Borderlands Mexico: Echo Global Logistics grows cross-border footprint

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Echo Global Logistics grows cross-border footprint as trade booms; Maersk launches cross-border warehouse in Tijuana; Yokohama announces $380M tire plant in Mexico; and Legendz Way to open distribution center in North Texas.

Echo Global Logistics grows cross-border footprint as trade booms

Echo Global Logistics has opened new locations in Texas and Mexico, as more global companies are moving production south of the border to seek a manufacturing hub closer to the United States.

Officials for the Chicago-based company said they have been managing shipping solutions along the U.S.-Mexico border for the past eight years, but the recent expansion puts boots on the ground for the first time in Mexico, with locations in Mexico City and Monterrey.

The company also opened a location in Laredo, Texas, and recently named veteran logistics industry executive Troy Ryley as president of Echo Mexico. Ryley said Echo already handles thousands of monthly shipments to and from Mexico and the number will grow with the expansion.

“Echo is obviously a very dynamic company. We work with over 50,000 transport providers, through about 35,000 clients,” Ryley told FreightWaves. “These clients have continued to work with us at the Southern border. For the last decade, Echo has actually had cross-border Mexico shipments that the company has handled, but they’ve handled it from a base in Chicago. Echo has made the decision to increase their investment and put boots on the ground in Mexico, so we can further provide enhanced service for our clients.”

Founded in 2005, Echo Global Logistics is a global provider of supply chain management services.

With the new locations in Laredo, Monterrey and Mexico City, Echo now has 29 operations across the U.S. and Mexico. In addition to Laredo, Echo has Texas operations in Houston and Dallas.

Echo’s strategy follows similar recent moves or expansions in Texas or Mexico by other transportation providers and freight brokers, such as Redwood Logistics, C.H. Robinson, Ryder System Inc., Arrive Logistics and BlueGrace Logistics.

Source: freightwaves.com