Nashville, TN to Cotulla, TX freight

The Nashville to Cotulla 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

Reefer-led, with dry van 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 Nashville market (Mount Juliet, Clarksville, Shelbyville, Nashville, Smyrna, Portland) with the Cotulla market (Laredo, Eagle Pass, Eidson Road, El Cenizo), 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.

What ships from Nashville

Freight out of the Nashville market leans toward automotive parts, pharma and veterinary products 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

Reefer-led, with dry van 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 Eagle Pass. 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 hundreds of 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.

The markets on this lane

Origin market

Nashville, TN

Nashville is an inland freight hub where three interstates meet, served by CSX with a 517-acre classification yard and by an airport with several air cargo carriers. Wilson County, east of the city along I-40, holds a large distribution and logistics workforce.

Industries: Health care, advanced manufacturing, automotive, warehousing and distribution, trade with Mexico and Canada

Intermodal or rail yard: CSX Radnor Yard, a classification yard where five mainline routes converge. 517 acres; 56 classification tracks (operating). Source
Airport: Nashville International Airport air cargo area. Six air cargo companies listed by the airport (operating). Source
Highway hub: Three major interstates intersect in Nashville: I-40, I-24 and I-65 (operating). Source
Distribution cluster: Wilson County, along I-40 and served by the Nashville and Eastern Railroad. 19,132 distribution and logistics jobs and 17,198 transportation and warehousing jobs in 236 establishments. Source

Distribution: Distribution and logistics employers cluster east of the city in Wilson County along I-40, with rail service from the Nashville and Eastern Railroad.

Destination market

Industries:

Distribution:

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 Nashville to Cotulla?

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 Nashville to Cotulla corridor?

Postings here lean reefer-led, with dry van demand. 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?

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