Ryder opens second cross-border facility along Mexican border

"The site in El Paso also has the advantage of being strategically located along a popular stopping point for trucks," said Frank Bateman, vice president of supply chain operations for Ryder. (Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection) Ryder System Inc. has opened a logistics facility in El Paso, Texas, aiming to tap into growing cross-border trade between the U.S. and Mexico. Ryder's newly built 50,000-square-foot logistics facility is aimed at supporting global firms that are nearshoring manufacturing operations to Mexico, officials said. The facility is near the Ysleta-Zaragoza International Bridge, which connects El Paso to Juarez, Mexico. "If you look…