cross-border logistics

Ryder opens Indiana distribution center for printing giant Lexmark

Ryder has opened a 1 million-square-foot distribution center for printer and imaging technology manufacturer Lexmark International in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

The facility streamlines Lexmark’s cross-border supply chain, while also speeding up shipping times and adding cost savings to deliveries, according to a news release.

“Lexmark’s business is time critical, so equipment handling and transit time is a primary concern, as is keeping costs competitive,” Norm Brouillette, senior vice president...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ryder-opens-indiana-distribution-center-for-printing-giant-lexmark

Smooth US-Mexico cross-border shipping made possible with right partner

After the supply chain disruptions the world has experienced over the last few years, a greater number of U.S.-based businesses are finding it more appealing to move manufacturing hubs closer to home to shorten and strengthen their supply chains. With nearshoring will come an increased need to transport goods across the border as efficiently as possible.

Freight movement at the border is heating up. Mexico remained the United States’ No. 1 trading partner in August and September, overtaking...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/smooth-us-mexico-cross-border-shipping-made-possible-with-right-partner

Canada’s Fastfrate buys cross-border logistics provider ASL

Fastfrate Group announced its acquisition of ASL Distribution Services.

Canadian trucking and logistics company Fastfrate Group has acquired third-party logistics provider ASL Distribution Services in a deal that dramatically expands its cross-border e-commerce business.

Fastfrate announced the acquisition on Tuesday and said it will boost annual revenue by CA$120 million ($94 million) in 2021. The deal adds 13 terminals and final-mile hubs in New York and Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba in Canada.

It comes amid a wave of acquisitions in the Canadian trucking and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/canadas-fastfrate-buys-cross-border-logistics-provider-asl

FedEx Express strengthens presence in Mexico with $12M logistics center

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) recently announced it is opening a $12.3 million distribution center in León, a city in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato.

The new 193,750-square-foot facility is aimed at strategically expanding FedEx Express’ presence in the Bajío region of west north-central Mexico for small and midsize enterprises (SMEs), said company spokeswoman Tatiana Gutierrez.

Gutierrez added the new facility will also “strengthen our global infrastructure as a...

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