Maritime activity in Tamaulipas will consolidate its position as the state with the second largest number of deep-sea ports in Mexico in the future, thanks to the terminals in Matamoros, which will begin operations this Saturday. The project led by the Comprehensive Port Administration (API) aims to compete with Veracruz, the only region on the Mexican coast with such capacity.
Following the announcement by federal and state authorities, in a project that aims to reach 8 billion pesos in investment with public funding and contributions from the private sector, with the concession already granted to the firm Mota-Engil, the offer for foreign trade by sea will join the current one established in Altamira and Tampico.
Thus, the Mexican Port System will have 153 bonded ports, spread across the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. The Coordination of Ports and Merchant Marine of the Navy Secretariat highlights the new berthing facility for deep-draft vessels whose line of business will be in the oil sector.
Port of Matamoros.
“Matamoros will have highly concentrated activity due to the work of Australian company Woodside Energy in the Trión field. This oil project will have its own terminal to handle the production generated by its platform located off the coast of that city, while Altamira is projected to become one of the federal government’s development hubs,” explained Felipe Pearl Zorrilla, president of the Mexican Foreign Trade Council (COMCE) in that state.
Both ports have an annual capacity of 28 million tons, distributed between the shipment of domestically manufactured motor vehicles, the arrival and departure of containerized cargo, and the handling of petroleum and its derivatives.
Due to the expansion of the extensive waterfront that the so-called Puerto del Norte will have, it will be added to the national offering, also serving companies located in Nuevo León, Coahuila, and San Luis Potosí. Along the Veracruz coast, there is activity in Tuxpan, Veracruz, and Coatzacoalcos.
Of the aforementioned, importers and exporters have reported a saturation of services, particularly in Tuxpan, which is primarily focused on car exports, and in Veracruz, which has yards full of containers.
Source: milenio
