News / 'Political' Texas truck inspections adding to cross-border pains

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Inspections of trucks by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) continue to hamper cargo flows across the Mexico-US border and shippers are taking lengthy detours to get urgent shipments to their US destinations, and some are considering charters.

On the orders of the state governor, the DPS started inspecting trucks from Mexico on 20 September, at multiple border points, and on top of restrictions on truck and rail traffic, they have led to a sharp increase in wait times for ...