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GEODIS and Prologis activate rooftop solar project in Mexico to advance sustainability goals

GEODIS, in partnership with Prologis, has launched a 619-kilowatt rooftop solar installation at Prologis Park Grande, Building 3, in Tepotzotlán, one of Mexico’s key industrial zones.

The system is expected to generate approximately 892 megawatt-hours of low-carbon electricity annually, contributing to both companies’ environmental commitments.

Jessica Himmelreich, Vice President of Sustainability, Occupational Safety and Health, and Dangerous Goods at GEODIS Americas, said that  it supports the...

https://container-news.com/geodis-and-prologis-activate-rooftop-solar-project-in-mexico-to-advance-sustainability-goals/

Avocados, auto parts and ambushes: Inside Mexico’s cargo theft crisis

Cargo theft remains a critical threat to logistics networks across Mexico, with the first quarter of 2025 revealing both troubling trends and tactical shifts in criminal behavior. According to Overhaul’s Q1 2025 Cargo Theft Report, an overwhelming 81% of all cargo theft incidents reported nationwide involved violence, highlighting the persistent danger facing drivers and supply chain operators.

Geographically, theft was highly concentrated. Nearly 78% of cargo thefts occurred in Mexico’s central...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/avocados-auto-parts-and-ambushes-inside-mexicos-cargo-theft-crisis

US rail freight still ahead of 2024 levels

Weekly U.S. rail volume remains ahead of 2024 levels — at least for now.

Amid reports that import traffic from China is about to drop dramatically, with an almost-certain impact on intermodal volume, both carload and intermodal traffic remained above previous-year levels for the week ending April 26, 2025.

Statistics from the Association of American Railroads show that U.S. traffic for the week was 502,105 carloads and intermodal units, up 5.5% from the same week in 2024. That includes 233,411...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/us-rail-freight-still-ahead-of-2024-levels

José María Velasco: A View of Mexico, at the National Gallery

Cardón, State of Oaxaca, 1887.

By James Brewer

He is famed in his homeland for his monumental paintings of the Valley of Mexico. José María Velasco’s rigorously precise yet lyrical works pay homage to the magnificent scenery of the vast land expanse on which Mexico City grew. They were painted mainly in the 19th century during the decades of tremendous social change resulting from rapid industrialisation.

As one of Mexico’s most eminent artists, Velasco showed his work in Europe and the United...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/16/jose-maria-velasco-a-view-of-mexico-at-the-national-gallery/

Trucks make January run for the border at railroads’ expense

North American transborder freight carried by railroads declined in January from the same month the previous year even as shipments hauled by trucks increased by double digits.

Overall transborder freight totaled $134.4 billion in January, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) said, an increase of 8.2% from January 2024.

Railroads moved $15.2 billion of that, down 2.7% y/y, while trucks accounted for $87.6 billion, up 10.2%.

While January historically is a slack period for most freight,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trucks-make-january-run-for-the-border-at-railroads-expense

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