Commission launches USMCA rules-of-origin investigation

The U.S. International Trade Commission has launched an investigation into rules-of-origin regulations for automobiles under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement on trade. A news release on the commission’s website said the investigation…

Southeastern partners with Fletes México Carga Express for cross-border service

Southeastern Freight Lines has partnered with Fletes México Carga Express, a Mexican LTL carrier it says will help enhance its expanding cross-border freight business. “Our customers are looking for simplicity in today’s…

Hub International boosts trucking program with new cross-border partnership

Hub International, a global insurance brokerage, has partnered with Mexico’s largest trucking insurance broker, Mas Seguros, to enhance its cross-border trucking capabilities across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The company…

Volvo Group to open truck plant in Mexico

Volvo Group announced yesterday it will build a heavy-duty truck plant in Mexico to supplement its U.S. production. The plant will provide additional capacity to support the growth of Mack…

Fastfrate re-ups with CPKC securing private gate access, looks to expand LTL-by-rail

Fastfrate Group has inked a new five-year agreement with CPKC that gives it exclusive, private gate access to the railway’s co-located facilities and will help the companies jointly develop an…

Maxon produces first Tuk-A-Way GPT liftgate at new Mexico plant

Maxon has produced its first Tuk-A-Way GPT liftgate at its new Monterrey, Mexico, manufacturing plant. It says production is now fully ramped up at the plant and units have begun…

SAF-Holland breaks ground on new Mexico plant

SAF-Holland has broken ground at a new plant in Piedras Negras, Mexico, where it will manufacture Holland fifth wheels. Joining the SAF-Holland executive management team for the ceremony was the…

Phillips moves production from China and California to expanded Mexico plant

Phillips Industries and Phillips Connect have moved production to a reconfigured and newly constructed 500,000 sq.-ft. campus in Arteaga, Mexico. The new plant will produce products for the companies’ customers…

Volvo looks to bring its success in Canada to Mexican market

PUEBLA, Mexico – Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA) president Peter Voorhoeve could not be happier with the continued progress his company has made in the Canadian market. While looking to…

For Mexican fleet, Canada and U.S. represent opportunity and challenges

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico – The demise of NAFTA was a worrying experience for Fernando Paez, owner and CEO of Olympic Transport, which has built a successful business out of trucking…

Daimler continues growth in Mexico

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico – Freightliner strengthened its Mexican market share in a soft market and is anticipating a stronger end to the year as a new administration takes the helm.

Canadian steel and aluminum exports to the U.S. will face tariffs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States is going ahead with tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum, says Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. The country announced it will not extend exemptions…

NAFTA deal this month or not this year: Lighthizer

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A deal on NAFTA will be reached before the end of the month, or not until 2019 says U.S. trade representative Robert Lighthizer. Lighthizer will be meeting…

Daimler adapts as Mexico embraces the cabover engine

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico – The Mexican truck market is increasingly shifting towards cabover engine truck designs, and Daimler is adding to its portfolio to address that growing demand. The Class…

Mexican trucking industry “is changing,” fleet owner says

GUADALAJARA, Mexico – Noe Montes, owner of Mexican trucking company Transmontes and a U.S.-based carrier called TM Transportation Services, wants the North American trucking industry to know that Mexican carriers…