Mexico’s Pacific ports race to keep pace with container growth

Mexico’s Pacific ports race to keep pace with container growth

Mexico’s chief gateways on the Pacific coast have chalked up double-digit growth this year and have to expand to keep up. Port users are bracing themselves for disruptions. Question marks over Mexico’s trade relations with its northern neighbour and pressure from Washington to take a tougher stance vis-à-vis China have not dented flows through the ports of Manzanillo and Lazaro Cardenas this year. Manzanillo, the nation’s largest container gatew…