Process efficiency investments at the World Trade Bridge could cut transit times at the U.S.-Mexico border at Laredo. The attraction of trucking as a transport route had been hurt by the Trump administration’s threats of border closures and tariffs, though still accounted for 70.6% of all northbound trade in the 12 months to May 31. Growth for trucking was slower than for seafreight, which represented 9.3% of volumes and jumped 29.1% higher year over year, though trucking volumes still managed to grow by 9.4%. Laredo was the largest truck crossing, with $86.4 billion of northbound traffi...