Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: AI’s rising impact on cross-border trade focus of new report; Mexican authorities recorded 142 tractor-trailer thefts in April; Texas logistics firm opens Phoenix location; and South Texas college launching CDL program. AI’s rising impact on cross-border…
Chart of the Week: Outbound Tender Reject Index for dry van, refrigerated, and flatbed – USA SONAR: VOTRI.USA, ROTRI.USA, FOTRI.USA Flatbed capacity continues to be challenging to source over a year after the truckload market collapsed for dry van and refrigerated freight. Tender rejection rates, the percentage of loads carriers are unable to cover for their customers, have…
Russia is threatening to pull the plug on the Black Sea Grain Initiative on May 18, blocking Ukrainian seaborne exports of corn and wheat. The European Union has banned Ukrainian agriculture exports to neighboring Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia until June 5, with an extension through year-end possible. The Tolyatti-Odessa pipeline, a key conduit…
About 40% of parcel shippers responding to an annual price benchmarking survey by consultancy Shipware LLC said that their parcel discount programs were better than average. However, three-quarters of shippers felt their agreements could be improved and less than 7% said they had best-in-class pricing, according to the report. The finding came from an annual…
Union Pacific is asking a federal district court to review the decision by the Surface Transportation Board to approve the merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern. UP had expressed concerns during STB hearings on the merger that the board needed to impose conditions upon CP and KCS that would ensure competition at interchanges….