As the geopolitical landscape shifts under the weight of ongoing US-China trade tensions, Mexican ports emerge as pivotal players poised to redefine North American trade dynamics.
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Strategic inventories have a profound impact on the shipping sector by influencing operations, logistics planning, and even the configuration of global shipping routes.
As Container News reported, Peter Sand, chief analyst at Xeneta, highlighted Mexico, Latin America, and the Middle East as critical markets for China’s exports, pointing out that Chinese producers have been amassing “strategic stockpiles” to mask the origins of their goods in case tariffs are implemented.
Ports that handle these...
https://container-news.com/strategic-stockpiles-and-peripheral-ports-in-chinese-trade-mindset/
The landscape of US-China trade has undergone a dramatic transformation since 2018, when tariff policies implemented during the Trump administration and maintained under Biden began reshaping global supply chains. With these policies affecting over US$380 billion worth of trade and resulting in US$79 billion in tariffs, businesses have been forced to seek creative solutions to maintain their competitive edge.
VesselBot analysis of shipping data across air, sea, and road transport has revealed an...
Seaports across Mexico moved a record 2.95 million twenty-foot equivalent units during the first four months of 2024, according to statistics from Mexico’s General Coordination of Ports and Merchant Marine.
That represents an 18.2% year-over-year increase.
Mexico’s nine Pacific Coast ports handled the majority of container movements from January through April, totaling 2.14 million TEUs, a 19% y/y increase.
Mexico’s two largest Pacific Coast ports — Manzanillo and Lazaro Cardenas — recorded a...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mexican-ports-container-volumes-up-18-in-first-four-months-of-2024
Mexico’s major ports handled 728,116 twenty-foot equivalent units during January, a 20% year-over-year (y/y) increase in total container volume for the country’s 18 ports, according to Mexico’s naval ministry.
The country’s nine Pacific Coast ports handled the bulk of container movements in January, totaling 532,534 TEUs for the month.
Mexico’s two largest Pacific Coast ports — Manzanillo and Lazaro Cardenas — reported record container movements for the month of January.
The Port of Manzanillo,...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/borderlands-mexico-mexican-ports-cargo-volumes-surge-in-january
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Cargobot sees big opportunities with global cross-border trade; Lineage Logistics expands cold chain footprint in Texas; Stitch Fix closes Dallas logistics hub, lays off 558 workers; and Mexican seaport blocked as truckers protest wait times.
Cargobot sees big opportunities with global cross-border trade
Fernando Correa, CEO and cofounder of Cargobot, sees increasing...
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Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of U.S.-Mexico cross-border trucking...
Inspections of the Maersk-operated vessel Dyros, which lost more than 90 containers in the North Pacific Ocean on 21 March, are already underway at the port of Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico, where the vessel arrived on 3 April.
Dyros is expected to come alongside on 7 April and then, the 4,578 TEU ship, which is owned by Costamare and chartered by Maersk, will undergo further assessment.
“We will have more specific details on the extent of damaged containers at the end of this week,” said the Danish...
https://container-news.com/inspections-of-maersk-operated-dyros-underway-in-mexico/
Efforts to ramp up passenger and freight rail in the Midwest got a boost this week from two separate announcements citing additional opportunities to access Chicago.
Canadian Pacific said Wednesday it is working with Kansas City Southern to launch an international intermodal train service between Lazaro Cardenas in Mexico and Chicago. The first train for this service offloaded containers at CP’s Bensenville Yard in suburban Chicago on Tuesday morning, after having originated from Lazaro...
The Maersk Essen, which lost 750 containers in mid-January in the North Pacific, is now anchored in Southern California’s San Pedro Bay waiting to berth at APM Terminals Pier 400 at the Port of Los Angeles.
A Maersk spokesman said Monday the container ship, which has a capacity of 13,100 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), is expected to berth Thursday or Friday. The Essen sailed from the Port of Lazaro Cardenas on Feb. 22. The vessel had been at the Mexican port since diverting from its route...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/maersk-essen-nears-la-more-than-6-weeks-after-container-loss