Latest posts about Mexico
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LM reader survey drives home the ongoing rise of U.S.-Mexico cross-border trade and nearshoring activity
May 13, 2024
The survey’s findings were largely positive, in terms of the attitude and approaches shippers are taking to setting up shop in Mexico, coupled with the ones that plan to make inroads there.
El Paso Border Delays Cost Juarez $32 Million Per Day in Economic Losses
May 1, 2024
Commercial truck delays at El Paso border crossings, initiated by reinstated Texas safety inspections, costing valuable time and money.
Ryder opens up El Paso-based multi-client facility logistics facility
May 1, 2024
The company said earlier this week it opened up a second multiclient facility logistics facility located in El Paso, Texas, which is in close proximity to the Ysleta Port of Entry, which it said is the largest commercial port in the El Paso district, as well as a critical trade corridor for northbound goods out of Juarez, Mexico.
Frictionless Videocast: The Importance of Water at the U.S./Mexico Border with Commissioner Maria-Elena Giner, International Boundary and Water Commission
April 15, 2024
Listen as Dr.Maria Elena Giner, Commissioner of the US International Boundary and Water Commission, and Rosemary Coates, Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute, discuss the importance of water at the U.S./Mexico border.
Q&A: Mike Burkhart on the Recent Nearshoring Push Into Mexico
March 28, 2024
Mike Burkhart of CH Robinson discusses the shift in imported goods away from China and into Mexico.
Q&A: Mike Burkhart, VP of Mexico, C.H. Robinson
March 26, 2024
LM Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently spoke with Mike Burkhart, VP of Mexico, for Minneapolis-based global logistics services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson, about the ongoing nearshoring push into Mexico and what shippers need to know and be prepared for in order to establish cross-border supply chain and logistics operations south of the border.
Echo Global Logistics announces expansion of cross-border services in Mexico
March 21, 2024
As key parts of this expansion, the company said that it has set up new locations in Mexico City, Monterrey, and Laredo, Texas, and also tapped 30-year logistics veteran Troy Ryley as President, Echo Mexico.
Arrive Logistics announces the opening of new Guadalajara, Mexico-based office
February 16, 2024
Company officials explained that the driver for this new office is focused on meeting increased demand in cross-border services, in tandem with February U.S. Census Bureau data indicating Mexico has moved past China as the leading exporter to the U.S. for the first time since 2002.
Industry groups call on CBP to reopen two Texas-based railroad crossings
December 19, 2023
On December 18, CBP said that it is continuing to surge all available resources to safely process migrants in response to increased levels of migrant encounters at the Southwest Border, fueled by smugglers peddling disinformation to prey on vulnerable individuals.
The shift away from China is leading to India, notes Boston Consulting Group Report
November 27, 2023
Years of geopolitical uncertainty and high US tariffs are driving manufacturing out of China and into new destinations.
C.H. Robinson announces opening of new Port of Laredo cross-border facility
September 11, 2023
With an eye on bolstering United States-Mexico cross-border trade activity, Minneapolis, Minn.-based global logistics services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson said today it has opened up a new facility at Texas-based Port of Laredo. The company planned and built out this facility over the last 18 months.
Flexport report looks at how Laredo could be poised for increased nearshoring activity
May 15, 2023
A recently-issued report from San Francisco-based freight forwarding and customs brokerage services provider Flexport examined the inroads being made on nearshoring initiatives in Mexico through the lens of container throughput at the landlocked Laredo, Texas port, which sits between the United States and Mexico.
Expo Pack México returns, stronger and revived
June 22, 2022
The 2022 show’s return gave the Latin American packaging and processing industry four days of intense business activity around innovative technologies and unmatched networking opportunities
Mexican truckers block border, protesting Texas Gov. Abbott’s new rules
April 12, 2022
Mexican truck drivers, irked by new border regulations imposed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), have blocked two major border crossings in and out of Mexico. First affected was the Pharr International Bridge leading to and from Reynosa, Mexico. Mexican truckers blocked access to the bridge on Monday to protest increased truck inspections imposed by Abbott.
U.S. rail carload and intermodal volumes are mixed, for the week ending March 5, reports AAR
March 11, 2022
Rail carloads—at 238,870—headed up 2.8% annually, and intermodal units—at 266,307—decreased 5.8% annually.