Logistics specialist Grupo 365 announced that it will build a parcel terminal in Dallas, Texas, by 2025, with the aim of supporting small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) , while, as a result of the growth of e-commerce, it will seek to offer a specialized service; both projects will require around 18 million dollars.
“We are trying to increase the size of the railway route, to make better use of it, and one of the projects we are working on is the establishment of a parcel terminal, we can call it LTL, for loose cargo, to establish a fiscal area to send directly to our facility in San Luis Potosí. We see this service through the railway,” said Eduardo Vidales, commercial director of the company.
In an interview with T21, he mentioned that small and medium-sized industries are currently “very hard hit in the country, it costs them a lot of money” to ship half a container or four pallets of their products and send them to the United States.
For example, he mentioned the case of a stationery store that buys one or up to four rolls of paper, but they have to wait until someone else consolidates them into a full container so they can ship them, although he also said that it can be an alternative for large companies.
“Our idea is to consolidate the pallet and sell the cost of this, of freight from Dallas to San Luis and vice versa at a much more attractive price so that the user and the client can arrive. There are large and small companies that do not have the capacity to reach the country with less volume and they have to consolidate and the cost of consolidation takes time and is much more expensive in the long run, so we are planning to do that project,” he said.
Likewise, he said that in the e-commerce part , they will seek to provide a solution for packages of up to 30 kilograms for handling in the strategic fiscalized area and national distribution from San Luis Potosí.
Eduardo Vidales said that the Dallas project will require investments of more than 15 million dollars, while the growth of e-commerce in Mexico will require between two and three million dollars. He said that these two projects will be completed in the middle and end of next year.
“The e-commerce project is necessary in Mexico, but the first one will be a watershed for the future of consolidated cargo and for small and medium-sized Mexican and American industries so that they can obtain supplies in less time between both countries,” he said.
Vidales mentioned that, in the case of its consolidated facility in San Luis Potosí, and as a result of relocation ( nearshoring ), they began with 24-hour services to work with the cargo and distribute it nationwide. In addition, companies will be able to export their finished product from this location to later distribute merchandise from Asia, Canada or the United States, and even send it to South America.
Grupo 365 serves four railroad terminals, in Nuevo Laredo, Monterrey, San Luis Potosí, Toluca and Lázaro Cárdenas, and also has American customs agencies. In the case of railroads, they handle household appliances, automotive and aerospace industries, plastics, resins, tires, steel, among others.
“What we do is simplify the process for railroad units. What we try to do is to ensure that before the trains arrive at the border, all the Mexican and American customs requirements are met so that they can enter the country without any demands or delays. Our job is to check that the merchandise meets all the requirements,” he explained.
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