There is no easy fix: Enhancing trucking safety and driver competence, as well as combating CDL fraud, will take an all-hands-on-deck effort at every level of government.
This week in Borderlands: US-Mexico cross-border trade may hit $1 trillion by 2028; Railway expands freight capacity with new bridge in North Texas; Toms taps Texas logistics software provider as U.S. fulfillment partner; and CBP discovers 1st-in-nation pest in Southern California.
The $9 million felony fraud case against Frances Hall, who was convicted of killing her trucking magnate husband in 2016, continues to move through the courts.
Cargo operations at a Texas border port were temporarily delayed Tuesday by an influx of migrants.
This week in Borderlands: BNSF Railway rethinks its plan to build a Texas logistics center after community opposition; Paschall Truck Lines adds a new cross-border terminal; Niagara Bottling will build a logistics center in Central Texas; and the Commerce Department honors three Texas-based export businesses.
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Tesla has unveiled its first production electric Cybertruck, the company tweeted Saturday, two years behind schedule.
Daylight recently opened the first LEED-certified trucking facility in Texas, proving its continued commitment to both sustainability and the people of the Lone Star State.
Authorities arrested four Mexican nationals in connection with the deaths of 53 migrants found abandoned last year in a locked tractor-trailer.
Arrow Truck Sales is closing its branches in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio due to state regulations on dealerships.
This week in Borderlands: Texas seaport completes a $146 million container terminal expansion; a chemical logistics provider expands its Arizona operations; Bollore Logistics opens a supply chain facility in Mexico; and border agents seize $38 million worth of meth hidden in a kale shipment.
The Port of Corpus Christi has named Kent Britton interim CEO to lead the South Texas port until a permanent chief executive is found.
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DHL Supply Chain and GXO Logistics are laying off at least 185 workers in Texas as a result of losing customers.
Port CEO’s resignation came a day after a story aired on a local TV station about his alleged excessive expenditures.
The Mexican government has called on Texas to stop state-run cargo truck inspections at the border that have caused hourslong delays.
Heavy gunfire has been reported near the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge, a key border crossing linking Texas and Mexico.
Texas officials have reduced state-run inspections of tractor-trailers arriving from Mexico at two border crossings.
Arizona, Texas and other states aim to reconfigure the global supply chain for makers of electric vehicles, batteries and semiconductors.
