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Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Vertical farms in Texas are designed to disrupt fresh produce supply chains; Mexico imposes a 50% tariff on white corn exports from the U.S.; Quality Custom Distribution is opening a new facility in Texas; and CBP…
Chart of the Week: Inbound Empty Rail Container Volume, Outbound Tender Volume Index, Outbound Loaded Rail Volume – Los Angeles SONAR: IRAILE.LAX, OTVI.LAX, ORAILL.LAX The rails movement of empty international and domestic sized containers into the Los Angeles market have spiked over the past month. The implication is that demand is outpacing the supply of available containers both…
If railway police officers investigating an incident encounter evidence that could be damning to a rail company, do they see their primary duty as seeking all the facts or protecting the company’s name? For some families of loved ones who died in railway accidents, that question is not merely academic. Since October, FreightWaves has conducted…
The extraordinary length of the trucking downturn is best explained by a government program that flooded small carriers with tens of billions of dollars of cheap, long-dated credit. The persistence of the post-COVID trucking capacity overhand has perplexed industry observers for more than a year now. After the pandemic demand boom faded, there were too…
WASHINGTON — The Senate may soon consider a three-year tax package that includes financial benefits for both large and small trucking companies. It passed the U.S. House of Representatives with strong bipartisan support. The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, approved in the House by a vote of 357-70 on Jan….
A truck driver’s life on the road has hit the stage with a drama by David Proctor, who gave up life behind the wheel to focus on being an actor and playwright. “Grabbing the Hammer Lane: a Trucker Narrative” is the end result of that transition by Proctor, and praise for the approximately one-hour, one-person…