Tequila, Trucking, and the Future of the Border

What began nine years ago as a dinner gathering of roughly 20 people at a restaurant in Laredo, Texas, has grown into the largest U.S.-to-Mexico logistics event in the country. On June 9, 2026, the 9th Annual Modernization of Cross-Border Trade (MCBT) convened at the Laredo Country Club, drawing representatives from more than 500 logistics companies eager to navigate a rapidly shifting cross-border landscape.

"The event started with only 20 people," said Mark Vickers, founder of Borderless Coverage and Executive Vice President and Head of International Logistics at Reliance Partners, which hosts the event. "Now this is the largest U.S. to Mexico logistics event in the U.S."

That growth mirrors the trajectory of Borderless Coverage itself. Vickers developed the company as an entrepreneurial venture. It was the first program to offer per-load, per-project, per-client cargo insurance coverage for shipments into Mexico.

Reliance Partners, the largest privately held transportation and logistics insurance agency in the country, acquired Borderless Coverage in 2021. The MCBT event grew right alongside this acquisition, evolving from an insurance-focused gathering into a premier forum f

Fuente original: Yahoo Finance (https://finance.yahoo.com/small-business/articles/tequila-trucking-future-border-151904277.html)