Fort Worth, TX to Laredo, TX freight

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The Fort Worth to Laredo corridor runs within the U.S., feeding the border gateway.

Direction

U.S. border feeder

Equipment on this lane

Dry van-led, with open deck and reefer demand

Carrier availability

Vetted carriers cover this corridor

Marketplace activity

Posted by brokers on the Cargado marketplace

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This corridor connects the Fort Worth market (Fort Worth, Denton, Arlington, Flower Mound, Weatherford, Euless) with the Laredo market, running within the U.S., feeding the border gateway. Over the past 12 months brokers posted this corridor to the Cargado marketplace.

What ships from Fort Worth

Freight out of the Fort Worth market leans toward machinery and industrial equipment, food and beverage and automotive parts based on what brokers actually post there. You can read more about moving these goods on the freight types pages.

Equipment on this corridor

Dry van-led, with open deck and reefer demand. Browse equipment definitions in the glossary if a term is unfamiliar.

Feeding the border

This U.S. leg connects inland freight with the border gateway at Laredo. Loads typically stage or transload there before crossing into Mexico, or distribute onward after clearing customs northbound. See the border crossings directory for how the gateway operates.

This corridor is one of many corridors with real bid history on Cargado, the marketplace connecting brokers with verified Mexico and Canada carriers.

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Every lane guide for Laredo, TX is listed on its lane hub, by direction and destination country.

The markets on this lane

Origin market

Fort Worth, TX

Fort Worth's freight is anchored by AllianceTexas, a 27,000-acre master-planned community with a BNSF rail intermodal facility, an industrial cargo airport and a foreign-trade zone. Aerospace and defense manufacturing adds to truck and air freight. Road (I-35 and SH 170), rail and air connect the park, and rail brings containers in from the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach and Houston.

Industries: Aerospace and defense, rail intermodal and air cargo, warehousing and distribution

Plant: Aerospace and defense manufacturing, with Fort Worth designated the official Aviation and Defense Capital of Texas in 2025. Source
Intermodal or rail yard: BNSF intermodal facility with direct access to West Coast ports. More than 500 acres, more than 1.1 million lifts in 2024 (operating). Source
Airport: Industrial cargo airport. Two 11,000 ft runways, over 628 million lb of cargo in fiscal 2024 (operating). Source
Industrial park: Foreign-Trade Zone No. 196, covering the AllianceTexas port. 9,600 acres, part of a 27,000-acre master-planned development (operating). Source
Inland port: AllianceTexas global logistics hub connecting air, road (I-35 and SH 170) and rail, with intermodal rail containers arriving from the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach and Houston. More than 500 companies in residence (operating). Source

Distribution: Distribution in the Alliance area centers on the BNSF intermodal facility and the cargo airport inside AllianceTexas.

Destination market

Laredo, TX

Laredo is the busiest U.S. land port for trucks with Mexico, with 46.1% of U.S.-Mexico truck freight value in 2025. Computer-related machinery, electrical equipment and vehicles are the leading U.S.-Mexico truck commodities by value, and fresh produce from Mexico also crosses at Laredo.

Industries: Electronics, auto parts, electrical equipment, produce

Border crossings: World Trade Bridge and Colombia Solidarity Bridge commercial facilities. Source
Intermodal or rail yard: Union Pacific intermodal terminal handling container and trailer-on-flatcar traffic. Source
Industrial park: Gateway International Rail Park in Webb County, off IH-35 and TX 255, 19 miles from the World Trade Bridge. 1,950 acres. Source
Free-trade zone: Foreign-Trade Zone 94, Unitec Industrial Center site on Interstate 35. 682 acres, 3.51 activated (operating). Source

Distribution: Foreign-Trade Zone 94 industrial space on Interstate 35 and the rail-served Gateway International Rail Park.

Market profiles describe industries and facility types from public government, industry, port, railroad and industrial-park sources. They name no shippers, manufacturers, retailers or logistics companies.

Common questions about this lane

How do I find carriers for Fort Worth to Laredo?

On Cargado, brokers post the corridor and vetted carriers bid on it. Every carrier is verified before it can bid, which replaces cold-calling unknown carriers.

What equipment is available on the Fort Worth to Laredo corridor?

Postings here are mostly dry van, with some open-deck and reefer. If you need a type you do not see, post the load anyway. Carriers with matching equipment get notified automatically.

Why is a U.S. lane on a Mexico freight marketplace?

Because it feeds the border. Cross-border programs need the inland leg to and from the gateway, and brokers post those legs alongside the international move so one carrier network covers the whole program.

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