Frac sand firm Vista Proppants and Logistics filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, saying it has around $500 million in liabilities.
Mexico’s exports to the United States totaled $23.4 billion in April, a 41% decline compared to April 2019.
Tropical Storm Cristobal headed toward northern Gulf Coast this weekend. Some disruptions in freight flows are likely.
Tropical Storm Cristobal’s late-week landfall may cause minor freight movement delays.
Fullbay, the heavy-duty repair software provider, has launched Fullbay Cares, making a donation to Feeding America and Food Banks Canada each time a repair shop signs on to the Fullbay platform in May. Plus, Texas DOT hacked, dynamic route planning takes hold, and the new COVID reality
Companies across the Lone Star State have made another wave of job cuts with 3,000 more workers losing their jobs.
For the second time in a year, Port Laredo again ranks first among the nation’s more than 450 airports, seaports and border crossings.
uShip was founded in 2004 as an online shipping marketplace that matches customers needing to move unusually large items with thousands of transport companies that have extra cargo space.
In an effort to fight COVID-19, Laredo officials are requiring people to wear face masks when entering a public building, pumping gas, riding in public transportation or traveling by a rideshare vehicle.
Port Houston announced it was closing two terminals after an employee who worked at both sites tested positive for the coronavirus.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott initiated several measures aimed at keeping commercial trucks moving to deliver supplies to grocery stores.
Houston-based TPC Group will eliminate 100 jobs but work to restore production within five years at the Port Neches plant damaged during Nov. 27 explosions.
“I would hope that if it were my kids, that someone would stop and help them.”
Continental North America recently announced it will build a 215,000-square-foot manufacturing and research facility focused on technology for autonomous driving in New Braunfels, Texas. Construction on the $110 million plant is scheduled to begin later this year with production starting in 2021. The plant will employ around 575 workers and produce products for Continental’s advanced […]
XPO Logistics Inc. will lay off more than 300 workers at its Fort Worth distribution center in April, according to a notice filed with the Texas Workforce Commission TWC. According to the notice, XPO plans to lay off a total of 304 workers at its AllianceTexas facility, located at 3300 Eagle Parkway in Fort Worth. […]
Atlanta-based Stonemont Financial Group recently launched phase one of its 540-acre Southwest International Gateway Business Park in El Campo, Texas, around 60 miles southwest of Houston. “We have officially closed on the land and completed all of our designs, and we’re in the process of breaking ground as we speak,” Stonemont Financial CEO Zack Markwell […]
UPS ground service shut down in more than 100 counties in Texas, Oklahoma.
Some or all operations in Oklahoma City, Tulsa affected.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Laredo road ranked No. 3 for truck congestion in Texas; U.S.-Mexico border to get more X-ray scanners; truck production in Mexico rises 19.8%; and Nuevo Laredo is the top customs district in Mexico. Laredo road ranks […]
Texas continues to be a leader in international trade, ranking No. 1 in exports of manufactured and non-manufactured commodities for the third quarter, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Year-to-date, Texas has exported an estimated $155.8 billion in manufactured goods and $68.7 billion in non-manufactured commodities, ranking it No. 1 in both categories among U.S. […]
