Drayage & Port Operations
Drayage in Laredo (cross-border).
Laredo is the busiest land port in the hemisphere — the artery for nearshored manufacturing moving between Mexico and the U.S. HOP runs the lane as one engineered operation: Mexico-side carrier management, transfer coordination at the border, customs brokerage coordination, and U.S. linehaul on the same data layer.
Operating notes: Laredo
How we run this gateway. Reviewed by HOP operations leadership.
Border mechanics
Southbound and northbound moves live and die on paperwork timing and transfer coordination at the bridges. Our bilingual operations team manages both sides so freight doesn't sit in the yard while documents catch up.
Customs coordination
We coordinate with customs brokers on both sides — classification questions, in-bond moves, and the document flow that keeps transfers same-day.
Nearshoring programs
We've supported full production nearshoring from China to Mexico, end to end — the Laredo lane is where those programs prove out.
What the countdown looks like.
A live LFD countdown runs on every HOP container — here’s the Laredo view of our demo dashboard.
| Container | Last free day | Days left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOPU 620528-8 | Jul 18 | 2d | 2d — At terminal |
| HOPU 914983-5 | Jul 19 | Appointment set | |
| HOPU 714006-7 | Jul 17 | Pre-pulled | |
| HOPU 414328-3 | Jul 24 | 1d | 1d — At terminal |
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Common questions
Do you run both northbound and southbound?
Yes — MX–US and US–MX truckload with transfer coordination at the border and bilingual carrier operations on both sides.
Do you provide customs brokerage?
We coordinate customs brokerage rather than replace your broker — keeping documents, transfers, and linehaul synchronized so the freight keeps moving.
Can one team run Asia-to-Mexico-to-US programs?
Yes — that's a core HOP program: coordination from Mexico production through the border to U.S. distribution, with one point of contact and one dashboard.
Moving containers through Laredo?
Tell us your volume and lanes — we’ll show you the countdown running on your freight.
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