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Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: US agricultural exporters experiencing shipping container crunch; TForce Logistics expands last-mile delivery in Texas; Dachser expands operations in Arizona; and TexAmericas Center to expand rail service.

Less-than-container load service will run weekly from the ports of Altamira to Santos.

Preeti Pande, the hydrogen solution provider’s chief marketing officer, comes with extensive fuel cell industry experience and a Ph.D.

Dachser promotes Burkhard Eling to CEO; GlobalTranz hires Bryan Foe as SVP; the Containerization & Intermodal Institute appoints Randy Bayles to its board; and Illinois Railroad Association taps Michelle Kelm as executive director.

Freight forwarder guides customers through online shopping shift and transport capacity choke points.

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.

Good luck finding an available aircraft to haul your goods at a reasonable price for the next three months. Competition for airlift is fierce these days. Find out why.

Companies have to spend more time trying to find cargo space for their goods with more than half the global passenger fleet still grounded by the coronavirus. The good news is carriers and logistics companies continue to add services.

MARAD Administrator Mark Buzby and Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan receive Maritime Leadership Award.

Shanghai Pudong Airport is getting crushed by heavy cargo volumes. Add to the mix a lot of red tape for export clearance and shipments are experiencing long delays and missed flights.

A C-suite and board are shuffled, and a commercial operations director and Europe manager are hired.

Charters between Germany and China rise as logistics provider readies for “whatever happens” in coming weeks.

The transport of cargo from China to Europe by sea is likely to remain more important than Eurasian railway routes, says the CEO of the German forwarder DACHSER.