Port of Lázaro Cárdenas

Port of Lázaro Cárdenas
Port of Lázaro Cárdenas
	Container ship in port.
Location
Country	Mexico
Location	Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán
Coordinates	17°55′37″N 102°10′08″W / 17.927°N 102.169°WCoordinates: 17°55′37″N 102°10′08″W / 17.927°N 102.169°W
UN/LOCODE	MXLZC
Details
Owned by	Port Authority of Lázaro Cárdenas
Type of harbor	Natural/Artificial
Size of harbor	160 ha (0.62 sq mi)
Land area	25 ha (0.097 sq mi)
Size	185 ha (0.71 sq mi)
Available berths	15
Wharfs	22
Statistics
Vessel arrivals	1,522 vessels (2012)
Annual cargo tonnage	30,671,996 tonnes (2012)
Annual container volume	1,242,777 TEU's (2012)
	Website; www.puertolazarocardenas.com.mx/plc25

The Port of Lázaro Cárdenas (Spanish: [ˈlasaɾo ˈkaɾðenas] (listen)) is the largest Mexican seaport and one of the largest seaports in the Pacific Ocean basin, with an annual traffic capacity of around 25 million tonnes of cargo and 2,200,000 TEU.

In November 2003, the Mexican Navy seized the port from criminal gangs.^[3]

Description[]

Lázaro Cárdenas is home to a deep-water seaport that handles container, dry bulk, and liquid cargo. The port currently has one container terminal, which handled 1.24 million TEU in 2012, and has a total capacity of 2.2 million TEU annually.^[2] APMT has plans to build an additional container terminal that would bring the port's capacity to 3.4 million TEU in 2015 and 6.5 million TEU in 2020.^[4] Cargo moves to and from the port by road and rail equally, with rail service provided exclusively by Kansas City Southern de México. The port is expected to become a major container facility due to congestion at the U.S. ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and its relative proximity to major cities such as Chicago, Kansas City, and Houston. In preparation for the port's increased capacity, railway and highway infrastructure running north–south through the center of Mexico has been upgraded in recent years to handle the anticipated increase in volume of goods bound for the United States using this transportation corridor.^[5] If a proposed government-backed Pacific port is built at Punta Colonet, Baja California, goods flowing to U.S. states like Arizona and Nevada could bypass the congested Los Angeles region with closer access to those markets, providing increased competition with Lázaro Cárdenas.^[5]

Lázaro Cárdenas is the terminus of the Salamanca-Lazaro Cardenas gas pipeline.^[6]

Statistics[]

In 2012, the Port of Lázaro Cárdenas handled 30,671,996 tonnes of cargo and 1,242,777 TEU's, making the busiest cargo port in Mexico and one of the largest container ports in the country.^[2]

**General statistics between 2001 - 2007**^[7]
Year	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
RoRo (nr of automobiles)	0	24,923	88,669	114,276	112,457
Liquid bulk^*	932,000	919,000	1,281,000	1,841,000	2,275,000
Dry bulk^*	10,165,000	12,940,000	13,895,000	11,234,000	5,804,000
Break bulk^*	2,910,000	2,785,000	2,587,000	2,719,000	1,809,000
Containers (TEU's)	43,445	132,479	160,696	270,240	524,791
Containers^*	323,000	1,030,000	1,159,000	1,544,000	4,240,000
*Total^'**	14,330,000	17,674,000	18,992,000	17,693,000	20,860,647

* figures in tonnes

Terminals[]

The port of Lázaro Cárdenas^[8] has both public and private terminals specialised in:

Public terminals^[8]

Grain terminal: 15,064 m² (162,150 sq ft)
: 62,889 m² (676,930 sq ft)
Container terminals: 634,120 m² (6,825,600 sq ft)

Private terminals^[8]

Mineral terminal: 60,328 m² (649,370 sq ft)
Fluid terminal: 1,783,413 m² (19,196,500 sq ft)
Coal terminal: 1,163,408 m² (12,522,820 sq ft)
Fertilizer terminal: 1,487,381 m² (16,010,040 sq ft)

References[]

^ "UNLOCODE (MX) - Mexico". service.unece.org. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Monthly Statistical Report, Cargo, Ships and Passengers" (PDF) (in Spanish). 2012-12-31. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
^ "Why Mexican drug-traffickers started smuggling iron ore to China". www.economist.com. The Economist. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
^ "Competitive Factors for US Midwest Markets". 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "About the Port" (in Spanish). 2009-01-29. Retrieved 2009-01-29.^{[dead link]}
^ "Mexico Pipelines map - Crude Oil (petroleum) pipelines - Natural Gas pipelines - Products pipelines". Theodora.com. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
^ "Movimiento Portuario - Historico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Terminals and Facilities". 2009-01-29. Retrieved 2009-01-29.^{[dead link]}

[Locode-1-1] "UNLOCODE (MX) - Mexico". service.unece.org. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

[Port_Statistics-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Monthly Statistical Report, Cargo, Ships and Passengers" (PDF) (in Spanish). 2012-12-31. Retrieved 2013-01-30.

[3] "Why Mexican drug-traffickers started smuggling iron ore to China". www.economist.com. The Economist. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.

[Competitive_Factors_for_US_Midwest_Markets-4] "Competitive Factors for US Midwest Markets". 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2013-01-31.

[About_the_Port-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b "About the Port" (in Spanish). 2009-01-29. Retrieved 2009-01-29.^{[dead link]}

[6] "Mexico Pipelines map - Crude Oil (petroleum) pipelines - Natural Gas pipelines - Products pipelines". Theodora.com. Retrieved 2013-11-18.

[MOVIMIENTO_PORTUARIO_-_HISTORICO-7] "Movimiento Portuario - Historico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2009-01-29.

[Terminals_and_Facilities-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Terminals and Facilities". 2009-01-29. Retrieved 2009-01-29.^{[dead link]}

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