Forget the Panama Canal: A New Interoceanic Corridor Just Shipped 900 Vehicles Across Two Oceans in 72 Hours

Mexico’s Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec successfully moved 900 vehicles from Asia to the U.S. East Coast in spring 2025, completing the first major international logistics test of the 303-kilometer rail route connecting the Pacific port of Salina Cruz to the Gulf port of Coatzacoalcos. The pilot, carried out by Hyundai and its logistics arm Hyundai Glovis, completed each rail crossing in roughly nine hours, with the full ocean-to-ocean transfer benchmarked at about 72...