Mexicali, BCN to Tijuana, BCN freight

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The Mexicali to Tijuana corridor runs within Mexico.

Direction

Domestic Mexico

Equipment on this lane

Dry van-led corridor

Carrier availability

Vetted carriers cover this corridor

Marketplace activity

Posted by brokers on the Cargado marketplace

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This corridor connects the Mexicali market (Mexicali, Ejido Cuernavaca, Ejido Puebla, Batáquez, Ejido Michoacán de Ocampo, and Colonia Mariano Abasolo) with the Tijuana market (Tijuana, Rosarito, Playas De Rosarito, La Joya, Primo Tapia, and Baja Malibú), running within Mexico. Brokers post this corridor to the Cargado marketplace.

What ships from Mexicali

Freight out of the Mexicali market leans toward metals and building materials, automotive parts and food and beverage based on what brokers actually post there. You can read more on the freight types pages.

Equipment on this corridor

Dry van-led corridor. Browse equipment definitions in the glossary if a term is unfamiliar.

Where this lane picks up

Carriers on this lane pick up across the Mexicali area: Mexicali, Ejido Cuernavaca, Ejido Puebla, Batáquez, Ejido Michoacán de Ocampo, Colonia Mariano Abasolo, Nuevo León, and Ejido El Choropo. Nearby markets that feed it include Calexico, San Luis Río Colorado, Yuma, Tecate, and Blythe.

Where this lane delivers

Carriers on this lane deliver across the Tijuana area: Tijuana, Rosarito, Playas De Rosarito, La Joya, Primo Tapia, Baja Malibú, and Portico De San Antonio. It also reaches nearby markets like San Diego, Tecate, Ensenada, Calexico, and Mexicali.

Domestic Mexico

This is an intra-Mexico corridor: no border crossing. Loads on Mexican federal highways travel with a stamped carta porte, and Mexican carriers bid on domestic freight in the marketplace alongside international lanes.

Brokers post corridors like this to Cargado's marketplace, where vetted Mexico and Canada carriers bid and every counterparty is vetted before the first load moves.

More lanes from these markets

Every lane guide for Mexicali and Tijuana is listed on their lane hubs, by direction and destination country.

The markets on this lane

Origin market

Mexicali, BCN

Mexicali is a border manufacturing city whose merchandise exports are mostly computing and electrical equipment, with farm products making up the rest. Freight crosses at the Calexico East truck port and continues by road or by Ferromex and Union Pacific rail. The local maquiladora association counts 250+ member companies and 91,000 direct jobs.

Industries: Computing equipment, electrical equipment, maquiladora export manufacturing, agriculture

Customs: Calexico East cargo port of entry. 446,835 truck entries from Mexico in 2025 (operating). Source
Plant: Maquiladora export plants in Mexicali. 250+ member companies (IMMEX exporters and supplier allies) and 91,000 direct jobs, per the maquiladora association. Source
Plant: Computing and electrical equipment manufacturing for export. 96 percent of merchandise exports, which totaled US$3,776.4 million in the first quarter of 2025; farm products 4 percent. Source
Customs office: Aduana Sede Mexicali II, import Mon-Fri 8:00 to 20:00 and Sat 10:00 to 14:00, export Mon-Fri 7:00 to 20:00 and Sat 10:00 to 17:00 (operating). Source
Rail: Ferromex and Union Pacific train service in Mexicali; the railroads and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agreed to adjust rail schedules in April 2024 (operating). Source
Airport: Mexicali International Airport. 2,601 m runway (operating). Source

Distribution: Warehouse, trucking and transload operations serving the Calexico East crossing, the Mexicali customs office and its rail customs section.

Destination market

Tijuana, BCN

Tijuana is a major export-manufacturing city across from San Diego, making electronics, medical devices, aerospace parts and auto parts. Finished goods cross into the U.S. by truck at Otay Mesa, the third-busiest U.S. truck port with Mexico by value in 2025, with a short-line railroad and the Port of Ensenada as secondary links. A second commercial crossing, Otay Mesa East, is under construction.

Industries: Electronics, medical devices, aerospace, auto parts, IMMEX export assembly

Border crossing: Otay Mesa commercial port of entry, California. $58.6 billion of 2025 truck freight, 9.1% of U.S.-Mexico truck value. Source
New border crossing: Otay Mesa East land port of entry, with a new four-lane toll road along SR 11; groundbreaking in August 2022 (under construction). Source
Short-line railroad: Tijuana interchange station holding up to 68 cars, a transfer station at García and an international crossing between Tijuana and San Ysidro. Source
Seaport: Ensenada national port system (ASIPONA Ensenada), Baja California, with container cargo. 363,429 TEUs, January to October 2025 (operating). Source
Manufacturing plants: Baja California electronics, aerospace, medical device and auto-component plants, including circuit boards and display assemblies. Electronics cluster of over 200 companies; 128 certified aerospace companies with $3.8 billion in exports in 2024. Source
Industrial parks: Parque Industrial Pacifico, with direct highway access to the Otay Mesa port of entry, and Natura Industrial Park. Pacifico 1,200 acres and 90+ tenants; Natura 444+ acres and 24 industrial warehouses (operating). Source

Distribution: Industrial warehouses in Tijuana's industrial parks, including 24 warehouses at the Natura Industrial 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 Mexicali to Tijuana?

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 Mexicali to Tijuana corridor?

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

Do carriers bid on domestic Mexico loads too?

Yes. Mexican carriers bid on intra-Mexico moves in the marketplace the same way they bid cross-border freight, with a stamped carta porte traveling on federal highways.

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