Mexicali is the capital of Baja California, located in the northwest of Mexico, bordering California, Imperial Valley, and Arizona, Yuma County, in the United States. Mexicali has a population of over 1 million, making it Mexico’s 13th-largest city. Its primary manufacturing industries include aerospace and defense, medical devices (90% of medical device companies in Mexicali are from the US), and electronics giants. The city of Mexicali is also known for its agriculture and tourism.
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Mexicali’s Commercial border crossings are connected to Calexico, California. Mexicali is rapidly becoming a top manufacturing location, attracting major national and international manufacturing companies like Burrana, Breg, Honeywell, Johnson Outdoors, Skyworks, Q-CELLS, Goodrich Aerospace, Intuitive Surgical, De ACERO , and Triumph , among other global competitors.
Mexicali has a stable, well-established manufacturing base, which is never more apparent when companies like Collins Aerospace (formerly known as Rockwell Collins) have been in the region since 1969 and Kenworth since 1959. Established in Mexicali, Mexico, in 1988, Gulfstream assembles 70% of its exclusive jets here, employing more than 1,600 people.
Load-to-Truck Ratio
Load post volumes are sitting around 11% higher than last year, following last week’s 4% w/w gain. Last week’s dry van load-to-truck ratio (LTR) ended at 5.05.
Linehaul spot rates
Available capacity continues to ease following last week’s $0.03/mile decrease to a national 7-day rolling average of $1.66/mile, $0.02/mile higher than last year. Volumes were down 5% last week. On DAT’s Top 50 lanes, ranked by the volume of loads moved, carriers received an average of $1.94/mile. This represents a decrease of $0.06/mile week-over-week. However, this average remains $0.28/mile higher than the national 7-day rolling average spot rate.
