A Texas truck acquisitions, Mexican Corn and Railcar storage facilities in Arizona

Noi Mahoney - Borderlands Writer - FreightWaves - San Antonio, TX

1. El Paso, Texas-based Mustang Express has been acquired by Online Transport Inc., a truckload carrier with more than 550 power units and 600 employees.

2. U.S. officials recently requested dispute settlement consultations with Mexico over the country’s plan to restrict imports of genetically modified (GM) corn from the United States.

Mexico’s plan to prohibit the import of the GM crop began in 2020 when Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador decreed he would eliminate the use of the herbicide glyphosate and GM corn in the country. 

1. Port 10 Watco Rail Logistics — a joint venture between Watco, Pontikes Development and McNair Interests — recently opened a storage-in-transit yard in Baytown, Texas.  Watco will provide switching operations for the yard, which features 420 rail-car spots, the company said. The yard is near Port Houston and provides access to the Union Pacific Railroad.

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