Mexico

Mexico

U.S.-Mexico cross-border trade by truck
BTS statistics highlight US-Mexico imbalance
Intermodal volume on U.S. railroads is up 5.8 percent year-over-year in the first 24 weeks of 2014.
US railroads’ intermodal traffic hits historic mark
North American intermodal traffic is up 5.3 percent so far this year on reporting railroads. Source: AAR.
North American Rail Volumes Continue to Rise
North American rail volumes through September 28, 2013. Source: Association of American Railroads
North American Intermodal Traffic Continues Upward Trend

Press Releases

Scarbrough opens Scarbrough de Mexico
Logistics Providers
ICA and CDPQ establish operation platform for Mexican transport projects
Mexico Infrastructure News
AIT Worldwide Logistics expands to Mexico with new office in Hermosillo
Penske Logistics Mexico Names New Sales Leader
Penske Logistics Inc.
Traffic Club of Chicago Seminar Looks at Mexico-U.S. Trade
United States Trade Data
Mexico’s Manufacturing Supply Chain Summit
United States Trade Data
Transplace Mexico Achieves C-TPAT Certification
Transplace
C.H. Robinson Worldwide acquires International Trade & Commerce
Economy Watch

Texas trucking rates soaring on cross-border demand

13 Aug 2020
Truck rates out of Texas are soaring because of rising demand in the US for goods made in Mexico, especially home appliances and electronics, but demand is sagging in the other direction because of the devaluation of the peso.
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Forager adds instant long-term contract rates to cross-border marketplace
04 Aug 2020
A tech-enabled cross-border truckload marketplace is giving shippers access to instantly bookable contract rates for up to a year as it seeks to build density with enterprise customers.
JOC Uncharted: Pandemic, recession overshadow USMCA
24 Jun 2020
Mexican businesses and their US and Canadian partners are focused on rebuilding supply chains shattered by COVID-19 and the recession, but they shouldn’t forget USMCA.
Nearshoring offers hope to grim Mexican freight outlook
09 Jun 2020
Mexico’s exports in April dropped 41 percent year over year, the biggest one-month drop since the country’s 1986 fiscal crisis.
Produce lifts refrigerated trucking demand, rates
26 May 2020
Produce shipments from western and southern US states provoked a refrigerated spot rate spike in May, and some truck shortages in California.
Top US Shippers: US electronics importers turn to Mexico
12 May 2020
US tariffs on electronics goods produced in China continue to push production and assembly of some electronics to Southeast Asia and Mexico, with the latter grabbing a growing share of laptop computers and televisions due to its proximity to the US market.
VC firms betting on digitizing US-Mexico cross border trade
23 Apr 2020
Venture capital investment is beginning to flow toward logistics providers that ease the freight and trade compliance burdens on US-Mexico cross-border shippers.
Mexico’s Pacific ports brace for deeper volume declines
01 Apr 2020
A steep drop in cargo through Mexico’s ports in March is just one of several factors roiling the country’s logistics sector, which may see low freight volumes for months, executives say.
Rail blockade busting lifts Mexican freight industry hopes
11 Mar 2020
The Mexican National Guard has ended a protestor blockade that halted trains on a Ferrosur rail line in southern Mexico, one of two incidents in which the federal security force helped free rail lines blocked by protestors in the last week.
Mexican ports prep for coronavirus-driven cargo slump
09 Mar 2020
While Mexico’s Pacific Coast ports have so far seen little decline in cargo volumes due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), some logistics providers expect volumes to fall beginning this month.
New Veracruz rail link to boost port competition, service
06 Mar 2020
By laying the groundwork for increased competition between Kansas City Southern of Mexico (KCSM), which has no direct rail access to Veracruz at present, and Ferrosur, which does, the new two-rail link is positioned to drive not only service improvements, but volume growth.