The Mexican Chamber of the Maritime Transport Industry (Cameintram) He demanded that Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) pay the shipping companies for the contracted services, to avoid bankruptcies and a critical point in the operations of the companies.
“We request accelerated the effort of the payment strategy through Banobras to avoid consequences in the production, maintenance and safety in the country’s oil industry,” said the business body led by José Manuel Urreta Ortega.
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Today the resources of the shipping companies are almost exhausted for payment of specialized personnel and maintenance required by the drilling units to specific uses for the oil maritime industry, due to the serious crisis due to the lack of payments by Pemex during 2024 and 2025, the business entity said.
He added that the debt of Petróleos Mexicanos could lead to shipping companies to enter at any time to a critical point in their finances.
Luis Méndez Jaled, president of the Mexican Chamber of the Construction Industry (CMIC), said they are concerned about the default of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) with the construction companies, since the settlement of debts for 3 thousand 200 million pesos has not advanced.
Rafael Espino de la Peña, president of the Mexican Association of Petroleum Services Companies (AMESPAC), asked the Government of Claudia Sheinbaum for the rules and debt paid calendar of 94 billion pesos that have Mexican Petróleos with several of their affiliates.
“PEMEX and other units of the Federal Government have already started to call by segments the finance staff of the companies to familiarize the new scheme implemented, but we require speed,” said the Mexican Chamber of the Maritime Transport Industry.
The maritime sector made up of the main shipping companies is very hopeful of the Fund for the Payment of Deudos to PEMEX suppliers created through Banobras, he added.
In the case of shipping companies associated with Cameintram, 90 percent of companies are directed towards logistics, production, maintenance and marine work, services that are of the utmost importance in the development of the oil industry, he mentioned.
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“We respectfully request to accelerate all the implementation that makes possible the release of copies and the payments delayed by the services provided in 2024. We remind Pemex that the personnel on board is, by contract, specialized people,” said the Mexican Chamber of the Maritime Transport Industry.
“The aforementioned, reflects the reality that prevails in the merchant navy that operates for Pemex in the logistics and operational area in exploration, perforation and production,” he concluded.
