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APM Terminal's new container terminal opens at Lazaro Cardenas
THE first phase of APM Terminals' new US$900 million facility at Lazaro Cardenas on Mexico's Pacific coast has officially opened for business, after welcoming the 9,600 TEU Maersk Salalah deployed on the AC2 Transpacific service from Asia.
The first phase of the facility covers 120 acres and includes a quay of 750 metres connected to five rail tracks. On completion between 2027 and 2030, the terminal will have a capacity of 4.1 million TEU, quay of 1.5 kilometres, an area of 250 acres, and 10 rail tracks providing intermodal access, reported London's Freightweek.
"We have a significant portfolio across Latin America and this will be our second terminal in Mexico after Yucatan," said APM Terminals CEO Morten Engelstoft.
The Maersk port operator said Lazaro Cardenas incorporates semi-automated processes for higher productivity and would help Mexico trade growth by offering a new gateway between the second-largest economy in Latin America and the rest of the world.
"Mexico is a core part of our strategy of investing in growth markets and building state-of-the-art facilities to run more efficiently the supply chain from the heart of Mexico to Asia and the rest of the Americas," said APM Terminals Mexico chief Jose Rueda.
"The technology in this terminal will bring increased predictability and efficiency to our shipping line customers, while ensuring the highest levels of safety for our employees and supply chain partners," he said.
The first phase of the facility covers 120 acres and includes a quay of 750 metres connected to five rail tracks. On completion between 2027 and 2030, the terminal will have a capacity of 4.1 million TEU, quay of 1.5 kilometres, an area of 250 acres, and 10 rail tracks providing intermodal access, reported London's Freightweek.
"We have a significant portfolio across Latin America and this will be our second terminal in Mexico after Yucatan," said APM Terminals CEO Morten Engelstoft.
The Maersk port operator said Lazaro Cardenas incorporates semi-automated processes for higher productivity and would help Mexico trade growth by offering a new gateway between the second-largest economy in Latin America and the rest of the world.
"Mexico is a core part of our strategy of investing in growth markets and building state-of-the-art facilities to run more efficiently the supply chain from the heart of Mexico to Asia and the rest of the Americas," said APM Terminals Mexico chief Jose Rueda.
"The technology in this terminal will bring increased predictability and efficiency to our shipping line customers, while ensuring the highest levels of safety for our employees and supply chain partners," he said.
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