News / Capacity crunch at Mexico-US border as nearshoring shift boosts freight flows

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Congestion at North American ports and rail terminals may have stopped giving cargo owners and logistics providers sleepless nights, but another source of supply chain strain is mounting –the rising tide of nearshoring is beginning to tax capacity and infrastructure.

A casual glance at cargo flows between Mexico and the US reveals the strong pull of nearshoring. In the first quarter Mexico surpassed China as the top source of US imports. Whereas imports from Asia slumped in the period, a tidal ...