Nuevo Laredo Archives - Maritime Shipping News

Laredo commercial border crossing slowed by storm’s aftermath

18 May 2021

A powerful storm that wrecked havoc Monday in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, has caused a freight slowdown at the commercial border crossing in Laredo, Texas.

“Due to last night’s storm, power on the Mexico side is out and affecting north and south bound traffic,” said Armando Taboada, assistant director of field operations at the Laredo Field Office of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in an email to customs officials and media.

“Railroad operations at Laredo are on hold due to debris on rail...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/laredo-commercial-crossing-slowed-by-storms-aftermath

Cybersecurity critical for cross-border trade

10 November 2020

The rapid pace of digitalization poses new security risks for cross-border trade, an industry that relies heavily on electronic data and international money transfers, said Alaster Love, chief technology officer at Panacea Strategy.

“We know that on a cross-border basis, in Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, there’s lots of people who’ve already had issues with cybersecurity,” Love said. “We know that in Mexico, cyberattacks have happened on a larger scale.”

Over the past several months, almost a dozen...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cybersecurity-critical-for-trade

Mexican truckers set to block Texas bridge Saturday

23 October 2020

Members of a Mexican truck drivers union announced they will block World Trade Bridge III, which connects commercial cargo between Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, and Laredo, Texas, beginning at 7 a.m. Saturday.

The blockade from the Border Union of Operators of Nuevo Laredo members is to protest what they say are increasingly longer wait times and inadequate service they experience hauling goods through the South Texas border crossing.

Juan Antonio García Fuentes, president of the union, said the longer...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mexican-truckers-set-to-block-texas-bridge-saturday