The announcement was made by Mexico’s Ministry of Communication and Transportation (SCT), through the General Coordination of Seaports and Merchant Marine.
Total investment in the new facility is estimated at around Pesos10bn (US$800m), with construction of seaport infrastructure and equipment costing Pesos7.3bn (US$550m). The investment will create more than 6,000 direct and indirect jobs
The new terminal will be able to handle around 2m containers a year. It will have a land area of 72.4 hectares and a maritime area of 5.4 hectares, and will be located in the North Zone of Manzanillo port. It will have three berths 360 m long, making a total of 1,080 m for docking, and an alongside depth of 16 m.
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