Southeastern Freight Lines joins regional carriers moving into Mexico trade

Southeastern Freight Lines has formed a concern with Fletes México Carga Express aimed astatine strengthening cross-border less-than-truckload (LTL) work betwixt the U.S. and Mexico, the companies said Monday.

The collaboration is designed to present faster and much reliable freight question crossed the border, supported by end-to-end shipment visibility, coordinated documentation reappraisal and integrated exertion platforms, according to a quality release.

Under the partnership, customers summation entree to real-time complaint quoting and door-to-door shipment tracking crossed some carriers’ networks.

Associates stationed successful Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, volition enactment with customers and their freight forwarders to reappraisal documentation, facilitate customs clearance and minimize borderline delays, according to the companies.

“Our customers are looking for simplicity successful today’s progressively analyzable proviso chain,” Richard Slater, elder vice president of income and selling astatine Southeastern Freight Lines, said successful a statement. “This concern with Fletes México Carga Express allows america to conscionable our customers’ increasing request for reliable work successful and retired of Mexico.”

Southeastern Freight Lines, a privately held LTL bearer based successful Lexington, South Carolina, operates 1 of the largest determination LTL networks successful the Southeast.

Southeastern Freight Lines operates astir 2,000–2,850 tractors and much than 6,000 trailers, supported by thousands of drivers and terminal unit crossed its 89-center strategy successful the U.S.

Fletes México Carga Express is simply a part of family-owned Fletes México, which was founded astir 4 decades agone and has established a beardown beingness crossed cardinal concern and commercialized corridors successful Mexico.

Fletes México has 10 terminals successful the country, and astir 1,150 trucks and 1,900 employees. Its Carga Express portion provides LTL, last-mile, half-mile and door-to-door proscription services, serving industries ranging from automotive and user goods to retail and e-commerce.

Miguel Gómez Tapia, CEO of Fletes México Carga Express, said the concern is designed to heighten work reliability and transparency.

“The collaboration is designed to supply faster, much dependable freight question betwixt the U.S. and Mexico, supported by end-to-end visibility and choky coordination from root to destination,” Gómez Tapia said. “We’re looking guardant to advancing this collaboration and delivering enhanced U.S.–Mexico freight solutions for Southeastern Freight Lines’ customers.”

The concern reflects continued concern by some carriers successful cross-border infrastructure, exertion integration and operational coordination arsenic U.S.–Mexico commercialized volumes stay a captious maturation operator for North American freight networks.