Laredo, TX to Los Angeles, CA freight

The Laredo to Los Angeles corridor runs within the U.S., feeding the border gateway. On Cargado, multiple carriers bid here in the past year.

Direction

U.S. border feeder

Equipment on this lane

Dry van-led, with open deck and reefer demand

Carrier availability

Multiple carriers bid here in the past year

Marketplace activity

Posted by brokers on the Cargado marketplace

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This corridor connects the Laredo market with the Los Angeles market (Los Angeles, Commerce, Torrance, Compton, Vernon, Carson), running within the U.S., feeding the border gateway. Over the past 12 months brokers posted this corridor to the Cargado marketplace regularly. Multiple carriers bid here in the past year.

Recent carrier bids on this corridor typically land in the $4K–$5K range. Request a demo to see detailed, current rates for this lane.

What ships from Laredo

Freight out of the Laredo market leans toward automotive parts, metals and building materials and machinery and industrial equipment 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.

Cargado is where brokers post corridors like this one to verified carriers. Every carrier is checked before it can bid, and banded market-rate context from real bids is built into the product.

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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

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.

Destination market

Los Angeles, CA

The Los Angeles market is built around the San Pedro Bay ports. The two ports together hold 31% of U.S. containerized waterborne trade, and the Port of Los Angeles alone handled 10.2 million TEUs in 2025. Its top imports were furniture, auto parts, plastic products, apparel and electronics. From the ports, freight moves by on-dock rail, the 20-mile Alameda Corridor and near-dock rail yards, or by truck to warehouses around the harbor and inland. Mexico freight leaves the region by highway toward the Otay Mesa border crossing at San Diego.

Industries: Imported consumer goods, auto parts and electronics, recycled paper and agricultural exports, apparel and textiles, air cargo

Seaport: Two adjacent container ports in San Pedro Bay. 10.2 million TEUs at the Port of Los Angeles in 2025; the two ports together hold 31% of U.S. containerized waterborne trade (operating). Source
On-dock rail: One near-dock rail yard and five on-dock rail yards serve the seven container terminals at the Port of Los Angeles. More than 65 miles of on-dock track (operating). Source
Rail expressway: Alameda Corridor, a below-grade freight line from the ports to the downtown rail yards. 20 miles, built for 150 trains a day (operating). Source
Class I intermodal yards: Five off-dock mainline rail yards, three operated by Union Pacific and two by BNSF; the Hobart/Commerce and East Los Angeles yards near downtown Los Angeles handle the majority of intermodal cargo. About 24 miles north of the ports (operating). Source
Rail yard expansion: On-dock rail yard at the Port of Long Beach growing from 82 to 171 acres for 10,000-foot trains, with completion set for 2032. $1.8 billion program (under construction). Source
Foreign-trade zone: Foreign-Trade Zone 202 magnet site in Carson. 353.6 acres, 2.11 acres activated (operating). Source
Airport: Los Angeles International Airport air cargo (operating). Source

Distribution: Warehouses and cross-docks around the harbor, in Carson's foreign-trade zone and in Vernon, an industrial city of 5.2 square miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles.

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 Laredo to Los Angeles?

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

What equipment is available on the Laredo to Los Angeles 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.

Moving freight on this lane?

Post it to 2,350+ vetted Mexico and Canada carriers, or check market rates built from real carrier bids before you quote.

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