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Mexico Freight Is Hiding in Your Book — 3 Ways to Find It

Dec 17, 2025

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10 min read

Mexico Freight Is Hiding in Your Book — 3 Ways to Find It

Your customers already have Mexico freight. You just haven't asked yet.

Matt Silver

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Nov 12, 2025

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9 min read

Oh the shippers you'll find

Let's do a deep dive on the types of shippers out there.

Matt Silver

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Nov 3, 2025

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9 min read

Pouring one out for Canada

Why brokers need to start thinking north while everyone else fights over U.S. freight

Matt Silver

Nearshoring

Five Tips to Grow Your Mexico and Canada Business

Oct 30, 2025

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7 min read

Five Tips to Grow Your Mexico and Canada Business

Practical, high-impact moves to kickstart your Mexico and Canada business this week.

Matt Silver

Nearshoring

It might be time to fire your Mexico or Canada leader

Oct 1, 2025

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5 min read

It might be time to fire your Mexico or Canada leader

Stop paying people to dial for dollars and waste time on WhatsApp and LinkedIn covering freight when software can do it faster — and better.

Matt Silver

Nearshoring

Sep 2, 2025

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6 min read

Mexico 101: What Makes It Different

Why fear of the unknown — not customs — is the biggest barrier to cross-border freight.

Matt Silver

Nearshoring

Issue #60: USMCA on the Clock: What Renegotiation Could Mean for Cross-Border Freight

Jul 21, 2025

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6 min read

Issue #60: USMCA on the Clock: What Renegotiation Could Mean for Cross-Border Freight

Trump’s Commerce Secretary says USMCA is next. For freight people, the real changes will be capacity-driven.

Matt Silver

Nearshoring

Issue #59: Takeaways from the 8th Annual Modernization of Cross-Border Trade

Jun 23, 2025

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9 min read

Issue #59: Takeaways from the 8th Annual Modernization of Cross-Border Trade

A tactical recap of what we covered in Laredo—and the advice I’d give any broker trying to win in Mexico freight right now.

Matt Silver

Nearshoring

Issue #58: Canada Is Live. Market Rates Are Here. Cargado Just Leveled Up.

Jun 9, 2025

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6 min read

Issue #58: Canada Is Live. Market Rates Are Here. Cargado Just Leveled Up.

Canada coverage is live. Mexico quoting just got smarter. And we’re only getting started.

Matt Silver

Nearshoring

Issue #55: Building the Mexico Carrier Network of the Future

May 12, 2025

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4 min read

Issue #55: Building the Mexico Carrier Network of the Future

Why our human-led, tech-enabled approach gives brokers what they need — and carriers what they want.

Matt Silver

Nearshoring

May 5, 2025

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7 min read

Issue #54: Why Mexico, and Why Now

Nearshoring is accelerating. If your customers are moving freight in Mexico, you should be too.

Matt Silver

Nearshoring

Issue #51: How Auto Tariffs Will Break More Than They Fix

Mar 31, 2025

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9 min read

Issue #51: How Auto Tariffs Will Break More Than They Fix

Why a 25% tariff on imported cars could shake the foundations of U.S. supply chains, freight networks, and your grocery bill.

Matt Silver

Nearshoring

Issue #50: Beyond the Headlines: Why Mexico Tariffs Aren’t the End of Cross-Border Freight

Mar 20, 2025

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5 min read

Issue #50: Beyond the Headlines: Why Mexico Tariffs Aren’t the End of Cross-Border Freight

A Strategic Guide to Identifying Tariff-Free Opportunities and Growing Your Mexico Freight Business Under USMCA

Matt Silver

Nearshoring

Feb 24, 2025

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5 min read

Issue #49: The “MCA” of the USMCA

Bridging Borders: The Flow of Trade Between Mexico and Canada

Matt Silver

Nearshoring

Issue #48: Stop freaking out, it’s just a trade war

Feb 17, 2025

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6 min read

Issue #48: Stop freaking out, it’s just a trade war

Tariffs, Trade Wars, and Why Your Supply Chain Isn’t Moving Overnight

Matt Silver

Nearshoring

Issue #47: Freight in the Second Trump Era – Trade, Tech, and Transformation

Jan 13, 2025

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6 min read

Issue #47: Freight in the Second Trump Era – Trade, Tech, and Transformation

As Donald Trump prepares to take office for a second time, it’s clear this presidency will look different from his first.

Matt Silver

Nearshoring

Sep 23, 2024

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9 min read

Issue #39: What we're building and why

I've tiptoed around what we're building but we're finally ready to talk about what we're building and why we're building it the way we're building it.

Matt Silver

Nearshoring

Issue #36: Back to Laredo and some panel topics

Aug 5, 2024

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3 min read

Issue #36: Back to Laredo and some panel topics

I’m on my way back to Laredo for the 7th Annual Reliance Partners' Modernization of Cross Border Trade, hosted by Mark Vickers, who had started Borderless Coverage originally.

Matt Silver

Nearshoring

Jul 29, 2024

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4 min read

Monthly Digest - July

Read on for some Mexico resources and job opportunities with Cargado!

Matt Silver

Nearshoring

Issue #33: The Cross-Border Blueprint, Part II

Jul 15, 2024

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7 min read

Issue #33: The Cross-Border Blueprint, Part II

Back in February, I wrote Issue #13: The Cross-Border Blueprint, which covered some of the first steps it takes to expand into Mexico.

Matt Silver

Nearshoring

Jul 1, 2024

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3 min read

Issue #31: Time off in Maine

I decided to head to Maine with my wife and son and take the week of the 4th off this year.

Matt Silver

Nearshoring

Jun 24, 2024

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6 min read

Issue #30: Monthly Digest – June

Coyote is being acquired by RXO as we approach the end of Q2.

Matt Silver

Nearshoring

Jun 3, 2024

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4 min read

Issue #27: Sixty Days Post-Launch

We've been live for two months and have twenty-two brokers using our software. This one is a review of those last two months and an update about a couple new hires we made.

Matt Silver

Nearshoring

Issue #23: We’ve got new swag, and some new funding!

May 6, 2024

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7 min read

Issue #23: We’ve got new swag, and some new funding!

We raised more money, got some new swag, and have some new partners who are going to help accelerate Cargado’s growth.

Matt Silver

Nearshoring

Apr 22, 2024

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7 min read

Feedback Loop

Feedback from customers can make or break your product. Read on for a deep dive on early product feedback loops.

Matt Silver

Nearshoring

Mexico Freight Is Hiding in Your Book — 3 Ways to Find It

Oh the shippers you'll find

Pouring one out for Canada

Five Tips to Grow Your Mexico and Canada Business

It might be time to fire your Mexico or Canada leader

Mexico 101: What Makes It Different

Issue #60: USMCA on the Clock: What Renegotiation Could Mean for Cross-Border Freight

Issue #59: Takeaways from the 8th Annual Modernization of Cross-Border Trade

Issue #58: Canada Is Live. Market Rates Are Here. Cargado Just Leveled Up.

Issue #55: Building the Mexico Carrier Network of the Future

Issue #54: Why Mexico, and Why Now

Issue #51: How Auto Tariffs Will Break More Than They Fix

Issue #50: Beyond the Headlines: Why Mexico Tariffs Aren’t the End of Cross-Border Freight

Issue #49: The “MCA” of the USMCA

Issue #48: Stop freaking out, it’s just a trade war

Issue #47: Freight in the Second Trump Era – Trade, Tech, and Transformation

Issue #39: What we're building and why

Issue #36: Back to Laredo and some panel topics

Monthly Digest - July

Issue #33: The Cross-Border Blueprint, Part II

Issue #31: Time off in Maine

Issue #30: Monthly Digest – June

Issue #27: Sixty Days Post-Launch

Issue #23: We’ve got new swag, and some new funding!

Feedback Loop

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