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Mexico remains top US trade partner, Laredo No. 3 gateway

Mexico was the United States’ top trade partner in February, with two-way commerce totaling $68.4 billion, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Trade between the U.S. and Mexico during February was a 2% year-over-year increase compared to the same month in 2024.

Canada was the second ranked U.S. commerce partner with $63.2 billion during February, a 2% year-over-year increase compared to 2024.

China was the third-ranked trade partner, totaling $42.1 billion, a 4%...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mexico-remains-top-us-trade-partner-laredo-no-3-gateway

Las tasas de rechazo de carga de camiones aumentan en el mercado transfronterizo más grande de los Estados Unidos-México

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Gráfico de la semana: Índice de rechazo de licitación saliente, índice de volumen de licitación saliente – Laredo SONAR: Otri.lrd, Otvi.lrd Las solicitudes de cargador de capacidad de carga de camiones se están rechazando a las tasas más altas desde la era de la pandemia en Laredo, Texas, el mayor mercado de cruces fronterizos de […]

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Truckload rejection rates surge in largest US-Mexico cross-border market

Chart of the Week: Outbound Tender Reject Index, Outbound Tender Volume Index – Laredo SONAR: OTRI.LRD, OTVI.LRD

Shipper requests for truckload capacity are being rejected at the highest rates since the pandemic era in Laredo, Texas — the largest U.S. border crossing market.

The Outbound Tender Reject Index (OTRI) measures the percentage of truckload capacity requests that carriers decline. Since rejecting loads is generally undesirable for carriers, rising rejection rates indicate a tightening...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truckload-rejection-rates-surge-in-largest-us-mexico-cross-border-market

Why the intermodal market is in a ‘long peak’ right now

Intermodal volumes aren’t slowing down. By mid-December, we’re well past the time when goods bound by train would arrive in retail stores in time for Christmas shoppers, yet railroads are still carrying near-record numbers of boxes. Tariff pull-forward, consumer demand and inventory building are all driving higher intermodal volumes, setting the market up for rate increases next year.

Call it a “long peak.”

Total intermodal traffic in North America saw a significant boost last month, increasing...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/why-the-intermodal-market-is-in-a-long-peak-right-now

CPKC completes second span over Rio Grande at Laredo gateway

The $100 million Patrick J. Ottensmeyer International Railway Bridge is officially complete.

The second span across the Rio Grande — linking Laredo, Texas, with Nuevo Laredo, Mexico — doubles Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s cross-border capacity because it allows the railway to eliminate the four-hour northbound and southbound directional running windows that created bottlenecks on its original lone single-track bridge.

“Completion of this internationally important project more than doubles our...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cpkc-completes-second-span-over-rio-grande-at-laredo-gateway

Storm damage causes delays at major Texas trade bridge

A severe storm Saturday night forced authorities to temporarily close the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas, the busiest U.S.-Mexico commercial crossing in the nation.

The storm collapsed the roof of the Mexican commercial customs facility in Nuevo Laredo, directly across the border from Laredo. 

The closure hampered trucks hauling imported goods into the U.S. on Sunday and caused long delays for cargo transporters, Mexican officials said.

“As a result of the heavy rains that occurred at night...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/storm-damage-causes-delays-at-major-texas-trade-bridge

Border bridges blocked as rail workers seek back pay, benefits

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Former Mexican rail workers held protests and blockades at U.S.-Mexico border crossings in Arizona...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/border-bridges-blocked-as-rail-workers-seek-back-pay-benefits

Texas DPS ends truck safety inspections after $1.9B impact

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott may have stopped state-run truck safety inspections at the Mexican border, but business leaders said it could be weeks before cross-border traffic patterns return to normal.

“We hope that in the next three weeks, if we continue without setbacks, there will be good progress in the usual exports, as well as exports that have been waiting,” Manuel Sotelo, vice president of the Juarez chapter of Mexico’s National Chamber of Freight Transport (Canacar), said at a Tuesday news...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/texas-dps-ends-truck-safety-inspections-after-1-9b-impact

Check Call: Texas takes the top spot

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Laredo, Texas, is channeling its best impression of Whitney Houston as it retains for the seventh straight month the top spot among all 450 international gateways for trade in August with a casual $28.6...

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