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Aurora Begins Commercial Driverless Trucking in Texas, Ushering in a New Era of Freight

Logistics Viewpoints

With roundtrip driverless hauls between Dallas and Houston occurring on a regular basis, the company is the first to deploy a self-driving class 8 trucking service in the U.S. Following the closure of its safety case, Aurora began regular driverless customer deliveries between Dallas and Houston this week.

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Borderlands Mexico: DP World sees big logistics opportunities across Latin America

Freight Waves

This week: DP World sees big logistics opportunities across Latin America; Aerospace manufacturer plans $120M expansion in Texas; and Third-party logistics provider plans warehouse near Houston. DP World currently has a workforce of nearly 800 logistics and freight forwarding professionals in Mexico. trade corridor.”

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Beyond The Rails and Roads: The State of Intermodal with Anne Reinke

The Logistics of Logistics

Anne is the President & CEO at the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA), North America’s leading industry trade association representing the combined interests of the intermodal freight industry. from Rice University in Houston, TX and a J.D. Department of Transportation. She received a B.A.

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Borderlands Mexico: Supply chain firms invest in new cross-border facilities

Freight Waves

This week: Supply chain invest in new cross-border facilities; Japanese industrial supplier investing $5M in Mexico expansion; and Benchmark Electronics opens manufacturing facility in Guadalajara, Mexico. Dubai-based DP World recently opened a freight forwarding office in Mexico City. 1 trade partner of the U.S., million-square-feet.

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Tech giant Foxconn creating 600 jobs with $450M Houston investment

Freight Waves

Taiwan-based tech company Foxconn has acquired the Fairbanks Logistics Park, an industrial property situated on 100 acres in northwest Houston. is based in Taiwan and manufactures electronics for companies such as Apple,” the Greater Houston Partnership said in its New Business Announcements: Q1 2025. Foxconn Corp.

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Borderlands Mexico: US trade with Mexico over $69 billion in April

Freight Waves

The company processes location-based data — telemetry data from passenger and freight vehicles — into mission-critical transportation applications and intelligence. “[The Hengli Hydraulics opens $325 million plant near Monterrey, Mexico Beijing-based Hengli Hydraulics recently opened its first manufacturing facility in Santa Catarina, Mexico.

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How Shipping Containers Revolutionized the Supply Chain Industry!

Supply Chain Game Changer

In 1956, he launched the first container ship , the Ideal X, carrying metal containers from New Jersey to Houston. Manufacturers could now produce goods in one part of the world and sell them in markets thousands of miles away without prohibitive transportation costs.