Kuehne+Nagel, a global logistics company, has announced the expansion of its facility in El Paso, Texas. The new site, located adjacent to the company’s existing facility, adds 20,252 m², increasing its overall capacity by 60%. 

Despite tariff uncertainty, global companies continue investing in nearshoring across Mexico and Kuehne+Nagel is expanding its capacity to support customers in building resilient supply chains. 

Strategically located at the border, the site is designed to accommodate the growing demands of customers for northbound and southbound movement of goods between Mexico and the United States. The new, bonded warehouse features 53 dock doors, 65 trailer spaces, front and rear cross-dock capabilities, as well as vertically racked storage locations.  

“Our existing 33,723 m² El Paso facility reached full capacity within a year, demonstrating strong demand for cross-border solutions,” said Joachim Goller, Senior Vice President Road Logistics North America. “This success underscores the need for scalable expansion to support our customers and new business while maintaining the high standards they expect. This investment further strengthens our market position at the U.S.-Mexico border and confirms that regardless of current geopolitical shifts, the nearshoring trend is alive.”  

The Premier Award is an annual recognition platform under the RTX Performance+ Program to recognize suppliers with superior performance and that have provided exceptional value to RTX in one of the five key categories: Cost Competitiveness, Technology & Innovation, Business Management, Collaboration / Customer Service, and Sustainability.

“Thank you to Pratt & Whitney and RTX for recognizing us as a recipient of the Premier Award,” said Eduardo Razuck, Head of Contract Logistics, Americas, Kuehne+Nagel. “We are grateful that our hard work, dedication, and commitment to performance excellence is appreciated.  Contributing to our customer's ability to deliver results to their clients globally lays the foundation for continued mutual success and is at the core of our company’s values and strategy.”
 

Today, Kuehne+Nagel, a global logistics company, announced the opening of a new Road Logistics facility in Laredo, Texas. The 432,000 sq. ft. site consolidates three existing cross-docks into one, doubling capacity at the United States-Mexico border. Strategically located, the new Laredo site will help customers manage nearshoring complexities, a trend that persists despite current uncertainties.

The new site includes 200 trailer parking stalls, 115 dock doors and two drive-in doors for cross-docking, warehousing, transloading and storage. The site includes a 17,500 sq. ft. Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ), offering services to manage customs duties and taxes for cost efficiency. The facility will support the increased needs of customers in moving goods north and southbound over the border of Mexico and the United States.

According to Nathan Thomas, Regional Vice President for the Central Area at Kuehne+Nagel U.S., the new site which will be fully operational in mid-April 2025, enhances Kuehne+Nagel’s network at the U.S.-Mexico border, providing customers more capacity and space for freight movement. 

"We are committed to helping customers harness the full potential of the global nearshoring trend and to serving the cross-border market as part of our growth strategy," said Thomas. "Despite current challenges in global trade, we are confident nearshoring will continue, as it helps customers enhance supply chain resilience, reduces costs, and speeds up distribution. Kuehne+Nagel’s strong network of strategically located assets, robust trucking network, expert services and customs expertise ensures our customers’ goods reach their destination in full compliance, interruption-free and on time."

With this solution, Kuehne+Nagel addresses the growing need of the healthcare market for more sustainable and cost-optimized supply chains, in an industry where precise temperature control and timely delivery are paramount.

The cross-dock concept features the loading and unloading of sea freight temperature-controlled containers in a GxP-compliant warehouse near an ocean port, allowing for the prompt return of empty containers to the port. At the temperature-controlled warehouse, the containers are sorted and optimized for road transportation to their final destination. This reduces the use of multiple containers and eliminates or lowers detentions charges due to a fast turnaround of container management.  

Kuehne+Nagel’s expanded network of cross-dock facilities now includes warehouses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Atlanta, Georgia; Wilmington, North Carolina; and Los Angeles, California. Four additional locations across the country will open in 2024. All of the facilities offer multiple temperature ranges and comply with Kuehne+Nagel’s HealthChain certification, ensuring the highest global quality standards for transporting, handling, and storing of healthcare products.

“Cross-docking optimizes the time that products spend in transit, streamlines the handling process, and reduces costs and CO2 emissions,” said Jeff Garcia, Industry Champion Healthcare for Kuehne+Nagel. “We began this concept as a pilot program with a large, global human and animal health customer for their animal health division at one warehouse, resulting in a double-digit savings of costs in the container inbound process and cutting CO2 emissions by nearly half. Based on this success, we are proud to be expanding this offering to the healthcare market across the United States.”

Today, Kuehne+Nagel, a global logistics company, announced the opening of a new facility in El Paso, Texas. The new, larger site is 363,000 sq. ft. in size and represents the consolidation of four warehouses from across the border into one. As global companies make investments across Mexico due to the growing trend of nearshoring, Kuehne+Nagel is establishing this site to support customers as they seek to redesign their supply chain processes.

Ideally situated in El Paso, Texas, the site will support the increased needs of customers in moving goods north and southbound over the border of Mexico and United States. The warehouse features enhanced security, modern offices, 54 dock doors, front and rear cross-dock capability, 125 truck yard spaces, as well as added vertical racked storage locations.

By consolidating four warehouses under one roof, the company will drive efficiencies for Kuehne+Nagel customers by allowing the control of all trailer traffic in one site. This move also allows the company to reduce the amount of time a truck is received and offloaded with additional dock availability. The building offers customers improved layout and cargo flow. Additionally, the site offers improved interaction for customers by housing all customer care teams in one location and offering new meeting room facilities.

“With this offering, we enhance our ability to support customers in overcoming logistics challenges presented by the global trend of nearshoring with more capacity and space as we move their valuable freight,” said John Levin, Regional Vice President for Central Area, for Kuehne+Nagel U.S. “The state-of-the art warehouse opening is a milestone for Kuehne+Nagel in North America as it reinforces our commitment to serving the cross-border as part of the company’s growth strategy. This new, larger facility in El Paso, Texas increases our warehouse footprint, improves building efficiencies, and complements our freight forwarding services with final import and export services into or out of Mexico.”

The facility will open on August 5, 2024, and brings approximately 145 job opportunities to the region. Visit this site to learn more about employment opportunities at Kuehne+Nagel.