Port of Veracruz

Former customs director murdered at Port of Manzanillo, Mexico

A high-ranking member of the Mexican navy was recently killed at the Port of Manzanillo, along Mexico’s Pacific Coast.

The incident happened about a month after another federal official was murdered in the same port city.

Fernando Ruben Guerrero was driving his vehicle around noon on Nov. 8 when armed assailants allegedly caught up with him and shot him. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities are still investigating the incident.

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Konecranes to supply Mexican terminal with eco-efficient mobile harbour crane

Mexican terminal operator Corporación Integral de Comercio Exterior (Grupo CICE) has ordered an eco-efficient generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald mobile harbour crane for its terminal in the Port of Veracruz.

The order which was booked in December 2021, is projected to be delivered to the Mexican terminal in April 2022, according to a statement.

This constitutes the first order for this type of crane for CICE, but it will also be the 10th Konecranes Gottwald mobile harbour crane to be delivered to...

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Borderlands: Kansas City Southern expands Mexico rail service

Kansas City Southern expands Mexico rail service 

The proposed $29 billion merger between Canadian Pacific (NYSE: CP) and Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) aims to capitalize on an expected increase in the flow of trade among the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

The merger would create the first company with a rail network spanning all three countries and enhance the facilitation of the movement of goods across the three nations. 

“The new competition we will inject into the North American transportation...

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Mexico’s president wants to revoke operating concession for Port of Veracruz

Mexico’s president said he wants to terminate a 100-year concession awarded to a private company to operate the Port of Veracruz, one of the country’s largest seaports.

Speaking at his daily morning news conference, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador declined to name the port operator but said it was “excessive” that a private company could secure such a long contract to run the port.

“We are cleaning up corruption. I just found out that the port of Veracruz was concessioned to a company,...

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Hutchison Ports ICAVE starts operations in upgraded Mexican port

The first operation of Hutchison Ports ICAVE within the modernization of the Port of Veracruz was carried out on July 1st, starting at 6:30 am, receiving the ship “WHITE SHARK”of the Shipping Line CMA – CGM. It landed around 8:20 am and unloading officially the first of millions of containers that will arrive at the new ICAVE Terminal.

The expected White Shark, carrying a flag of Malta, an island country of the European Union, consists of a length of 294.12m, a beam of 32.2m and a capacity of...

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