the most at stake in the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: more factories and jobs for Mexico; Penske truck leasing adds Texas facility; BH Properties acquires logistics warehouse in Laredo; and driver and dog killed in crash with tractor-trailer.
In separate incidents, border officers in Texas discovered trucks used to smuggle alleged methamphetamine and marijuana.
The city of San Angelo, Texas, approved a deal with South Plains Lamesa Railroad to create a rail port connecting to Mexico.
Port Laredo’s top three imports were motor vehicle parts, passenger vehicles and heavy-duty trucks.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Volkswagen invests $233 million in a new engine line in Mexico; Texas’ roads are the most dangerous; a supply chain provider expands in Dallas; and a new logistics facility is announced in Laredo, Texas. Volkswagen announces […]
CBP agents across Texas seized $821M worth of drugs during FY 2020.
FedEx Express will hire more than 6,500 employees across Mexico by the end of the year.
Truck retail sales in Mexico fell 21% for the month; exports declined 16%.
Cybercriminals launch new cyberattacks against the international trade community every day, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The United States is the largest steel importer in the world, buying $23.9 billion worth of raw steel in 2019.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Record-breaking Mexican blockade costs $81M; A&R Logistics expands in Houston; Mexican export bank seals $600M loan; and TA Services acquires Top Gun Freight.
Systems issues at the Canada Border Service Agency leads to a significant backlog of incoming shipments, trucking industry group says.
Logistics professionals said to expect U.S.-Mexico border capacity to be tight the rest of the year and into 2021.
