Trade

Nearshoring

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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

Canada

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Building the future of freight collaboration

Nov 6, 2025

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8 min read

Building the future of freight collaboration

How we’re rethinking how brokers and carriers connect on Mexico and Canada freight.

Matt Silver

Nearshoring

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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

Canada

Oct 15, 2025

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6 min read

Cargado isn’t your father's load board

Only 60% of marketplace activity is spot freight — the rest is recurring lanes and projects fueled by Cargado’s live market intelligence.

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

Logistics

Issue #62: Clearing the Air on B1 Drivers, Worker Visas, and Cabotage

Aug 22, 2025

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7 min read

Issue #62: Clearing the Air on B1 Drivers, Worker Visas, and Cabotage

B1 drivers are not the enemy — they are a core part of North American supply chain!

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

Logistics

Issue #53: A Guide to Mexico Freight Liability

Apr 28, 2025

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3 min read

Issue #53: A Guide to Mexico Freight Liability

Understanding the Risks, Insurance Requirements, and Best Practices for Brokers and Shippers to Protect High-Risk Cargo and Navigate Mexico’s Freight Security Challenges

Matt Silver

Mexico

Issue #52: Announcing Cargado’s Series A

Apr 7, 2025

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4 min read

Issue #52: Announcing Cargado’s Series A

Announcing Our $12M Series A: Building the Future of Cross-Border Freight

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

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

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

Logistics

May 28, 2024

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8 min read

Monthly Digest – May

After essentially writing a long-form newsletter every week, I decided to try something different with more of a digest format for this week. Turns out this one is still long.

Matt Silver

Logistics

May 20, 2024

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7 min read

Issue #25: Cross-Border Capacity

Carriers that service Mexico aren’t your average carrier. In fact, some cross-border carriers don’t let their trucks cross the border, just their trailers.

Matt Silver

Logistics

Issue #22: Put on your carrier sales hat, shirt, and pants

Apr 29, 2024

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8 min read

Issue #22: Put on your carrier sales hat, shirt, and pants

The first half of my career was spent in carrier sales and I still talk to carriers on a daily basis. Carriers might be my favorite part of freight as I reflect on the carrier sales function.

Matt Silver

Trade

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

Building the future of freight collaboration

Pouring one out for Canada

Five Tips to Grow Your Mexico and Canada Business

Cargado isn’t your father's load board

Mexico 101: What Makes It Different

Issue #62: Clearing the Air on B1 Drivers, Worker Visas, and Cabotage

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 #53: A Guide to Mexico Freight Liability

Issue #52: Announcing Cargado’s Series A

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

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

Issue #27: Sixty Days Post-Launch

Monthly Digest – May

Issue #25: Cross-Border Capacity

Issue #22: Put on your carrier sales hat, shirt, and pants

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