Cross-border trucking

Cybercriminals launch new cyberattacks against the international trade community every day, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The U.S. land borders with Canada and Mexico to remain closed for nonessential travel at least another month to curb the spread of COVID-19.

A court-appointed receiver has assumed control over Canadian cross-border trucking companies Kings Cargo Express and Canada Cargo Lines in Manitoba, which owe CA$2.2 million to Toronto-Dominion Bank.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: CFI expands cross-border services; Prent Corp. picks New Mexico for expansion; $2.7 million worth of marijuana found in toilet shipment; Texas DPS opens new truck inspection facility.

A trucker jailed in the U.S. on pot-smuggling charges has hired an attorney who previously represented celebrities as he seeks to return to Canada.

Thirteen people including truck drivers face charges in connection with a nearly $340 million smuggling ring that moved almost 90 loads of contraband tobacco into Canada from the United States.

Mullen Group shores up its cross-border less-than-truckload business as it acquires the outstanding shares of British Columbia carrier Pacific Coast Express Limited.

TFI International raised nearly $219 million in a share offering. It puts the transportation and logistics company in a stronger position to pursue acquisitions in the U.S. and Canad

The closures of the U.S. land borders with Mexico and Canada for non-essential travel will extend through Sept. 21 to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Truckers are receiving fake text messages, purportedly from the Canadian government, instructing them to self-isolate after entering the country.

Titanium Transportation Group increased profits and continued to aggressively pay down debt even though revenues fell by almost 10% as the Canadian firm navigated the impacts of COVID-19.

Fastfrate plans to build up U.S. to Canada cross-border business after acquiring small cross-border carrier Bestway, CEO says.

Canadian truckers report being turned away by doctors, dentists and other health providers if they don’t self-isolate for 14 days over COVID-19 fears.

Forager’s SCOUT platform helps shippers manage the volatility of cross-border freight imbalances.

Authorities say driver caught while attempting to cross Lewiston Bridge into Canada.

After prosecutors drop charges against trucker Prabjot Nagra, U.S. authorities continue to investigate how a truck wound up with $20 million worth of marijuana in its trailer at the U.S.-Canada border.

Delays caused by civil unrest will not be considered in violation of regulations.

Judge dismisses criminal case against cross-border truck driver accused of attempting to smuggle $20 million worth of marijuana into the United States from Canada.

As many trucks crossed from the U.S. to Canada last week as did a year earlier, as the cross-border freight recovery pushes through the holidays and USMCA.

Truck driver charged with attempting to smuggle $20 million of marijuana from Canada to the U.S. told investigators he didn’t know about the drugs in his trailer, court document shows.

$3.8 billion in U.S. trucking revenue at stake in U.S.-Mexico cross-border freight.

U.S. border officers find nearly 9,500 pounds of marijuana during a truck inspection at the Canada-U.S. border, the largest in five years.

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

A truck hauling trash was caught with 418 pounds of marijuana in Detroit after crossing the Ambassador Bridge, the latest in a growing number of drug busts at the Canada-U.S. border

The Customs and Border Protection office in Buffalo reports a 4,000% jump in seizures of marijuana and other illegal drugs coming from Canada to the United States during the border closure to nonessential travel.

Over 100,000 trucks moved across the U.S.-Canada border last week, a level of crossings not seen since it closed for non-essential travel in March.

The U.S.-Canada border will remain closed for nonessential travel for at least another month because of COVID-19.

Canadian truck driver Randy James Ulch says anguish over systemic racism rings true in his native Canada and its trucking industry.

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

Canada Border Services Agency reports that cross-border truck traffic from the U.S. hit its highest level since late March. This is an encouraging sign as freight and trade slowly recover from COVID-19 falloff.

While airfreight capacity has declined in recent months as airlines slashed their schedules, Mexpress Transportation’s bonded trucking service has been in high demand at international airports.

Canadian heavy equipment hauler secures Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection, clearing the way for the company to court buyers and investors for its trucking and crane assets in Alberta and Texas.

Reversing course for the third time, Mexican officials said auto plants could open before June 1 as long as manufacturers follow adequate safety measures.

Sese Logistics said it worked several weeks and “incurred $152,433 in fees and expenses in obtaining the release” of the trailers.

The Mexican government issued a new decree on Thursday causing confusion among companies as to when they will be able to restart U.S.-linked supply chains.

Titanium Transportation Group reports 13.6% increase in revenue on the strength of its growing brokerage business in the United States and steady performance from trucking.

Canada’s trucks are moving more freight as volumes recover from a pandemic low, but bargain-basement rates and cash flow issues continue to weigh on carriers.

Dan Cushman retiring after 11 years as the head of P.A.M. Transportation. The search is underway for a permanent replacement.

Canadian truck driver Nicole Folz learned that she tested positive for COVID-19 two weeks after falling seriously ill during a cross-border run in the US.

From quarantine, Canadian truck driver Nicole Folz recounts the scary reality of falling seriously ill hundreds of miles from home during a less-than-truckload run in the United States.

Truck drivers must wear a nonmedical mask or face covering when they enter the country from the U.S. under a new rule to curb the spread of COVID-19.

P.A.M. Transportation finds success calling on its “friends in the industry” as it scrambles to replace lost automotive OEM business.

Shelley Uvanile-Hesch hopes people will think twice about leaving home during the COVID-19 pandemic after seeing her trailer as she moves vital goods between Canada and the United States.

Continued drop in cross-border truck traffic mirrors broad decline in Canadian freight as COVID-19 crushes demand for nonessential goods.

Members of the Washington, D.C.-based National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America interviewed by American Shipper this week generally praised CBP for permitting the flow of legitimate trade across the continent.

“A lot of carriers could go into bankruptcy without help,” Energy Transportation Group CEO says. But a 75% wage subsidy from the Canadian government offers hope for vulnerable trucking companies and freight demand hit by COVID-19.

The Trump administration is considering deploying troops near the Canadian border in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reiterates that “extraordinary” restriction does not apply to cross-border trade.

As trucks try to resupply stores across the U.S. and Canada, an issue of drivers’ health insurance when in a different country has arisen. Read this article to learn more.

Freight keeps on trucking as the United States and Canada prepare to shut down their shared border to non-essential travel as early as Friday night to curb the spread of coronavirus.

Deal would allow goods to continue to flow between the U.S. and Canada to preserve vital cross-border trade relationships.

The Canadian government leaves crucial openings for the movement of goods and U.S. citizens as it introduces an extraordinary travel ban because of coronavirus.

Freight tech company focused on logistics in the beverage, auto parts, construction, furniture and electronic sectors.

Polaris Transportation Group will get access to more freight for its Canada-to-U.S. less-than-truckload business with the purchase of Toronto-area 3PL brokerage PRI Logistics.

A Boston-based real estate firm recently purchased a 24-acre industrial park about 3 miles from the Port of Houston and 200 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.

PAM Transportation CEO Daniel H. Cushman told FreightWaves during an interview Tuesday that his company’s trucking service to Mexico is “busting at the seams.” “It is just a month into the year, but we are already 26% over where we were last year, so we are growing at a rapid pace,” Cushman said. So when […]

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: Truckers hail House passage of USMCA trade pact; officials discover never-before-seen bug in Mexico shipment; Grammer Logistics acquires Houston-based hazardous materials transportation firm; and SATO expands auto-ID services with new Guanajuato facility. Truckers, union officials hail […]

Trucks continue to carry the majority of cross-border imports and exports during the month of October, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). Cross-border truck freight between the U.S., Canada and Mexico totaled $68.2 billion, or 64% of all cross-border freight during October, down 3.3% compared to October 2018. Along […]

David Carpenter and Praveen Boppana discuss the Georgia-based logistics company’s expanding ventures.

Celadon Group’s (OTC: CGIP) shutdown comes after cross-border shipping had already lost several other full truckload (TL) carriers this year that provided Mexico service. Matt Silver, founder and CEO of Chicago-based Forager, said Celadon’s closure will affect freight capacity in the U.S. and Mexico alike. “Celadon is one of the largest cross-border providers in North […]

The billion-dollar truckload carrier’s failure is one of the largest in industry history.

In a now familiar story, another logistics company – in this case Tiong Nam – reports weaker quarterly results owing to a global trade headwinds. Analysts warn on liquidity pressures.

Trucks again carried the majority of cross-border imports and exports during the month of September, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). Cross-border truck freight between the U.S., Canada and Mexico totaled $64 billion, or 63.1% of all cross-border freight during September 2019. Along the U.S.-Mexico border, trucks carried 70% […]

Bill Driegert discussed both the Canadian and Polish expansions.

Forager, a Chicago-based cross-border freight brokerage, announced the official launch of its new technology, SCOUT.  The instant pricing and booking technology brings on-demand pricing and capacity to the United States-Mexico-Canada cross-border space. “The purpose of the new technology is to make it easier for shippers to get access to cross-border pricing and capacity instantly for […]

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Halliburton lays off 650 oil and gas workers; DHL expands cross-border operations; Carrier partners with Fr8Hub to expand Mexico shipping; Logistics firm opens new warehouses in South Texas. Halliburton lays off 650 oil and gas workers […]

Matt Silver wants to automate cross-border freight; an industry that many find difficult to manage.

Ontario-based firm acquires Trailwood Transport, an automotive specialist located near two Honda plants, and nearby Nexus Freight, which will bolster local capacity.

Amazon.com recently acquired cloud-based startup INLT, a move designed to simplify importing goods into the United States for Amazon’s online merchants, according to Reuters. INLT, which the company said stands for IN:LET, makes software for merchants to manage the costs of customs clearance on cross-border shipments. Terms of the acquisition, which was announced Sept. 24, were not […]

Covenant Transport has decided to end all service to the interior of Mexico, citing dropping spot market pricing, increasing detention times and an inability to gain the freight density needed to balance costs. “After five years servicing the interior of Mexico, Covenant Transport Services will, in coming months, end our Mexico service offering,” said Andy […]

Automaker stops producing vehicles at Oshawa plant as temporary layoffs hit GM workers and suppliers including CEVA Logistics.

The city of Pharr, Texas, will soon begin $30 million in infrastructure projects at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge along the United States-Mexico border. The projects are aimed at expediting border crossings for the transportation of oil and natural gas products, as well as perishable goods such as avocados from Mexico, said Luis Bazán, general director […]

Editor’s note: Kenneth Smith Ramos is a former chief negotiator for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement for the Mexican government. He is currently a partner at Mexico City-based Agon, Economía, Derecho, Estrategia. The opinions expressed here are those of Ramos and not American Shipper or FreightWaves. One of the main objectives of the new trade agreement […]

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Odessa, Texas, ranked #4 city for truck drivers; New U.S. Ambassador arrives in Mexico; Surgere sets its sights on Mexico supply chains; and Love’s Travel Stops opens location in Brownsville, Texas.  Study: Odessa, Texas, ranked as […]

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was the hot topic at the most recent meeting of the Laredo Motor Carriers Association (LMCA). Trucking industry leaders, customs brokers, freight forwarders and trade professionals from both sides of the United States-Mexico border gathered August 15 in Laredo for a presentation entitled “Modernization of Cross-Border Trade.”  Speaking at the […]

Transportation and logistics firm plans additional brokerage offices in the United States, while CEO suggests a willingness to make an asset-based acquisition.

Canadian transportation firm posts a 19 percent drop in revenue on tougher freight market on both sides of the border.

The United States and Mexico are on the brink of yet another trade war – this time pitting U.S. farmers against Mexican tomato growers and importers.  The debate centers around the price of imported tomatoes from Mexico. Florida tomato growers have said the prices of imported Mexican fresh tomatoes are sold below market value, giving […]

American Trucking Associations annual Trucking Trends report shows nearly $800 billion flowed into industry, 13.8 percent increase.

E-commerce packages are flooding the U.S. The vast majority contain legal products, but U.S. Customs and Border Patrol worries about those that contain illegal or dangerous products.

BRP Inc. recently expanded the capacity at two of its production facilities in Mexico, where it builds its powersport and personal watercraft vehicles. The Quebec-based company’s increased production comes at a time when the market for recreational powersport and water-sport vehicles is estimated to grow from $11 billion in 2018 to $14.5 billion by 2025, […]

Drivers of 18-wheelers, tractor-trailers, delivery trucks, freight trucks and tanker trucks hauled more than $671 billion in goods across the United States-Mexico border in 2018. However, there are around 50,000 unfilled driver positions throughout Mexico, according to Enrique González Muñoz, president of the Mexico City-based National Chamber of Freight Transport (CANACAR). The biggest need is […]

Charger Logistics’ new state-of-the-art facility in Laredo is up and running. The company aims to double its business in Mexico and grow overall capacity by 200 trucks and manage 600 trailers at the location. Charger Logistics, which has its United States headquarters in Indiana, will use the new Laredo facility to serve as the company’s […]

More than $400 billion in freight crossed in both directions through the United States-Mexico border by truck in 2018. In Laredo, Texas, alone, more than two million trucks carried goods across the border last year. While President Donald Trump’s trade wars with Mexico and China have destabilized business markets, industry professionals said business along the […]

Forthcoming Canadian Load Board emphasizes relationships between carriers and brokers as it prepares to take on TransCore’s Loadlink.

Business is good at the Otay Mesa port of entry, California’s largest commercial land port of entry, which tallied a record $50 billion in two-way trade with Mexico during the last fiscal year. For June, the latest SONAR data shows outbound tender volumes in San Diego (OTVIY.SAN) are way up compared to last year. Currently, […]

Fr8Hub recently announced that it will expand its services to provide domestic freight matching throughout Mexico, connecting shippers with available carriers throughout the country. The Fr8Hub carrier network currently features more than 1,000 carriers in the United States and Mexico, and more than 30,000 available trucks. Since electronic logging devices and global positioning systems are […]

In June 2016, a leading group of Laredo carrier companies decided to band together and launch a new association focused on promoting and furthering Laredo as the “trucking capital” of the United States. From their efforts, the Laredo Motor Carriers Association (LMCA) was formed. LMCA recently celebrated its three-year anniversary by adding its 200th member. […]

Werner Enterprises continues to invest in U.S.-Mexican trade, regardless of the ups and downs of President Donald Trump’s trade negotiations. In May, Werner opened a new 17,000-square foot refrigerated cross-dock operations facility in Laredo, Texas. The $8 million facility features 13 dry docks and eight refrigerated docks, according to a company statement. “We are proud […]

Business groups may also look to courts as potential way out

Nearly 47,000 Americans work in trucking-related jobs supported by cross-border freight movements with Canada and Mexico. A significant number of jobs could be impacted by President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat on all Mexican imports.

Tariffs starting June 10 at 5 percent to escalate to 25 percent by October 1.

Trump now threatening tariffs against Mexico while trade groups claim cross-border supply chains still at risk.

Fourth-quarter revenue at the cross-border transportation and logistics company increased by 20 percent.

Shipping to and from Mexico is never easy, but this year a perfect storm of market conditions is putting a crimp in rates and capacity. (Sponsored by Redwood Logistics)

Mexico’s current economic boom is providing business for the country’s cross-border shipping industry, but also emphasizing the industry’s growing pains.

The largest Canadian freight brokerage purchased a 3PL concentrated in the Southeastern United States.

Drivers – not brokers – facing penalties of $5,000-$10,000 for violating new e-manifest filing requirements at the border.

Ryder System, Inc. (R: NYSE) presented its Service Excellence Awards to top-performing carriers at its ninth annual Mexican Carrier Recognition Event in Mexico City on January 17. The event – reported in a press release by Ryder on January 29 – recognized 20 Mexican carriers for their excellence in service in Ryder’s international supply chain.