Logistics
Reach your customers by land, sea, or air. The NM Tradeport has the location and infrastructure connecting Asia and Mexico to the U.S. consumer.
Time and Distance
The NM TradePort™ is located at the middle of the US Mexico border providing quick access to seaports, suppliers, and customers across North America.
Time and distance from the NM Tradeport:
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Houston – 750 mi, 12.5 hrs
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Los Angeles – 803 mi, 13 hrs
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San Francisco – 1,182 mi, 20 hrs
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Minneapolis – 1,383 mi, 30 hrs
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Portland – 1,652 mi, 27.5 hrs
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Charlotte – 1,666 mi, 28 hrs
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Miami – 1,936 mi, 32 hrs
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New York City – 2,184 mi, 36.5 hrs
Land
Rail:
The NM TradePort™ is a rail connection point, being served by Union Pacific and BNSF railroads on the US side and connected to Ferromex Railroad on the Mexican side. The NM TradePort is also served by Union Pacific’s inland port at Santa Teresa. With this private infrastructure, the NM TradePort is connected to the ports at Long Beach, L.A., Houston, and New Orleans, connected to suppliers and distribution centers in Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Dallas, Memphis, and connected to manufacturing regions stretching from Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua, Torreón, and Mexico City.
Highways:
The NM TradePort™ is served by Interstate 10 and 25. I-10 travels east west and connects the NM TradePort to Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean to the west and to Houston, the Gulf of Mexico, New Orleans, Jacksonville and the Atlantic Ocean to the east.
On the south side of the border, the NM TradePort is served by Highways 2 and 45. Highway 2 travels east and west connecting Tijuana and Cd. Juárez.
Air
The NM TradePort™ has two cargo airports, one in Las Cruces and one in Santa Teresa, 5 miles from the US Mexico border. The airport in Santa Teresa can handle international flights and aircraft up to a Boeing 737.
Two more international airports are only 30 minutes away. The El Paso International Airport and the Benito Juarez Airport in Cd. Juárez.
Sea
Intermodal Terminal:
Containerized cargo can reach the NM TradePort™ via Union Pacific’s Santa Teresa Intermodal Terminal which has direct rail connections with the ports of L.A., Long Beach, and Houston and is equidistant between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. The terminal also allows for the transfer of containers between trucks and rail, making it easy to get cargo in and out of the region via multiple modes of transport.
Overweight Cargo Zone:
Additionally, the establishment, by the State of New Mexico, of an overweight cargo zone extending from the intermodal terminal the the U.S / Mexico border at the Santa Teresa Port of Entry (STPOE) lowers the cost of moving shipments between Mexico, Asia, and U.S. consumers.
The overweight cargo zone allows divisible loads up to 96,000 lbs to cross from Mexico into the US and unload in Santa Teresa. At other ports of entry, those trailers would first have to divide their load to cross into the U.S. and use U.S. highways.
This reduces the time and cost of moving overweight loads into the US.
