Borderlands Mexico: Cabotage enforcements threatening cross-border trucking
This week in Borderlands Mexico: Cabotage enforcements threatening cross-border trucking; Nuevo León slashes Colombia Bridge toll fees 50% to boost cross-border trucking; and Walmart plans $400M distribution center near San Antonio, creating 425 jobs.
Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week in Borderlands Mexico: Cabotage enforcements threatening cross-border trucking; Nuevo León slashes Colombia Bridge toll fees 50% to boost cross-border trucking; and Walmart plans $400M distribution center near San Antonio, creating 425 jobs.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Knight-Swift Transportation CEO Adam Miller said stepped-up enforcement of U.S. cabotage restrictions is creating new challenges for Mexican truck drivers and could further tighten cross-border trucking capacity.
Speaking in an interview with FreightWaves on Tuesday at the second annual WEX OTR Summit in Jacksonville, Miller said U.S. authorities have intensified scrutiny of Mexican drivers operating across the border, including reviewing potential cabotage violations involving their previous employers.
“We’re seeing the enforcement really ramp up on cabotage,” Miller said.
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