Truck dispatch in Laredo, TX

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Freight in Laredo

Laredo lives on cross-border trade. BTS counts about 2,945,000 trucks entering the U.S. at Laredo in 2025, more than two and a half times as many as Detroit, the next-busiest land port. The Texas Comptroller says Port Laredo handled $339.5 billion in trade in 2024, 32% of all Texas trade, and the top goods both ways are vehicle parts, machinery and electronics.

Of the roughly 115,900 jobs in the Laredo metro, about 19,700 are in transportation, warehousing and utilities, about one in six (BLS, August 2026, preliminary). Laredo EDC counts 1,027 trade-handling and transportation businesses, from customs brokers to cross-border drayage carriers that haul between Laredo and Nuevo Laredo. Union Pacific and CPKC both run rail across the border here, so freight transloads between truck and train too.

Major shippers and freight hubs

Listed for context from official sources. Fleetorica isn't affiliated with these companies, and we don't claim them as customers.

Main routes and truck traffic

The highways most loads in and out of Laredo run on: I-35, US 59, US 83, Loop 20 (Bob Bullock Loop), SH 255.

I-35 runs north from Laredo to San Antonio, Austin and Dallas and on to the Midwest. US 59, the future I-69 corridor, heads northeast toward Houston, and US 83 runs east toward the Rio Grande Valley and Brownsville. Loop 20 runs from the border to I-35 and US 83. Most loads we book out of Laredo go north on I-35.

TxDOT's statewide truck parking study found up to 10,956 trucks a day on I-35 between Laredo and San Antonio, and counted 10 closures on that stretch during the study, mostly from flooding. Texas A&M Transportation Institute ranked Loop 20, from the border to I-35/US 83, the third most congested road in Texas for truck delay per mile (2019). At the World Trade Bridge, TxDOT's border plan found northbound truck crossings take longest in the early afternoon, typically 39 minutes and up to 69.

Lane planner: what a load out of Laredo really pays

Pick a lane, type the broker's offer, and see your miles, driving time, fuel and what's left after dispatch.

Miles are estimates (straight-line distance × 1.13). Check your truck GPS before you accept a load. Driving days assume the 11-hour driving limit.

Who hauls out of Laredo

About half of the for-hire carriers based in Laredo run a single truck or less, and many more are small fleets. That's who we work for: owner-operators and small fleets who want a dispatcher handling the load boards, broker calls and paperwork.

Largest for-hire carriers based in Laredo

By trucks reported to FMCSA, from the Company Census File for companies with a physical address in Laredo, TX, as of October 7, 2026. Listed for reference only; Fleetorica isn't affiliated with these companies. Check any carrier or broker with our carrier and broker lookup.

Truck parking and weigh stations

Locations and features are from TxDOT's rest area pages. TxDOT's statewide truck parking study (2020, with 2019 data, the latest count by district) found 1,435 truck spaces in the Laredo district, only 76 of them public, and said the largest private truck stop in Texas, with 336 spaces, is in Laredo. Source

In the same study, the big truck stops on I-35 at Beltway Parkway and Uniroyal Drive told TxDOT they reach capacity every evening, and TxDOT picked Laredo as one of four Texas areas to measure trucks parked on streets next to neighborhoods. Source

Weigh stations

We couldn't find a permanent weigh station in Webb County. Since December 13, 2022, Texas DPS has run random enhanced safety inspections on commercial vehicles as they cross into Texas at the ports of entry. Source

TxDOT's truck parking study notes that the DPS inspection site on I-35 north of Laredo, near the Unitec Industrial Park, was not active at the time of the study. Source

Freight calendar for Laredo and Texas

When freight picks up in and around Laredo. Bars show the months; each line links its official source.

What we book, by truck type

Dry van

Auto parts, machinery and electronics from Mexico load out of Laredo warehouses every day. We look for northbound loads that fit your lanes, and plan a reload so the trip back to the border pays too.

Reefer

Rio Grande Valley citrus from October to May and South Texas onions in spring give reefers work in the region. We check temperatures and appointment times on every load.

Flatbed

Machinery and industrial equipment cross the border for plants on both sides. We check securement, tarp needs and permits before we book.

Power only

Laredo runs on trailers that change hands: preloaded trailers waiting at warehouses and rail yards suit power only units well.

How we dispatch here

• We book northbound loads from Laredo warehouses on the U.S. side. Moving trailers across the bridge is a job for cross-border drayage carriers
• Truck stops on I-35 in Laredo fill up every evening, so we plan your parking before you get there
• We check appointment times with Laredo warehouses before we book, since TxDOT found northbound bridge crossings run slowest in the early afternoon
• When it floods, I-35 between Laredo and San Antonio can close, so we watch DriveTexas and plan around it
• Interstate carriers only need their USDOT number and MC. Loads that start and end in Texas need a TxDMV number for trucks over 26,000 lb

State rules, permits and taxes are on our Texas dispatch page.

Pricing

a percentage of the load's gross, quoted for your truck and lanes, charged only on loads we book. No contract, and your first load is free.

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