The Secretary of the Navy (Semar) will invest 22 thousand 321 million pesos in the construction of a new terminal to decongest the port of Manzanillo, which is often paralyzed with the tractocamions loaded with goods from China.
“The Master Plan for Port Development has revealed the saturation of the road infrastructure that occurs frequently, due to the large number of trucks inside and in the areas surrounding the port enclosure, so it is important to develop the vessel II of the Laguna de Cuyutlán port,” according to documentation Revised by Forbes Mexico.
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According to the new work project, in recent years, the ports of Manzanillo and Laguna de Cuyutlán demonstrated an increase in the demand for ships from different business and larger lines.
Currently, the port of Manzanillo mobilizes more than two thirds of the containing load and a third of the total load, which is handled by the sea and reaches ports of the Pacific Ocean.
The new Puerto de Manzanillo will be built within the vessel II of the Lagunar System of Cuyutlán on the coast of the Central Pacific Ocean, explains the administration of the National Port System of Manzanillo (Asipona).
The financing for the construction of the new port in the municipality of Colomeense will be through resources from the investment of the Asipona.
The first phase of the works contemplates the dredging, the installation of tables, a navigation channel and maneuvering docks for ships of greater draft, which will increase the installed capacity of the current port of Manzanillo.
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Today there is no space availability in the port of Manzanillo, as well as the navigation infrastructure has limited the dimensions of the ships that can dock in the Maritime Terminal of Colima, said the Asipona Manzanillo.
To receive ships of up to 400 meters in length, the expansion of the port of Manzanillo in Veso II of the Cuyutlán Lagoon will be necessary.
“The increase in port infrastructure towards the port enclosure of Veso II of the Cuyutlán Lagoon will improve the transport services of import and export goods via maritime, integrating Mexico with the main maritime routes of international trade,” he says.
“This growth gives rise to greater development, placing the port of Manzanillo, as one of the main economic nuclei for the west region of the country,” he says.
He adds that the strengthening of the commercial relationship between China and Mexico allow Manzanillo to have greater fluidity of container merchandise from the Asian continent mainly.
He points out that there is a growing demand for spaces for the mobilization and storage of containers, exceeding the current installed capacity of the port.
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The Cuyutlán Lagoon has suffered a lot of alterations since 1937 that have led her to be permanently communicated with the Pacific Ocean through an nearby tunnel with the port of Manzanillo, later by the window call channel, and more recently by the Tepalcates channel, which have caused a remarkable decrease in its ecological integrity.
Studies consider that permanent communication between vessel II and the Pacific Ocean causes greater biodiversity, ecosystem services and fishing activity in the lagoon system.
The new port of Manzanillo will have a positive impact on the community that includes job creation, the increase in productivity and relief of the roads of entry into the current port enclosure, according to the document.
“In addition, it is focused on continuing sustainable economic growth and guaranteeing the provision of efficient services to exporters, importers and other specialized load operators and fluids that will also benefit with efficient connectivity,” he says ..
