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Mexican Cross-Border Program On the Chopping Block Again
Omnibus Appropriations Bill’s Section 136 would end the controversial program...
DHL Express Expands Its Mexican Infrastructure
The new $6.2 million facility at Mexico City’s International Airport combines an advanced logistics gateway with a customer service call center...
Texas DOT Flattens the Trans-Texas Corridor
The $175 billion plan put forward by Governor Rick Perry in 2002 was to be part of a 1,200-foot-wide corridor running from Mexico to Oklahoma. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) offers a revised vision that puts a halt to the project...
Mexico Cuts Tariffs to Aid Manufacturing
Recession in the US has significantly reduced demand for exports from Mexico. The country hopes lowered tariffs will help, in particular, to support its maquiladoras...
NAFTA Trade Continues to Grow
Though the world economy is suffering, through September 2008—the government’s most current statistics—the value of US surface trade with Canada and Mexico was up $58.8 billion over 2007, a boost of 8.8%...
FMCSA Touts Mexican Cross-Border Safety
An independent report says sufficient safety measures are in place, however, since only 25 Mexican-domiciled carriers participated, a larger group is needed to accurately assess safety performance...
FedEx Boosts Mexican and Canadian Offerings
The company’s Express subsidiary begins operations of domestic overnight service within Mexico. FedEx Freight enhances next-business-day coverage between key Canadian gateways and regions across the US...
Easing Land Border Congestion as NAFTA Trade Grows
The Department of Transportation (DOT) is moving to cut border backups by speeding implementation of projects through a combination of public and private financing schemes...
Working Together to Speed Border Crossings
At the conclusion of the 26th Annual Border Governors Conference, the 10 US and Mexican border states issued a joint declaration that they would work together to cut down on crossing times at the US-Mexican border and take measures to increase security...
Cross-Border Controversy: Cancelled or Continued?
Four days after Congressional moves were made to end the contentious demonstration program, the Department of Transportation announced a two-year extension of it...
In Mexico and Beyond, Ryder Keeps on Growing
Ryder's experience reflects the growth of a new market....
YRC Adds Mexican and Chinese Services
YRC Logistics, a subsidiary of YRC Worldwide, is expanding international air and ocean freight forwarding services into Mexico. The carrier already has...
Seko Expands in Mexico
The logistics service provider's main office is in Mexico City near the Mexico City International Airport. It also has operations in Manzanilio, Veracruz...
New US-Mexico Port of Entry to Open
The new facility, San Luis II, is part of a $42 million project that will be built on 80 acres and completed by Fall 2009. Attending and speaking at the...
Birkart Globistics Establishes Mexico Offices
Part of Thiel Logistik AG Birkart Blogistics has now enlarged its global network to 96 branches. Mexican Birkart opened officially on January 1, 2008...
The Mexican Cross-Border ControversyContinued
When US Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Mary Peters announced a one-year program to permit 100 Mexican transportation companies to carry...
US-Canada-Mexico Freight Hits Record Highs
The freight that moved through US land ports, airports and sea ports to and from Canada and Mexico weighed 475 million tons. Most cargo was carried by...
Meeting the Mark in the Mexican Market and Beyond
How quickly FedEx Mexico continues to grow is just one more sign that trade with the US is noticeably climbing on a daily basis. For years the courier...
Mexico Flexes Its Infrastructure Muscle
Schneider Logisitics Mexicos Armando Beltran. When US companies tapped into the Mexican logistics market some 12 years ago, little did they suspect they...
Senate Funding Cut Kills Mexican Truck Test
Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) reportedly said the Department of Transportation (DOT) authorized the program too quickly, in view of a report that found...
Mexican Trucks North of the Border
The year-long project will allow Mexican-domiciled carriers to move loads to destinations throughout the US, as do carriers of the countrys other North...
Improving Texas-Mexico Logistics
Signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) were US-based Allen Group which is developing the 6,000 acre Dallas Logistics Hub and the State of Nuevo Leon...
Mexican Trucks Ahoy!
The Safe American Roads Act of 2007 seems to be the best the U.S. House of Representatives can do to save some face for non-compliance with NAFTA's chapter...
DHL Opens Mexico Air Service Gateway
The new gateway will route northbound shipments to DHLs North American ground and air hub at Wilmington, OH via Phoenix. Next-day service for packages...
Mexico/U.S. Truck Border Crossing on Hold, for Now
Part of the U.S. Senate's supplemental appropriations bill for the Iraq military action, an amendment to put a halt to the U.S. Department of Transportation's...
LT April Quick Poll Results: Mexican Drivers Entering the U.S.
The political controversy over Mexican truckers delivering loads in the U.S. is driven by: 1. Genuine safety concerns (43%) 2. Teamsters protecting union...
Mexican Trucking Group Says 'No' to Crossing the U.S. Border
The major trade association representing Mexican motor carriers wants its government to cancel the controversial pilot program that would permit trucks...
Mexican Trucks to Cross U.S. Border
After 12 years without implementing the transportation chapter contained in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the U.S. government will...
Mexican Trucks Entering U.S. Sparks Critics
As U.S. Transportation Secretary, Mary E. Peters, announced a yearlong pilot project to allow Mexican trucks to make deliveries beyond the current 20-25...
Strong Reaction to U.S. Allowing Mexican Trucks Into the Country
The first Mexican trucks to enter the United States under the program are expected to do so within two months. At the same time that Mexican trucks will...
Hope for Infrastructure Development in Mexico?
The newly elected Mexican government headed by President Felipe Calderon may focus more on infrastructure development according to the recent Alliance...
China, Germany and Russia to Hookup on a Railroad
China, Germany and Russia have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation signaling Eurasian railway transportation aimed at providing competitive market services...
FedEx Banned in Mexico
On November 1, the Mexican government issued orders in its Official Gazette to all government agencies to suspend for three months all business dealings...
The Search for New Reasons to Manufacture in Mexico
Each year some U.S. companies look to Mexico as a place in which to better position themselves in a burgeoning global market. The first attraction is...
Faster Truck Crossing at the Mexican Border Is in the Works
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Mexican Customs is moving to speed cargo truck processing at Otay Mesa, the second busiest port on the U.S....
