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Borderlands: Mexico regains spot as top US trading partner

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico regains spot as top U.S. trading partner; Mexico moves up to fourth-largest global auto parts producer; Arizona gets $315 million for ports of entry; and CBP seizes $9 million in meth from commercial trucks. 

Mexico regains spot as top US trading partner

Mexico was the United States’ No. 1 trading partner in February, knocking China off the top spot and into...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mexico-regains-spot-as-top-us-trading-partner

BNSF planning massive intermodal, logistics hub near Phoenix

BNSF Railway Co. has acquired a 3,508-acre piece of land in the Phoenix region with plans to develop it as its Western hub, according to state records.

BNSF purchased the property last week for $49.1 million when it was the winning and sole bidder for land at an Arizona State Land Department auction.

The railway said Arizona is an important area for economic growth and the land is a good long-term investment. 

“This land is adjacent to the BNSF rail line [in Phoenix’s West Valley] and BNSF...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/bnsf-planning-massive-hub-near-phoenix

Southwest coalition seeks to connect supply chains ‘growing chaotically’

A photograph of a truck on a highway and a train in the background.

Supply chain stakeholders are forming a coalition in the southwestern U.S. that seeks to stage certain logistics activities in Nevada, Utah and Arizona and away from the densely populated metropolitan and port areas in California. 

The Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) and think tank OnTrackNorthAmerica have established the Southwest Supply Chain Coalition in a move they say will alleviate congested highways and improve the balance of truck and rail transportation, thereby...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/southwest-coalition-seeks-to-connect-supply-chains-growing-chaotically

Rivian considers Texas, Arizona for $5B electric vehicle plant

Automaker Rivian is eyeing locations in Texas and Arizona, among others, as possible sites for its second electric vehicle factory.

The Irvine, California-based manufacturer is in talks with officials in Fort Worth, Texas, and Mesa, Arizona, about building a $5 billion auto factory — dubbed Project Tera — aimed at producing up to 200,000 vehicles a year.

Jim Chen, Rivian’s vice president of public policy, said in an email to FreightWaves that the company is talking with several locations for its...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/rivian-considers-texas-arizona-for-5b-electric-vehicle-plant

South Korean company bringing delivery drones to Phoenix

South Korean company pablo air drones technology logistics phoenix arizona

Drone delivery bulls took a hit after news of Amazon’s floundering U.K. drone operations broke on Tuesday, but plenty of smaller players are still working to bring drones to U.S. cities. The latest locale? Phoenix.

South Korea-based Pablo Air announced Wednesday the expansion of its drone delivery business into Phoenix, signing a memorandum of understanding with three local companies to begin testing its established services, as well as its newer innovations. The MOU loops in full-service...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/south-korean-company-bringing-delivery-drones-to-phoenix

FreightWaves Classics: Interstate 19 – it’s not the miles, it’s the kilometers!

I-19 signage. (Photo: Arizona Department of Transportation)

Interstate 19 (I-19) is another intrastate interstate (as are I-2, I-4, I-12, I-14, I-16 and I-17). I-19 is one of two intrastate interstates in Arizona (the other being I-17, which was recently profiled in another FreightWaves Classics article).

How can I-19 (as well as the other interstates listed above), be an interstate if it doesn’t cross one state’s border into another? According to an article by David Rookhuyzen of the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) that quotes the Federal...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classics-interstate-19-its-not-the-miles-its-the-kilometers

FreightWaves Classics: I-17 serves Arizona’s ever-growing population

An outdoor news conference to announce a new improvement project on I-17. (Photo: Arizona Department of Transportation)

Interstate 17 (I-17) is another intrastate interstate (as are I-2, I-4, I-12, I-14 and I-16). It is 147 miles long and connects two of Arizona’s major cities – Phoenix and Flagstaff.

How can I-17 and the other interstates listed above, be an interstate if it doesn’t cross one state’s border into another? According to an article by David Rookhuyzen of the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) that quotes the Federal Highway Administration (FHwA), “the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, which...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classics-i-17-serves-arizonas-ever-increasing-population

Most dangerous highway stretches for US truckers

Damaged tractor-trailer being towed.

These are the top five most dangerous highway stretches in the U.S., based on data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (NHTSA-FARS).

Related: Scariest tunnels for truckers

US Highway 93, Arizona
U.S. Highway 93 in Mohave County, Arizona. (Google maps)

This highway covers a stretch of 200 miles in Arizona that many drivers use to travel between Las Vegas and Phoenix. More specifically, it runs from Wickenburg, Arizona, to the Hoover Dam...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/most-dangerous-highway-stretches-for-us-truckers

No cause determined in Union Pacific employee death

A photograph of two Union Pacific locomotives in a rail yard.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its preliminary report on a January incident that resulted in the death of a Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) worker in Vail, Arizona.

The investigation is ongoing and no cause has been determined, NTSB said.

The Jan. 31 incident occurred at 12:40 p.m. local time and involved a Union Pacific (UP) employee with 41 years of rail service who was struck by a piece of rail-bound maintenance equipment known as a track maintenance tamper (TMT). The TMT...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/no-cause-determined-in-union-pacific-employee-death

Union Pacific, investigators look into Sunday fatality in Arizona

A photograph of a Union Pacific locomotive.

Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) and federal investigators are looking into an incident in southeast Arizona on Sunday that claimed the life of an employee of the railroad.

Union Pacific (UP) engineering employee and system laborer James Morgan was involved in an accident in Vail, Arizona.

“This is a tragic situation and our hearts go out to James’ family, friends, coworkers and the larger Union Pacific family. At this time, notifications are being made, and we have no further information,” UP said on...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/union-pacific-investigators-look-into-sunday-fatality-in-arizona

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