Borderlands: Mexico starts 2023 as top US trade partner

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of U.S.-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico starts 2023 as top U.S. trade partner; construction for new Texas commercial port of entry begins; transporter closes Texas terminal and cuts 60 jobs; and Kansas logistics company leases Texas distribution center. Mexico starts 2023 as…

Senators prod Norfolk Southern CEO on views about rail safety, PSR

Senators grilling Norfolk Southern’s chief executive at a Thursday hearing was part of their wider effort to gauge rail industry’s willingness to be subject to new safety regulations. The hearing’s main purpose was to look at the actions of those responding to the Feb. 3 derailment of a NS train in East Palestine, Ohio, according…