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Port Logistics operates a 140,000-square-foot refrigerated warehouse at Berth 219.

“With digital logistics, you can democratize manufacturing to the point of consumption,” said James Regenor.

For specialized industries such as health care and aerospace, the stakes of supply chain interruptions and service failures have never been higher.

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.”

Nine carriers in the Digital Container Shipping Association say eliminating paper from transactions will improve all aspects of the process.

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.

According to data published on the CBP website, 160 total CBP employees had tested positive for the virus as of Sunday. New York City had the most, with 52 employees.

Executive Director Gene Seroka said the coronavirus has not impacted landside operations.

The CBP Laredo Field Office oversees U.S. ports of entry along the Mexican border in the cities of Laredo, Roma, Del Rio, Brownsville, Eagle Pass, Hidalgo, Rio Grande City and Progreso.

While operations across the country have not been interrupted, visitors should stay away.

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.

New service helps companies wade through turbulent trade waters.

Canada’s federal postal carrier asks Canadian producers to stop shipping cannabis to Campobello Island — because of the troublesome transit through Maine.

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 […]

Ben Thrower writes about the increased use of cargo ships to smuggle drugs.

Commissioner Carl Bentzel said the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission will have an increasing role in the development of shoreside activities that impact international container shipping.

The White House on Dec. 12 announced the private sector technology winners of its Opioid Detection Challenge.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: CBP seizes $8.4 million in marijuana bust; Texas port opens its first US-Mexico commercial FAST lane; Diligent Delivery Systems consolidates transportation-logistics operations; Unimacts acquires Tijuana manufacturing plant. CBP seizes $8.4 million of marijuana smuggled in cargo […]

In cargo transportation, there is a distinction between screening and inspection.