ANPACT reported the total number of heavy-duty trucks, medium-sized trucks and buses sold during the first four months of the year was 6,495, a decrease of 48.1% compared to 12,521 units sold during 2019.
President Donald Trump’s April 18 executive order aims to provide additional economic support for supply chains and manufacturers during the pandemic.
In March, 204,383 commercial vehicles crossed the World Trade and Colombia Solidarity commercial bridges in Laredo. It was 284 fewer truck crossings than in March 2019, a 0.1% decline.
The decline in cross-border freight is linked to the closure of truck-making and auto parts plants across Mexico to contain the coronavirus, as well as the March 30 executive order by Mexican President Manuel Obrador to close all nonessential businesses.
For the second time in a year, Port Laredo again ranks first among the nation’s more than 450 airports, seaports and border crossings.
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.
The latest regional survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas shows that general business activity for manufacturing in Texas declined to -70 in March.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade.
Mexico was the U.S.’s largest trading partner in 2019, with more than $614 billion in two-way trade.
Around 2,000 trucks a day use State Route 189, and the improvements could save more than 10 minutes per northbound truck, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
Freight tech company focused on logistics in the beverage, auto parts, construction, furniture and electronic sectors.
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.
Tomatoes imported from Mexico will begin undergoing tougher inspections at the border starting April 1. The increased inspections are part of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s deal with Mexican growers to suspend its anti-dumping investigation into the produce.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a revamped pact with Mexico and Canada that replaces the 26-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) “overhauls” the rules for trading agriculture, manufacturing and services with Mexico and Canada, Trump said. “Today we’re finally ending the NAFTA nightmare and signing into […]
A wide range of officials on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border as well as trucking associations on Thursday praised the new trade deal among the United States, Mexico and Canada, after the U.S. Senate passed the deal, sending it to President Donald Trump for his signature. The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) passed the Senate […]
Mexico continues to be the top trading partner for the United States, ranking No. 1 in total trade value through November, at $567.81 billion. It marks the 11th straight month Mexico has been in first, with Canada second and China third. China had led the list from July 2017 until December 2018. The ongoing trade […]
Third-party logistics provider Source Logistics recently signed a pre-lease agreement to rent the new 423,280-square-foot building No. 2 at the Port Grande logistics facility in Laredo, Texas. The new facility is 10 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border and features a 32-foot ceiling clearance, 120 dock-high doors, four ground-level doors, a large, secured truck courtyard, 242 […]
Mexican tomatoes being detained at the border for longer inspections is “unjustified,” according to agricultural officials in Mexico. Víctor Villalobos Arámbula, Mexico’s secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER), said 43 truckloads of Mexican tomatoes have been detained at the U.S.-Mexico border since Nov. 18 as part of stepped up inspections against the tomato brown […]
San Antonio was at the top of the list for wait times for truckers in November and early December, increasing to as much as 7.7 hours, according to FreightWaves SONAR data. Normally El Paso and Laredo, Texas, are the worst offenders on or near the U.S.-Mexico border for trucker wait times. Logistics professionals said the […]
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Police find $3 million in barrels of pork headed for Mexico; Stabilis Energy opens new transportation hub in Mexico; sales of heavy-duty trucks and buses fell 45.7% in Mexico during November; UPS driver arrested for allegedly […]
