Mexico trucker shortages, visa restrictions squeeze cross-border capacity

CDL & Trucking News · · Source: FreightWaves · By Noi Mahoney · 6 min read at the source

Unlike the pandemic-era freight boom, higher trucking rates are not triggering a wave of new carrier capacity as financing costs and regulatory restrictions discourage expansion. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)
Unlike the pandemic-era freight boom, higher trucking rates are not triggering a wave of new carrier capacity as financing costs and regulatory restrictions discourage expansion. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

Trucking capacity along the Mexican and Canadian borders remains constrained as higher operating costs and driver issues limit carrier availability.

Reported by Noi Mahoney for FreightWaves (Borderlands: Canada), originally published October 12, 2026.

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Topics: Borderlands: Canada, Borderlands: Mexico, Trucking, B-1 Visa, C.H. Robinson, Traffix, US-Canada trade, US-Mexico trucking

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