With any luck, within a decade, that enthusiasm will translate into a change in the the flow of cargo in and out of North America, and give Michigan a new place in the world transportation and logistics network.

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White buses drop workers off at the export companies and cargo trucks line up to cross the bridges that straddle the concrete canal built to direct the flow of the Rio Grande River.

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