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.
Agents find more than 1,800 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in a shipment of tomatoes and in gas tanks.
Officials in Texas recently announced four drug seizures involving trucks along the United States-Mexico border.
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.
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.
Officials in the Mexican city of Reynosa announced a ban on trucks using city bridges starting Sept. 24.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized narcotics valued at $14.36 million in six separate incidents in Texas.
CBP’s expansion project at the Pharr Port of Entry in South Texas is aimed at speeding up commercial agriculture processing.
More than $125 million in drugs has been seized from tractor-trailers attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas and California since July 15.
The meth seizure occurred at the cargo facility of the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge in South Texas.
Hurricane Hanna’s aftermath has temporarily halted freight movement on several routes in and out of Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.
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.
CBP officers at Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge discover a massive quantity of methamphetamine in a truckload of onions.
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.
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%.
The new cargo inspection program at Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge aims to save time and money for trucks traveling to and from Mexico.
