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Need to Ship Freight to Mexico? Start with This Cross-Border Guide

Key Takeaways:

• Most cross-border freight is transported via through-trailer service or transloading.
  • Through-trailer is best for over-dimensional and high-value freight.
  • Transloading is best for flexibility and remote destinations within Mexico.
• Choosing the right transportation provider and customs broker is critical to properly coordinating cross-border movements.
• Mind the insurance gap: U.S. coverage stops at the border.

Why Are Ocean Freight Rates So High?

If you’ve attempted to ship any of your inventories internationally lately, you’re fully aware of the struggle all shippers are facing. It feels impossible to find any equipment to ship your products on or in. And if you can find something, it’s probably weeks or possibly even months out before it sails.

Protect Your Freight by Packing, Crating & Storing Before Shipping

When shipping sensitive, fragile, expensive — or all of the above — cargo overseas, it’s important to ensure it’s properly protected. Whether it’s the salty sea air or the turbulent waves, cargo on a vessel can take a beating if not properly packed and crated.

Marine Cargo Insurance: Don't Overlook Essential Freight Protection

• Marine cargo insurance definition & explanation
• Why ocean carriers have limited liability: COGSA
• Types of marine cargo insurance policies

Most shippers assume if a carrier's negligence causes damage to your freight while in transit, they're liable to cover up to a set dollar amount per pound of freight. When the freight is more valuable than what's covered under liability, cargo insurance covers the difference.

But overseas shipping is different.

How to Determine If Your International Shipping Partner Is Financially Stable – and Why Stability Is So Important Right Now

You never want to experience delays. It doesn't matter whether you're shipping domestically or internationally, delays mean missed deadlines, upset clients and lost revenue. However, due to the complex nature of overseas shipping, freight stuck in a port across the globe can prove to be more difficult to get to its final destination than domestic shipments.

Customs Clearance: What You Need to Do and How an International Shipping Company Can Help

At first, shipping internationally can seem complicated. Not only are you required to round up extra documentation, but you also have to get through the customs process — which must be challenging to navigate, right?

The Documents You Need for International Shipping Success in 2026

Coronavirus and Overseas Shipping: What You Need to Know

The coronavirus pandemic has affected nearly every facet of international logistics and commerce — and some consumers and businesses are scrambling to get the goods and supplies they need to weather the storm.