Green Bay, WI freight lanes
Green Bay is Wisconsin's paper and packaging capital, a food and trucking city at the head of the bay with outbound U.S. lane guides to El Paso and McAllen. Pick a lane in the directory to open its guide, and read how an onward Mexico handoff works on Green Bay freight. Cargado is a marketplace where brokers post Mexico and Canada truck freight and vetted carriers bid on it.
El Paso and McAllen
1.6 million tons
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Dry van
What moves through the Green Bay market
Green Bay makes paper. The mills and converting plants of the Fox River valley ship tissue, packaging and printing paper across the continent, the region's dairies and food processors ship cheese and packaged food, and the Port of Green Bay handled about 1.6 million tons of bulk cargo in the 2025-26 shipping season (Greater Green Bay Chamber). Outbound, expect paper and packaging, food and plastics for the Midwest, the South and the Mexico border; inbound, pulp, resins and Mexican appliances and automotive parts that cleared at the border.
What ships from the Green Bay area
Plants, mills, packing houses and distribution centers within about 100 miles of Green Bay are among the area's main freight sources. The commodities below are ranked by employment in public business-establishment data, and each is tied to a named facility, cluster or growing region.
- Cheese and dairy. Schreiber Foods makes process cheese in Green Bay, and Bel Brands makes cheese in Little Chute.
- Tissue and paper products. Georgia-Pacific's Broadway mill makes bath tissue, towels and napkins.
- Containerboard and packaging. Green Bay Packaging's mill makes linerboard and medium for corrugated boxes.
- Fire trucks and fabricated metal. Pierce Manufacturing builds custom fire apparatus in Appleton.
On the road, dry van carries tissue and paper products and containerboard and packaging; reefer carries cheese and dairy; flatbed or open deck carries fire trucks and fabricated metal. Post the commodity, weight and trailer type with each load so carriers can price it.
The corridor groups Green Bay anchors
This hub carries two guides, both outbound U.S. lanes: Green Bay to El Paso and Green Bay to McAllen. Confirm the Texas delivery address before treating either as part of a Mexico shipment. There is no inbound guide yet. If you move freight into Green Bay from Mexico or Canada, or out to another U.S. market, post it on Cargado with the real origin and destination; the Milwaukee and Chicago guides on other hubs cover the neighboring corridors. For each lane, confirm whether you need the U.S. leg only or the door-to-door move into Mexico, and who covers the border transfer.
Covering Green Bay freight: what a broker needs to know
Post the leg you are buying, with its real endpoints
For a full move into or out of Mexico, post the Mexican origin or destination so carriers see the whole shipment. For a separately booked U.S. leg, post the actual pickup yard and the receiving facility, and describe the connected shipment, its customs status and any handoff. Compare bids that cover the same scope of work.
Confirm any onward Mexico handoff
The listed lanes end in El Paso and McAllen. If the shipment continues into Mexico, El Paso freight usually crosses at Ysleta-Zaragoza and McAllen freight at Pharr-Reynosa; confirm the final destination, the crossing, the receiving yard and the customs arrangements with the carrier, agree on whether the cargo stays in its trailer or is transloaded, and check what each bid includes: the transfer, any transload, trailer use and detention.
Paper rolls and winter
Paper ships as rolls or palletized cartons, and rolls need proper securement; state the load type and weight on the posting. Check weather and road restrictions for the scheduled trip in winter, and for temperature-sensitive cargo follow the shipper's temperature range and operating mode, with freeze protection only when the product requires it.
Related lane hubs
Green Bay's lane guides continue on the El Paso, TX and McAllen, TX hubs, which list more lanes at the other end of these corridors.
Nearby markets with their own lane directories: London, ON.
Every lane guide on Cargado is listed on the lanes index.
Common questions about Green Bay freight
Do the listed Green Bay lanes cross into Mexico?
The listed lanes end in El Paso and McAllen. If the shipment continues into Mexico, confirm its final destination, crossing, receiving yard and customs arrangements with the carrier, agree on whether the cargo stays in the trailer or is transloaded, and identify who covers each leg.
Do I need a Mexican carrier for a Green Bay to Mexico move?
Only for the Mexico leg, which needs a carrier with Mexican operating authority. Verify each carrier's authority for the work assigned to it, including any U.S. service, and confirm the Mexican destination, crossing and handoff before booking an onward move from El Paso or McAllen.
How do I find carriers for a Green Bay lane on Cargado?
Post the pickup and delivery, the date, the equipment and the leg you need covered. Vetted carriers that run the corridor bid, and you compare what each bid covers before you book. Where a corridor has enough bid history, Cargado Market Rates gives you a reference built from carrier bids before you quote.
What equipment runs Green Bay corridors?
Dry van leads, carrying paper and packaging, packaged food and plastics. Reefer carries cheese and dairy at the shipper's specified temperature, and open deck carries machinery. Post the trailer type with the weight, dimensions and loading requirements so carriers can price the load.
What freight ships out of Green Bay?
Facilities within about 100 miles of Green Bay mainly ship cheese and dairy, tissue and paper products, containerboard and packaging and fire trucks and fabricated metal. On the road, dry van carries tissue and paper products and containerboard and packaging; reefer carries cheese and dairy; flatbed or open deck carries fire trucks and fabricated metal.
Moving freight through this market?
Post it to 2,350+ vetted Mexico and Canada carriers, or check market rates built from real carrier bids before you quote.