Mexico Borderlands

Mexico orders railroads to prioritize passenger train services over freight operations

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Mexico’s government issued a federal mandate this week forcing private railway companies operating...

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Borderlands: ITS Logistics making big moves in Lone Star State

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Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border...

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JB Hunt, BNSF and GMXT to launch Mexico-to-Midwest intermodal service

BNSF, J.B. Hunt Transport Services and Grupo Mexico’s Ferromex (GMXT) are launching an intermodal service that they say will slash a day off transit time between Monterrey in Mexico and Chicago and offer opportunities for customers to grow into expanding markets in Mexico.

The service will begin Jan. 1, 2024. Service will be offered between the Monterrey, Silao-Bajio and Pantaco-Mexico City regions and Chicago and the U.S. Midwest via the border gateway at Eagle Pass, Texas. The Dallas-Fort...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/jb-hunt-bnsf-and-gmxt-to-launch-mexico-to-midwest-intermodal-service

Mexico remains top US trade partner, Laredo No. 1 gateway

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Mexico was the United States’ top trade partner in September, with two-way commerce totaling $67...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mexico-remains-top-us-trade-partner-laredo-no-1-gateway

Borderlands: 3 Texas seaports awarded $37M in federal upgrade grants

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Three Texas seaports are awarded a combined $37 million in federal upgrade grants; Arcadia Cold Storage opens a Phoenix-area facility; an investment firm acquires California-based Source Logistics; and Fictiv opens a facility in Monterrey.

3 Texas seaports awarded combined $37M in federal upgrade grants

Three major seaports across Texas will receive almost $38 million...

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Borderlands: US mulls terminating tomato trade agreement with Mexico

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: The U.S. mulls terminating a tomato trade agreement with Mexico; Walmart opens a fulfillment center near Dallas; Saddle Creek Logistics is opening a distribution center in Arizona; and layoffs hit GulfMark Energy’s operations in Texas. 

US mulls terminating tomato trade agreement with Mexico

A monthlong comment review period undertaken by the Department of Commerce...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/borderlands-us-mulls-terminating-tomato-trade-agreement-with-mexico

What shippers need to know to succeed in Mexico in 2024

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This article was originally published in the third issue of FreightWaves’ Supply Chain Playbook.

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https://www.freightwaves.com/news/what-shippers-need-to-know-to-succeed-in-mexico-in-2024

Borderlands: Cargo theft trends changing as supply chains shift to border regions

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Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border...

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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

Tesla’s electric vehicle factory in Mexico could be delayed

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company’s Gigafactory Mexico project is facing pressure from interest rates and the global economy.

During the company’s third-quarter earnings call with analysts Wednesday, Musk said the company is currently laying the groundwork for construction of the factory near Monterrey, Mexico.

In March, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) announced plans to build a $5 billion assembly plant near Monterrey, where the company will produce a new line of electric vehicles. Musk previously said...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/teslas-electric-vehicle-factory-in-mexico-could-be-delayed

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