Plus: U.S. imports slow as tariffs bite, Mexico slaps 50% tariffs on Chinese goods, UP–NS defend their $85B merger amidst rival alliances, and more.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern say rival alliances prove their merger will strengthen competition, as CSX and CN tout new intermodal services linking Canada’s West Coast to Nashville.
Mexico plans tariffs of up to 50% on Chinese goods, reshaping North American trade flows as C.H. Robinson rolls out a new U.S.–Mexico consolidation service to cut costs.
The methamphetamine amounted to roughly 4 million doses.
The FBI's 'Operation Dead Hand' exposes a drug ring involving Mexican cartels, Canadian truckers, and cross-border smuggling.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seize 172 pounds of cocaine at Ysleta Port of Entry.
Over $10M in drugs disguised as cut flowers seized at World Trade Bridge.
The street value of the drugs seized is estimated at over $10 million.
U.S. Coast Guard's massive drug offload at Port Everglades highlights the unity in combating transnational crime.
U.S. Customs stops a $10.7 million meth haul, cleverly concealed in fresh jalapeño peppers.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has been busy this year. Here is a countdown of 10 of the largest drug smuggling busts of 2023.
A historic drug seizure at Rotterdam sees eight tons of cocaine, worth $653m, concealed in a Maersk ship's shipment of bananas.
Canadian driver caught with over 2,092 lbs of marijuana and 112 lbs of ketamine, disguised as a shipment of frozen waffles.
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