In October, the Port of Manzanillo recorded the second highest monthly container cargo movement in its history with more than 343 thousand TEUs, according to the monthly report from the National Port System Administration (Asipona) in Manzanillo.
In this way, Manzanillo consolidates itself as the most important port in Mexico and in the entire Pacific coast of Latin America.
In the first 10 months of the year, containerized cargo represented 73% of the total movement in tons of commercial cargo, while mineral bulk cargo accounted for 15%; and agricultural bulk and general cargo, 6% each.
Specifically, import and export container cargo increased by 1% from January to October, with 44% corresponding to import activities and 42% to export activities, while transshipment accounted for 14%.
On the other hand, the Asipona report specifies that 68% of the vessels that arrived at the Port of Colima, as of October, were with container cargo, a total of 947, while 151 were with general cargo, 144 with mineral bulk and 35 with agricultural bulk, while 111 were oil tankers and 11 were cruise ships.
It is worth noting that the vessels were of larger dimensions and capacity, which resulted in the increase of containerized cargo for foreign trade. The five largest ships that arrived at the Port were the APL Fullerton, with a length of 398 meters; the CMA CGM Alexander Von Humboldt and Marco Polo, the APL Explanade and the Thalassa Elpida, all of them larger than 368 meters.
