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As the impact of the coronavirus continues to course through the economy, freight and logistics companies across Texas have announced job reductions affecting more than 660 workers. According to Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notices filed in Texas, companies with layoffs...

Trade continues to flow normally across eight ports of entry in South Texas along the Texas-Mexico border, according to officials with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The CBP Laredo Field Office held a conference call Tuesday to update the impact of the coronavirus on trade. "The flow...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently waived several commercial trucking regulations to boost supply chains as part of the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic. Abbott said the measures were aimed at keeping trucks moving to deliver supplies to grocery stores and keeping shelves stocked in...

The U.S. and Mexican governments have committed to expand a program to enhance shared customs processing of U.S.-bound cargo along the shared land-border between the two countries. The announcement was made at the conclusion of the 12th Plenary Meeting of the 21st Century Border Management...

Adding to a flurry of recent activity in the self-driving-vehicle space, autonomous trucking startup TuSimple announced Thursday it has expanded service for current customer UPS Inc (NYSE: UPS) with new routes in Texas. The San Diego-headquartered company will expand its UPS runs to 20 trips per...

Continental North America recently announced it will build a 215,000-square-foot manufacturing and research facility focused on technology for autonomous driving in New Braunfels, Texas.  Construction on the $110 million plant is scheduled to begin later this year with production starting in 2021...

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico considers law banning all double tractor-trailer trucks; Dynacraft finalizing relocation of plant to Texas; QSL opens new marine terminal on the Houston Ship...

President Donald Trump singled out a new steel mill project in Texas during the signing of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade pact last Wednesday. Trump cited the Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) project in Sinton as an example of more manufacturing jobs returning to the U.S. "Steel...

Celadon Group plans to sell its trucking terminal in Laredo, Texas, to P.A.M. Transportation Services for $19.8 million, according to a filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The sale appears set to close imminently, after P.A.M. Transportation Services signed a purchase...

Flatbed carrier TK Transport of Chute, Texas, has decided to shutter operations, citing soaring insurance costs, government regulations and a weak spot market. Tony Krause, chief executive of the 6-year-old carrier, said all but one of its drivers have returned to the yard. The remaining driver,...

Good day, Waymo, the self-driving vehicle unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL), announced this morning that it is beginning testing of self-driving trucks on roads in Texas and New Mexico. The vehicles will drive alongside self-driving Chrysler Pacifica automobiles. "These are...

A wide range of officials on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border as well as trucking associations on Thursday praised the new trade deal among the United States, Mexico and Canada, after the U.S. Senate passed the deal, sending it to President Donald Trump for his signature. The United States-...

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Cross-border trucking remains strong despite ongoing violence in Mexico; Freight tech firm GuruCargo is acquired by regional company; FIBRA Prologis expands in Mexico;...

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Laredo road ranked No. 3 for truck congestion in Texas; U.S.-Mexico border to get more X-ray scanners; truck production in Mexico rises 19.8%; and Nuevo Laredo is the top...

If you're reading this while stuck in traffic at the intersection of the 610 Loop around Houston between Interstate 10 and the Southwest Freeway, you're in good company: it's the most congested  stretch of highway in Texas for the second year running. And if you're on Interstate 35 near Austin,...