Echo initiated cross-border logistics services in 2016. (Echo Global Logistics)
Echo Global Logistics opened an office in Mexico City ahead of an expected doubling of its cross-border freight business in 2025 compared with 2024, the freight broker said.
The office initially will employ 11 staff, but Echo expects a rapid expansion.
In total, Echo’s Mexican division currently has 50 employees, although the company expects that total to grow to the hundreds “in the next few years as Echo continues to expand.”
Chicago-based Echo also expanded its Mexican operations in 2024. Echo initiated cross-border logistics services in 2016.
Waggoner
“We’re excited to continue to develop our cross-border solutions with the opening of our Mexico City division headquarters,” said CEO Doug Waggoner.
“Our experts are dedicated to our clients and carriers who do business in the Mexican transportation market, and establishing our presence within the country reinforces this commitment,” Waggoner added.
Echo ranks No. 22 on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest logistics companies in North America and ranks No. 5 among freight brokers.
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“Our Mexico City office builds a new level of support to our clients and carriers who do business south of the border,” said Chief Operating Officer Dave Menzel.
“Having Troy Ryley lead our Mexico division, who brings a lengthy career in international business management to Echo, has been a great benefit to further developing our cross-border operations,” Menzel added.
Echo already had an office in Monterrey, Guadalajara, and just across the border in Laredo, Texas. The company currently has 11 employees based in Monterrey.
“This new addition to support our Mexico team represents our continued growth in our goal to simplify transportation management,” said Ryley.
“Building on our cross-border solutions with local expertise enables Echo to provide high-quality solutions for shippers and carriers moving freight into, out of and throughout Mexico,” he added.
Ryley, who joined Echo in March 2024, previously worked for Redwood Logistics, Transplace Mexico and Expeditors International of Washington.
Redwood ranks No. 45 on the logistics TT100. Uber Freight bought Transplace in July 2021 for $2.25 billion and ranks No. 9 on the logistics TT100. Expeditors ranks No. 7 on the logistics TT100.
Echo offers freight brokerage and logistics solutions for truckload, partial truckload, less-than-truckload, intermodal, cross-border and temperature-controlled shipping as well as warehousing.
