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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.

Trucks moved $33 billion worth of freight between the U.S. and Mexico in August, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

With less than a week to go before Election Day, analysts and CEOs weighed in on what the future may hold for trade with Mexico.

Separate protests in Mexico have been disrupting railways and highways in the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Michoacán since mid-August.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: DHL Express invests $53 million in Mexico fleet expansion; $7M in cocaine seized in Laredo; Mexico authorizes new commercial seaport in Sinaloa; Transmute raises $2 million in seed funding.

The blockade from the Border Union of Operators of Nuevo Laredo is to protest increasingly longer wait times and inadequate service at Laredo’s World Trade Bridge.

Amazon’s new fulfillment centers in Guadalajara and Monterrey represent a $100 million logistics investment.

The Port of Brownsville recently received a $14.5 million grant to expand and upgrade the port’s 3 million-bushel grain elevator, including rail and road improvements.

FedEx Express will open a $12M, 193,000-square-foot logistics center in the Mexican city of León, creating 150 jobs.

Cocaine, fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine have been seized from trucks crossing the border in Texas and California.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Volkswagen Taos starts production in Mexico; Lalamove launches delivery services in Dallas; Dachser Mexico expands in Querétaro; and OmniTRAX grows in South Texas.

Fr8Hub shareholders intend to invest $12 million as part of the transaction.

New England Country Foods has accused Empacadora Frape, its Mexican supplier, of failing to deliver on a contract for packaged beef chili destined for Texas prison commissaries.

The USMCA Corridor would connect rail from the Pacific Ocean in Mexico through the United States all the way to Canada.

Ford Mexico CEO says ongoing Mexican rail blockades are affecting the flow of goods across the country.

Audi said it will allow Mexican officials to audit its Puebla plant following a dispute over tax payments.

Two-way trade at Port Laredo fell 19% to $126.49 billion through the first eight months of the year, dropping the port to No. 4 for border crossings in 2020.

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.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced 39 infrastructure projects, including highways, ports, bridges and water treatment plants.

Railway blockades reportedly are costing the Mexican economy more than $18 million a day.

TJX’s new 1.6 million-square-foot distribution center in El Paso will likely rely on factories in Juarez, Mexico, as part of its US-Mexico supply chain.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Seko Logistics to open new hub in Dallas; China firm opens $10 million auto parts plant in Mexico; medical device firm expands in Reynosa; Nippon Express opens new facility in Guanajuato.

Officials in the Mexican city of Reynosa announced a ban on trucks using city bridges starting Sept. 24.

Emirates SkyCargo’s flight to Guadalajara, Mexico, will include automotive components, fresh produce and other general cargo.

Mexico registered its third consecutive monthly trade surplus in August, led by exports of cattle, tomatoes and automotive products.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: DHL Express launches Hong Kong to Mexico service; new candy factory opening on the border; Texas port sending liquid C02 to Mexico; CBP seizes $4 million in drugs at Texas port.

American steel producers have complained that imported steel rebar from Mexico and Turkey have unfairly undercut U.S. prices.

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

From customs paperwork, to carrier requirements, to potential security clearances… Absolutely everything you need to know about shipping freight between the U.S. and Canada.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ongoing US-China trade spat and subsequent US tariffs on $500 billion of Chinese goods has catapulted Mexico back to No. 1.

President Trump’s new measures are aimed at addressing steel import issues affecting American producers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Shacman’s new plant will be the 12th truck/truck engine manufacturing facility in Mexico, joining Freightliner, Kenworth, Navistar, Hino, International, DINA, Mercedes Benz, Isuzu, Scania, and VW/MAN.

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.

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

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

Mexico reaches an agri-food surplus of 19% in the first half of 2020, with year-over-year international sales increasing 4.26%.

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 […]

OOIDA and Teamsters officials are concerned about violations of cabotage regulations that restrict Mexican trucking companies from making point-to-point deliveries within the United States.

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.

“The upsurge of methamphetamine trafficking has become a serious international health and security threat,” said Laredo Port Director Andrew Douglas.

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

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.

Arbitrators determined that KCS has the ability to use its Mexican crew members instead of its U.S.-based crews on a nine-mile stretch between the U.S. border and the Laredo rail yard.

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

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

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

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.

The export plant employs 2,000 workers and makes electronic parts used in vehicles manufactured by Chrysler, General Motors, Ford and others.

Hurricane Hanna’s aftermath has temporarily halted freight movement on several routes in and out of Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.

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.

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

Amazon will offer a minimum starting wage of $15 per hour in El Paso

Volvo Cars is facing supply chain issues from factories in Mexico, according to CEO Hakan Samuelsson. Samuelsson said supplier issues in Mexico and lower demand for its S60 sedans were partly to blame for the Ridgeville, South Carolina, plant being idle since June 3. “First is the disturbances in the supply of parts from Mexico. […]

As part of a new nationwide anti-corruption initiative, Mexico’s land, air and seaports will be operated and monitored by the Mexican military.

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.

Border industry leaders discuss USMCA’s benefits during a panel discussion hosted by the El Paso, Texas-based Borderplex Alliance.

CBP officers at Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge discover a massive quantity of methamphetamine in a truckload of onions.

The Ford Bronco, the company’s iconic offroad SUV, returns after a 24-year production hiatus. The sport edition will be built in Mexico.

Safran Group unveiled plans to open a new airplane-seat factory in northern Mexico, near the U.S.-Mexico border.

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.

Mexican farmers set up blockades at the Pharr, Texas, port of entry to protest government cuts in agricultural spending.

Around noon on Wednesday, farmers used trucks and tractors to block access to the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge on the Mexican side of the border.

Mexican auto factories exported 196,173 vehicles in June, a 38.8% decline compared to the same period in 2019.

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.

SavantX is moving some of its operations to New Mexico and opening a research center focused on quantum solutions for industries such as trucking and aviation.

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.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to hit the United States-Mexico auto supply chain hard, truck capacity has fluctuated at the border.

Jaguar Transport won a public auction for Celadon’s Mexican businesses, with a winning bid of $6.8 million.

Around 45,000 auto workers are on hold in Puebla, Mexico, as local authorities said they will not allow the automotive manufacturing industry to resume production over coronavirus fears.

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.

Frac sand firm Vista Proppants and Logistics filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, saying it has around $500 million in liabilities.

The automotive industry is at a crossroads, with many companies aiming to reduce supply chain risk through nearshoring and supplier consolidation.

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

The Mexican auto sector could request a longer period to comply with the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, set to go into effect July 1, officials said.

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.

Mexico’s exports to the United States totaled $23.4 billion in April, a 41% decline compared to April 2019.