Expand the wharf at a cost of 230 million US dollars, from 1.2 million TEUs to 2 million TEUs

ICTSI has started a project to expand the Container at Contecon Manzanillo in the Mexican port of Manzanillo, with a planned cost of US $230 million.The expansion project plans to increase its processing capacity from the current 1.2 million TEUs to 2 million TEUs.-Completed in 2025.

The expansion project includes adding more than 400 meters of shoreline, storing more than 800,000 TEU yards and 900 refrigeratorsContainerPlug,Purchase 2 super Panama quay cranes and 6 tire cranes.Therefore, the wharf will have 10 super Panama quayside cranes and 13 tire cranes.

Jos é Antonio Contreras, CEO of Contecon Manzanillo, said that the purpose of our expansion is to provide a modern wharf for Manzanillo Port and Mexico, and its operational capacity can meet the current and future needs of customers.This long-term investment plan is to maintain ties with Asia, which means meeting the demand for docking the largest 400-meter-long ship.If we fail to meet these requirements, Mexico's foreign trade will be affected.Indira Vizcaino, governor of the state where Port Manzanillo is located, said that the state government will ensure that the expansion target allows the port to develop and become more efficient.

In the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted terminal operations, including supply chains,Shipping materialsAnd Container.Although some impacts still exist, the terminal is making efforts to further upgrade. For example, it will receive three super Panamanian quayside cranes in the near future to cope with the backlog of ships entering and leaving the port and ContainerInfluence.

According to official statistics, Port Manzanillo is the largest in MexicoContainerThe total throughput of ports from January to October was about 2.89 million TEUs, up 3.5% year-on-year.In the first 10 months of this year, the throughput of Contecon Manzanillo terminal reached 1.02 million TEUs, an increase of 0.4% year-on-year.SSA also operates in Port ManzanilloContainerTerminal, the throughput in the same period was 1.37 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 1.9%;The throughput of TIMSA terminal of Hutchison Port was 239,493 TEU, a year-on-year increase of 20.8%;The throughput of OCUPA terminal was 275,398 TEU, up 10.8% year-on-year.

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