Shippers need expert help navigating the growing Mexican market

Cross-border freight to and from Mexico has long been a hassle that many shippers and manufacturers avoid when possible. Customs processing, infrastructure failures, crime and delays are especially difficult to navigate for traditionally domestic companies. 

Echo Global Logistics is able to leverage its network retailers, suppliers and top-notch logistics expertise to help shippers avoid the perilous pitfalls of transportation through Mexico. 

Troy Ryley, President of the Mexico division for Echo...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shippers-need-expert-help-navigating-the-growing-mexican-market

Feds order border warehouse to pay $235K in back wages

A federal court in California has approved a judgment ordering a customs warehouse logistics company to pay $235,000 in back wages and penalties after an investigation found the employer illegally paid warehouse workers as little as $3.38 per hour.

Premar Global Warehouse Logistics employed 16 Mexican nationals to work as merchandise checkers in San Diego in a facility just minutes from the U.S.-Mexico border, according to investigators from the U.S. Department of Labor.

The workers were paid the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/feds-order-border-warehouse-to-pay-235k-in-back-wages