Less-than-truckload carrier Saia Inc. announced a new partnership with Fletes Mexico, one of the largest trucking companies south of the border.
Fletes Mexico’s less-than-truckload division, Carga Express, and Saia will provide cross-border freight transport for customers. Saia will service Carga Express’ shipments entering the U.S., while Carga Express will transport Saia’s freight traveling into Mexico.
“Our customers will benefit from Carga Express’ network of distribution centers and...
As nearshoring attracts more manufacturers to prime sites in Mexico, real estate firm Meor is betting big on continued demand for industrial space along the border.
Meor, a real estate developer based in Mexico City, announced its search for U.S. equity partners to help fund a $1.7 billion plan to develop a multiphase portfolio of 13 industrial projects along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The developer hired Chicago-based Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) to help it find equity partners to fund the...
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Former Mexican rail workers held protests and blockades at U.S.-Mexico border crossings in Arizona...
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Delays from the customs system on Mexico’s side of the border have snarled commercial truck traffic...
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Several hundred people gathered in three border states Saturday to call for stricter immigration...
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U.S. authorities say 19 men have been indicted as part of a drug-smuggling operation that involved large quantities of narcotics moved from Mexico across the U.S. and Canada by long-haul truckers.
The cross-border investigation dubbed “Operation Dead Hand” by the FBI led to the arrest of Roberto Scoppa, a Montreal man alleged by authorities to be a large-scale Canadian trafficker and Italian Mafia figure.
Authorities also arrested Guramrit Sidhu, a resident of Brampton, Canada, also known as...
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Amid a border standoff between the Biden administration and Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a...
Several Texas-Mexico border infrastructure developments recently received a boost after a new law took effect that speeds up the federal approval process for international cargo bridge projects.
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, led the policy change effort to reform the presidential permitting process for new and expanded border bridges, with the focus on international crossings in Laredo, Eagle Pass and Brownsville, Texas.
The bill, which sets a maximum 120-day...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/texas-cargo-bridge-projects-could-be-expedited-under-new-law
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection resumed full commercial operations Thursday at an international...
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As more global supply chains shift manufacturing to Mexico, cross-border operators said nearshoring...