Nearshoring is an emerging trend that U.S. carriers think will have the greatest impact on freight transportation over the next three years, according to Trimble’s Transporeon Report, The Road Ahead: Key trends and capabilities shaping the North American freight transportation market.
The report states that Mexico in 2023 surpassed China as the leading source of goods imported by the U.S. for the first time in more than two decades. There was a 1.4% increase in trucks entering the U.S. from Mexico – nearly 3 million in Laredo, which manages almost 40% of truck volume on the southern border – in 2023 compared to 2022.
