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Borderlands Mexico: Texas bridge expansion focused on cross-border trucking

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Texas bridge expansion focused on cross-border trucking; Mexico plans $3B expansion for Port of Manzanillo; John Deere building $55M factory in Mexico; and Speedy Freight opens 50,000-square-foot warehouse near Dallas.

Texas bridge expansion focused on cross-border trucking

The $83 million expansion of the Anzalduas International Bridge will have a significant impact on...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/borderlands-mexico-texas-bridge-expansion-focused-on-cross-border-trucking

Trump’s John Deere tariffs could hurt consumers, complicate global trade

President Donald Trump’s plan for 200% tariffs on the agriculture equipment manufacturer John Deere would disrupt the supply chain and ultimately hit consumers’ wallets, a Mexico trade expert said.

“Tariffs cause the cost of goods to rise and demand to drop, and it’s just going to cause the cost to rise, the pocketbook of the consumer is what gets slammed,” Jorge Canavati, principal at logistics provider J. Canavati & Co., told FreightWaves in an interview.

On Monday, Republican presidential...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trumps-john-deere-tariffs-could-hurt-consumers-complicate-global-trade

Transportation, ag industry grant terminally ill boy’s birthday wish

Liam Salmon received birthday cards and packages.

Liam Salmon, who is battling a rare pediatric brain tumor, had a simple request for his fifth birthday: mail. And boy, did he get his wish. 

After spending a week in the hospital, including his birthday, Oct. 22, Liam and his parents, Howard and Mary Salmon, of Anderson, California, arrived home late Tuesday to a mountain of packages and mail from across the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom.

Doctors diagnosed Liam in January with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), an inoperable brain...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/transportation-ag-industry-grant-terminally-ill-boys-birthday-wish

Career Tracks: NEXT Trucking hires finance, operations leaders

NEXT Trucking, hailed as a freight-tech pioneer connecting shippers and carriers, has bolstered its finance and operations leadership to oversee the El Segundo, California-based company.

Patrick Winter is the NEXT VP of operations

Timothy Danaher has been hired as chief financial officer and Patrick Winter has joined the company as vice president of operations.

“We are pleased to announce the addition of an accomplished new generation of leadership to the team who will help us continue to...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/career-tracks-next-trucking-hires-finance-operations-leaders

First all-electric ferry in U.S. reaches milestone

The first zero-emission, all-electric passenger/vehicle ferry in the U.S. marked its first anniversary this spring after a conversion that cleared a few hurdles.

Alabama’s Gee’s Bend Ferry completed its annual COI, “and that was very successful. The vessel has worked as envisioned and is doing it safely,” said Tim Aguirre, general manager, HMS Ferries Inc., which operates the ferry for the Alabama Department of Transportation. “We knew there would be challenges with it.”

Among them was the rural...

https://www.workboat.com/news/passenger-vessels/first-all-electric-ferry-in-u-s-reaches-milestone/

Corpus Christi crewboat runs with renewed power

The 91.3’x19.6′ crewboat Miss Vivian has a commanding presence while plying the waters off the Texas Gulf Coast.

Aransas Pass, Texas-based Sea Level Marine’s Miss Vivian serves offshore oil platforms and large ships moored in Corpus Christi harbor. The welded aluminum vessel is U.S. Coast Guard-approved for 50 passengers, and its 50’x15′ deck offers ample space to transport food provisions, equipment, and other supplies to offshore locations.

There’s a rather heroic side to Miss Vivian, too....

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/corpus-christi-crewboat-runs-with-renewed-power/

Master Boat Builders delivers third Kirby ATB tug

Another new tug for Kirby Offshore Marine from Alabama's Master Boat Builders. Master Boat Builders photo

Master Boat Builders, Bayou La Batre, Ala., has delivered the new 109’x36’x18’3″ ATB tug Cape Henery to Kirby Offshore Marine, Houston.

Designed by Guarino & Cox, Covington, La., the new tug, which has a steel hull and an aluminum tower, is powered by a pair of Tier 4 Caterpillar 3516E diesel engines, each producing 2,501 hp at 1,600 rpm. The Cats connect to 120″x78″, 5-bladed stainless-steel Hung Shin wheels through Reintjes WAF 1173 marine gears with 7.429:1 reduction ratios from Karl Senner....

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/master-boat-builders-delivers-third-kirby-atb-tug/

New John Deere commercial marine engine available

Deere 4045 SFM85 marine engine. John Deere image

A new engine from John Deere Power Systems, the PowerTech 4045SFM85, is now available to operators and boatbuilders. The Waterloo,Iowa-based engine manufacturer said the engines’ high power-to-weight ratio delivers impressive torque in a compact package, making it an ideal choice for planing and semi-displacement hulls.

The 4045SFM85 marine engine has two ratings (M4 and M5) — 205 kW (275 hp) at 2,600 rpm and 235 kW (315 hp) at 2800 rpm.  These ratings are ideal for light-duty commercial...

https://www.workboat.com/news/people-and-products/new-john-deere-commercial-marine-engine-available/