Manzanillo Port reaches saturation point

The port authority has forecast end-of-year traffic of 1.5m teu compared with an engineered capacity of 1.3m teu.

A programme has been introduced to reorganise operating areas in the port to enable demand to be catered for up to 2011.

The SSA Marine terminal will be expanded from 150,000 sq metres to 260,000 sq metres, while terminals operated by Ocupa and Timsa will grow from 40,000 sq metres to 80,000 sq metres.