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Mexican port seeks greater slice of US,
Asia Trade Pie GUAYMAS Port is being regarded as a "serious" target for the development of international trade between Mexico, the United States and Asia. Authorities in Mexico feel the port has the potential to accept "overflow" cargo from ports in the Los Angeles / Long Beach area, whereas US counterparts in Arizona are said to view Guaymas as a "new point for transshipping cargo for the maquiladoras and for the southwestern United States markets", according to a statement issued on behalf of Aeroceanetwork members. This opinion is based on Guaymas' geographical location given that it is situated approximately 354 kilometres south of Nogales, Arizona, a major border crossing point for cargo. The release said that Mexican forwarders have differing opinions on whether Guaymas will compete with Manzanillo for Asian trade. "I don't think that Guaymas will take volume from Manzanillo," said Edgar Calderon, managing director of the Guadalajara based TRC Cargo Internacional, an Aeroceanetwork member in Mexico, "Remember that Manzanillo is basically in the centre of Mexico and all the cargo goes and comes from this area. Guaymas will be for the factories located in the North of Mexico so this will be a different market." Others such as Nicolas Medina Trujillo, CEO of Mexico City based Aire Mar Logistics, believe that current congestion in Mexican ports can be a catalyst for cargo volumes moving towards Guaymas in the future. "Manzanillo is our gateway for the Far East, but as other ports in Mexico are becoming too small to handle the container traffic increases ... Guaymas could take some of the traffic from Manzanillo." To Return to the News Page |
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