Mexico
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..while Tamaulipas state to upgrade El Mezquital...
01 Jun 2005 - Port Strategy
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..and Veracruz reactivates..
Veracruz, Mexico's largest port in the Gulf of Mexico, is to reactivate the concession process covering three terminals, following an examination by the country's antitrust authorities. The process began in November last year when one minerals terminal and another handling vehicles were offered as 15-year concessions with an option to extend these by a further 15 years, along with a third terminal aimed at warehousing unitised, general cargo and containers. 01 Jun 2005 - Port Strategy
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Ensenada to implement intermodal corridor..
The Mexican port of Ensenada is to invest US$10.41m on infrastructure in putting into operation an intermodal corridor aimed at container traffic moving to and from the centre of Mexico and the US. 01 Jun 2005 - Port Strategy
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Mexicans prepare for major developments
Mexico's transport ministry plans to coordinate investment of US$666m in the country's 16 ports. Of this, US$479m will be privatesector investment and the rest raised from public sources and invested by the port authorities. Altamira, with a total investment of US$322m, will be the main beneficiary scooping 48.4% of the total investment package. 01 Jun 2005 - Port Strategy
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Transisthmus corridor planned
Coatzacoalcos port in the central-eastern state of Veracruz and the Pacific coast port of Salina Cruz are contemplating a joint concession to run their respective container terminals. Salina Cruz lost its container traffic in 2003, because of its infrastructure limitations; the former terminal covered just 65,000 sq metres, although existing plans call for an additional 14ha of terminal space. 01 Jun 2005 - Port Strategy
