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C.A.T. Global cut quote times in half and built an entire El Paso carrier network

C.A.T. Global used Cargado's carrier network and Cargado Market Rates to cut quote times, expand across key border markets, and build their largest crossing from scratch.

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Steam Logistics grew Mexico revenue 3,300% in its first full year with Cargado

The 14-year-old $700M multimodal 3PL already had air, ocean, drayage, and domestic divisions, but until 2024, no Mexico service offering. Here's how Steam built it from scratch, grew to 75+ Mexico customers in under two years, and became the broker their shippers can't replace.

B-1 enforcement and cross-border capacity in 2026: why the freight still moves

B-1 drivers are not a loophole in cross border trucking, they are the carrier base, which is why the freight still moves there. Enforcement removed the operators least-equipped to stay compliant, not the demand.

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Cargado and GoodShip are partnering to bring cross-border freight benchmarks into procurement workflows

Cargado and GoodShip partner to embed cross-border freight benchmarks into procurement workflows to help shippers source faster.

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Market Rates v5 brings live rates to more lanes, with fewer empty lookups. Meatball, the Cargado dog, looking through a magnifying glass.

Market Rates v5 brings live rates to more lanes, with fewer empty lookups

Market Rates v5 returns live rates on +17% more lanes, and about 1 in 5 formerly empty searches now come back with a rate.

How to Find and Vet Mexican Carriers: A Broker's Checklist

There is no MC or DOT to run on a Mexican carrier. What U.S. brokers should verify instead: RFC, SICT permit, CAAT, insurance, and identity, step by step.

Transloading vs Through-Trailer: How Freight Actually Crosses the Mexico Border

The two ways freight crosses the U.S.-Mexico border, when each wins, and what transloading vs through-trailer means for cost, claims, security, and qu

How to Find Carriers for Mexico Freight

Customs broker referrals, cold outreach, one big partner, or a vetted marketplace: how brokers source Mexican carriers, and what makes postings get bids.

How to Choose a Mexico Freight Platform

Seven criteria for any Mexico freight platform: vetting depth, bilingual operations, border workflow, rate context, network location, pricing, and TMS

Nearshoring Freight: The Execution Guide for Brokers

A broker's guide to turning nearshoring into covered loads: the metro-by-metro demand map, corridor math, crossing capacity, and the carrier reality.

The Mexico Freight Marketplace, Reimagined

What a load board is, why boards built for U.S. domestic freight break down in Mexico, and what a purpose-built cross-border marketplace looks like.

How the best logistics providers price Mexico freight in 2026

A practical, broker-first pricing operating system: built around benchmarking, fast spot quoting, and scaling RFP pricing without margin surprises.

Cargado and GoodShip logos around a Market Rates table of sample cross-border lanes with distance, confidence and rate

Cargado and GoodShip are partnering to bring cross-border freight benchmarks into procurement workflows

Cargado and GoodShip partner to embed cross-border freight benchmarks into procurement workflows to help shippers source faster.

Direct Connect Logistix grew Mexico volume 88% and cut quote time from days to minutes

The $285M Indianapolis brokerage used Cargado to expand its Mexico network, unlocking new crossings and spot opportunities for the first time.

Blackbox Logistics grew Mexico revenue 1,400% in just 4 months: Cargado case study

Blackbox Logistics grew Mexico revenue 1,400% in just 4 months

The $70M Birmingham 3PL launched its Mexico business through Cargado with no in-house experience, and is now doubling down as revenue grows.

Rover Carrier wins better rates faster, booking freight in minutes instead of hours

The fast-growing Canadian carrier swapped legacy load boards and emails for Cargado's real-time bidding and now wins the rates they want.

SBC Transportation grew its new specialized fleet 40% and reduced booking time 95%

For this 230-truck carrier in Laredo, Cargado became the only platform built for cross-border freight and the launchpad for a new specialized division.

Gebrüder Weiss went from limited cross-border capacity to a scalable carrier network: Cargado case study

Gebrüder Weiss went from limited cross-border capacity to a scalable carrier network

The world's oldest transport company won dedicated flatbed business, recovered hot loads, and scaled its cross-border brokerage on Cargado.

BCR Transport grew from 1 to 6 trucks and 50 customers using only Cargado

Jorge Bustos launched BCR Transport with one truck and used Cargado as his only tool to find freight, build broker relationships, and grow his fleet.

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