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Borderlands Mexico: China boosts its Mexico investments as nearshoring opportunities grow
This week in Borderlands: China boosts its Mexico investments as nearshoring opportunities grow; Realterm acquires truck terminal in El Paso, Texas; Horton Automatics opens plant in Matamoros, Mexico; and Schunk invests $7 million to expand in Mexico.
Trucking Equipment
Deal averts strike at Daimler North America as UAW celebrates pact
Trucking Regulation
Crash data involving new truck, bus drivers getting worse
Editor's Picks
American Shipper
Gulf Coast ports report cargo volume surge in March
Cargo flows expanded at ports in Houston, New Orleans and Mobile in March but fell slightly at the Port of Corpus Christi.
Trucking Regulation
FMCSA standing up registration fraud team
American Shipper
American Shipper
Xeneta finds supply chain diversions fuel spike in carbon emissions
The transportation industry is a major contributor to climate change. Turmoil in maritime shipping is forcing route diversions that are spiking emissions, reflected in data from Xeneta.
Infographics
Weekly NTI Update: April 22, 2024
Modern Shipper
Viewpoint
Unifying middle and last mile can deliver a customer experience revolution
In the constantly changing world of last-mile delivery, it can no longer operate as a siloed operation from middle mile.
Modern Shipper
Will Shein help propel Flexport’s future?
Bankruptcies and Layoffs
Company Earnings
Tesla’s Q1 revenue falls 9% amid mass layoffs in California, Texas
Tesla’s first-quarter revenue fell 9% amid 6,000 worker layoffs in California and Texas.
Layoffs and Bankruptcies
California carrier and freight brokerage ceasing operations, blames AB5
AskWaves
Maritime
How safe is Red Sea? Different shipping lines have different answers
Shipping stocks are under pressure as some ocean carriers show faith in military protection from Red Sea attacks.
Chart of the Week
Chart of the Week
Abundant capacity is hiding freight pattern shifts
Demand pattern shifts are invisible in an oversupplied freight market, which may lead to problems once supply-and-demand conditions become more balanced.
Technology
Net-Zero Carbon
Sponsored Insights
Fleet electrification does not have to break the bank
WattEV uses a combination of state incentive funding, volume purchasing plans, and productivity improvement measures to make electric freight transport as affordable as possible.
