Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: $18B LNG export terminal project moves forward at Texas seaport; DHL investing $560M to expand supply chains in Mexico, South America; German manufacturer announces 1st facility in Mexico; and CBP seizes nearly $4 million in meth…
Chart of the Week: Outbound Tender Volume Index – Los Angeles and Ontario, Outbound Tender Reject Index – Los Angeles SONAR: OTVI.LAX, OTVI.ONT, OTRI.LAX Truckload tender volumes have dropped about 18% out of Southern California over the past year while tender rejection rates are currently exceeding the previous year’s levels. This seemingly contradictory data shows that even…
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a defense spending bill on Friday that included a provision limiting China’s ability to monitor the flow of ocean containers into and out of the U.S. The provision, backed by Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., prohibits U.S. ports that take federal grant money from using China’s state-supported National Public Information…
The price of Russian Urals crude, exported from ports in the Black Sea and Baltic Sea, is now at or above the $60-per-barrel price cap set by the Group of Seven nations and the European Union. If it stays there or rises further, European tanker owners and their U.K. insurers will not be able to…
For some Americans, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union ports strike in Canada never made it on their radar. But while Canada will feel the impact far more than the United States, that does not mean we got away squeaky clean. The impact of the container reconsignments and vessel diversions we saw during the past…