Borderlands: Continental AG announces $90M manufacturing facility in Mexico

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Continental AG announces $90M manufacturing facility in Mexico; 3PL Outerspace opens fulfillment operations in Arizona; South Texas border logistics park announces expansion; and CBP seizes tramadol at Laredo’s World Trade Bridge.

Continental AG announces $90M manufacturing facility in Mexico

German tire and industrial parts manufacturing giant Continental AG announced...

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Texas cargo bridge projects could be expedited under new law

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...

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Mexico shootout slows Texas border truck traffic

A shootout between gunmen and Mexican authorities has jammed up commercial traffic through Laredo, Texas, according to officials.

The incident occurred Wednesday night, when gunmen tried to enter the Mexican state of Coahuila along the U.S.-Mexico border. They were confronted by law enforcement agents, according to a statement from the Public Security Secretariat of Coahuila. 

After the incident, Mexican authorities set up checkpoints on several federal highways leading north toward Laredo...

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“What spurred construction of Laredo’s World Trade Bridge?”

On April 24, 2000, the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas, held a dedication ceremony to great public fanfare.

Then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush attended the grand opening, along with President Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico.

The eight-lane, $128 million World Trade Bridge crosses over the Rio Grande River and connects Laredo to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. It was constructed to handle the rapid growth of commercial truck traffic between Mexico and the United States.

“Today we are celebrating not just a bridge...

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Borderlands: Laredo looks to add, expand bridges to boost Mexico trade

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Laredo’s bridge master plan aims to boost Mexico trade; German automaker invests $72 million in San Luis Potosí; Transmontes orders 75 Freightliner trucks; El Paso opens route for trucks headed to Mexico.

Laredo’s bridge master plan aims to boost Mexico trade

The World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas, could reach capacity by 2030, negatively impacting commercial truck...

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Marijuana, meth, e-cigarettes seized at Texas ports

More than $3.6 million in marijuana, methamphetamine and unauthorized e-cigarettes were seized from Texas ports during three recent incidents.

The first case occurred in late December when U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized 42 separate e-cigarette shipments arriving from China destined for various Texas counties.

The shipments included 33,681 individual disposable flavored e-cigarette cartridges resembling name brand products “that did not meet the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic...

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Four seizures in South Texas nets $13M in drugs

United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently announced four drug seizures involving trucks crossing the Texas-Mexico border.

The first two cases occurred at Laredo’s World Trade Bridge, where CBP seized narcotics worth $6.4 million. 

On Nov. 23, Laredo CBP were checking a truck hauling evaporator machines from Mexico when they discovered 226 pounds of alleged methamphetamine. The narcotics have an estimated street value of $4.5 million.

The second case at the World Trade Bridge...

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Texas port to reroute empty cargo trailers

All northbound empty cargo trucks crossing the U.S.-Mexico border at the Laredo port of entry will now be rerouted to the Colombia-Solidarity bridge starting Dec. 7.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the pilot program Monday, with the aim of reducing truck traffic and wait times at the Laredo port of entry, officials said.

“This redirection of empty tractors and trailers through Colombia-Solidarity Bridge will help greatly to alleviate wait times at [Laredo’s] World Trade Bridge,...

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Mexican truckers set to block Texas bridge Saturday

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...

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CBP finds $3M worth of meth in cookie shipment

A tractor-trailer hauling cookies from Mexico turned out to contain $3.3 million in methamphetamine, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

It was the latest in a string of busts at border crossings in South Texas last week totaling $14.36 million in narcotics.

The meth seizure occurred on Friday, when CBP officers at the World Trade Bridge cargo facility in Laredo found the alleged methamphetamine hidden inside a trailer from Mexico. The truck was carrying a shipment of cookies. 

C...

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