Nearshoring

Taking steps to further expand its United States-Mexico border operations and presence, Eden Prairie, Minn.-based global third-party logistics (3PL) services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson said this week it has added more than 450,000 square-feet of warehousing and cross-border docking space in El Paso, Texas, which it said brings the company’s U.S.-Mexico logistics footprint to more than 2 million square-feet.

The report, entitled “JLL’s U.S. IND Market Dynamics Q3,” stated that third-quarter leasing volume reached 146.2 million square feet (MSF), marking the highest level of leasing activity since the first quarter of 2024 (and 387.1 MSF year-to-date).

LM Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently interviewed Chris Butler, CEO, at Cranford, N.J.-based National Tree Company. Butler provided Berman with an overview of how National Tree is handling tariff policy, supply chain uncertainty, seasonal issues, and sourcing, among other topics.

A panel of industry experts across different areas of the supply chain provided a detailed overview of market trends and themes this week in a session at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) EDGE annual conference, which was held in National Harbor, Maryland.

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In this podcast, ASCM's Eshkenazi addressed various topics, including: near shoring; tariffs; AI; and big data, among others.

In this podcast, ASCM's Eshkenazi addressed various topics, including: near shoring; tariffs; AI; and big data, among others.

Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently spoke with Bindiya Vakil, CEO of Resilinc, a Milpitas, Calif.-based supply chain risk management platform. Vakil provided Berman with an overview of various topics, including tariffs, nearshoring, supply chain strategies, and global trade, among others.

When top executives at high-profile logistics companies share a stage together, it stands to reason that their opinions and insights will be valuable. That was certainly the case earlier this month, when Hamid Moghadam, co-founder, chairman, and CEO of San Francisco-based real estate investment trust Prologis, and Fred Smith, founder and executive chairman of Memphis-based freight transportation and logistics services provider FedEx, took the stage in London at Prologis’s annual Groundbreakers conference.

LM Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently spoke with Doug Waggoner, CEO of Chicago-based 3PL Echo Global Logistics. Waggoner offered up insights on various logistics and supply chain trends and themes, including: freight economic conditions, capacity and rates, and cross-border logistics operations, among others.

Greenwich, Conn.-based national less-than-truckload (LTL) services provider XPO heralded the expansion of its United States-Mexico cross-border service, with a focus on what it called a significant increase in customer nearshoring and changing supply chain needs. The company said its new XPO+ service offers up more capacity, coverage, and technology to its long-standing cross-border routes, driven by growing customer demand, as supply chains move from overseas to production in North America.

Dr. Alfredo Coutino addressed various topics related to nearshoring, including: the key factors driving the nearshoring; what makes Mexico an ideal destination for the relocation of global players; the benefits of nearshoring for the key parties involved; and the inconveniences of nearshoring and things to watch out for and focus on.

In this podcast, Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviewed Dr. Alfredo Coutino, director at Moody’s Analytics.

As more companies move production and sourcing closer to home, it adds a new dynamic to procurement.