Managing Empty Miles in Cross-Border Lanes: Balancing Inbound and Outbound Flow Between US & Mexico
For every truckload shipped southbound from the United States to Mexico, approximately three truckloads move northbound. That three-to-one imbalance is the defining structural challenge of cross-border freight — and it quietly inflates the rate of every load moving in both directions. Carriers running southbound into Mexico know their trucks will likely come back empty — […]