No. 1 Inland Port along US-Mexico Border
The Port of Laredo is the number 1 inland port along the US-Mexico border crossing over $116 billion in imports and exports. With IH-35 bisecting the city, all the industrial parks and logistical centers are within 5 miles.
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Approximately 2,108,857 trucks crossed the border in 2009
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Home to 510 freight forwarders, 210 trucking companies, and 105 U.S. Customs Brokers
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4 vehicle bridges, 1 rail bridge
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Goods shipped through Laredo travel to more than 60 countries
International Bridges
Bridge 1- Gateway to the Americas Bridge
Non-commercial and Pedestrian
Bridge 2- Lincoln-Juarez International Bridge
Non-commercial
Bridge 3- Columbia Solidarity Bridge
Non-commercial and Commercial
Bridge 4- World Trade Bridge
Commercial
Between the World Trade Bridge and Columbia, about 12,000 commercial trucks cross the bridges each day. This is only about 40% of the capacity of these bridges.
Rail Service
International rail service is provided by Union Pacific and Kansas City Southern.
Union Pacific provides Intermodal service within 8 miles of most industrial parks as well as service to Dallas and the Mid-West.
KCSR (Kansas City Southern Railroad) interchanges with BNSF (Burlington Northern Santa Fe) and UPRR and owns the Laredo International Railroad Bridge and Kansas Southern de Mexico that has interchange service at Laredo and Brownsville, Texas. KCSM serves the Ports of Veracruz, Tampico, Lazaro Cardenas, Bulkmatic Transload Sercvice at Monterrey, Mexico and will serce a Plastic, Steel, and Industrial product tansloading center in Toluca.
In 2009, 403,582 rail cars crossed through the Port of Laredo into Mexico.
Air Cargo
The Laredo International Airport is the 8th largest cargo hub to South America. In 2009, 265,677,742 pounds of air cargo landed via the Port of Laredo. Fed Ex, BAX Global, DHL, and Airborne are a few of cargo carriers that serve the Laredo Community.
Commercial aviation is served by a state of the art passenger terminal with service from American and Continental Airlines.
For CBP Border Wait Times visit http://aaps.cbp.gov/bwt
