A member of the Mexican navy searches for drugs at the Lazaro Cardenas port Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Burns Logistics CEO Ed Burns wanted to provide a way to allow small carriers to create relationships with shippers that typically shy away from brokers Shippers are increasingly seeking so-called mini-bid contracts to bridge a transitioning market reflected by carriers cutting capacity With a “reintroduced” ground freight shipping option UPS hopes to tempt LTL shippers seeking alternatives to LTL rates that are up 12% on average from mid-2023 Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited APM Terminals (APMT) Lazaro Cardenas in Mexico has welcomed the first call of Hapag-Lloyd’s East Coast 2 (EC2) service The EC2 service comprises 12 vessels with a notional capacity of 13,470 TEU The Port of Lazaro Cardenas is the only location on the Mexican Pacific that will accept vessels from this service and it is the first call after leaving Asia The East Coast 2 loop operates on a weekly basis calling: Qingdao – Yantian – Ningbo – Yangshan – Busan – Lazaro Cardena – Cartagena – Savannah – Charleston – Wilmington – Norfolk – Cartagena – Busan – Qingdao READ: APMT extends leadership in the Americas and Mexico region Commercial Manager for APM Terminals (APMT) Mexico APM Terminals Lazaro Cardenas offers convenient rail connections to and from the US south and south-west “This includes direct block (unit) train routes from Lazaro Cardenas to Houston Memphis and Dallas together with a streamlined process for cross-border rail to the USA “Rail loading is extremely fast and efficient at the terminal due to strategically located on-dock rail facilities Full trains can be loaded within the intermodal yard and 99.98 per cent of moves are without a security claim.” READ: APMT Elizabeth accelerates $5 million electrification project “APMT Lazaro Cardenas also offers a direct gateway to an inland depot in Mexico City with more than 250 distribution centres serving more than 20 million consumers within a 20 kilometres radius,” Sanchez Gonzales explained “The terminal also boasts direct intermodal connectivity and the shortest distance to Monterrey Recently, APMT invested in 240 new pieces of equipment for five of its terminals in Latin America, Africa, and Europe DP World is set to implement OneStop Modal and the OneStop Vehicle Booking System (VBS) The US House of Representatives has voted to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency‘s (EPA) 2023 global schedule reliability surged to 57.5 per cent Container throughput at the Port of Melbourne totalled 267,000 TEUs in March 2025 Cover image: ©Associated Press The death toll has risen to at least 70 InvestingSheinbaum Picks AMLO’s Former Adviser Cardenas as Chief of StaffBy Maya Averbuch and Alex VasquezPublished: July 11, 2024 at 3:13PM EDT (Bloomberg) -- Mexico’s President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum named a former top adviser to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as her chief of staff. Lazaro Cardenas Batel, a governor of Michoacan between 2002 and 2008, is the grandson of former President Lazaro Cardenas and the son of Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, a prominent left-wing politician who alleged fraud when losing the 1988 presidential race to a candidate from the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which governed the country for more than 70 years.  “He will help me following through on strategic projects and, at the same time, help talking to many sectors of Mexico and other parts of the world,” Sheinbaum said at a press briefing on Thursday, calling him a friend. “He has the ability to talk to businessmen, organizations, and people from any social sector of our country.” Before joining the ruling Morena party, he was a member of the Party of the Democratic Revolution, a leftist organization founded by his father which saw its support dwindle as some of its key players defected for Lopez Obrador’s party. Cardenas Batel also has ties with the US: He has worked as a researcher at the Washington Office on Latin America and as a scholar at the Wilson Center’s Latin American Program.  He also served in Congress as a senator and was the permanent secretary of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, known as Celac.  Lazaro Cardenas, the former president who led the nationalization of the oil industry, is one of the figures in Mexican history most praised by Lopez Obrador. Twitter feed ©2025 BellMedia All Rights Reserved The terminal operators at Mexico’s second largest container port on the Pacific coast Less than two months after APM Terminals kicked off phase two of its expansion Hutchison Ports announced it would start the expansion of its Specialised Container Terminal 1 in the new year Mainline operators are pushing for higher transpacific rates in May If the tariff offensive by its northern neighbour raised .. has bought the Panama Canal Railway Company (PCRC) Early signs may be positive for the Gemini Cooperation’s “hub and spoke” model In this jam-packed episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast Strong freight rates and resilient container shipping volumes for most of last year delivered healthy .. continues to be regularly beset by severe .. email: [email protected] email: [email protected] email: [email protected] email: [email protected] email: [email protected] The first phase of APM Terminals Lazaro Cardenas opened in 2017 as part of a USD $900 million investment It is the first semi-automated and most technological advanced container terminal in Mexico Following the final phase of development expected between 2027 and 2030 the terminals will have a capacity of 4.1 million TEU it is strategically located along the main maritime trade routes of the pacific coast between Asia and America Lázaro Cárdenas operates the largest customs facility in México with over 60 positions for cargo clearance process Its customs process is typically two to three days faster than other ports such as the port of Manzanillo.  Lázaro Cárdenas has the capacity to carry out same day inspections for 100% of all import volumes but also results in lower or no additional storage fees.  APM Terminals Lázaro Cárdenas uses the largest ship-to-shore cranes in Latin América Able to lift a 2x40 on tandem mode or 100 tonnes of general cargo The two largest vessels currently serving Asia-México services are able to call at the terminal simultaneously APM Terminals Lázaro Cárdenas offers the fastest on-dock intermodal rail access with highly secured daily unit trains to Mexico City which can save up to 5 days compared to other ports The terminal’s strategic location also offers potential for cross-border rail to the USA through Kansas City Southern Mexico The rail connection also provides a direct gateway to our inland depot close to Mexico City which has more than 250 distribution centres reaching 20 million customers within a 20km radius APM Terminals Lázaro Cárdenas facility has the capacity to build 3 kilometres of track within the terminal. The terminal operates an automated yard and gate providing high and reliable productivity levels and security standards. Learn more about rail services APM Terminals Lázaro Cárdenas began the construction of its Phase II expansion in September 2023 Upon completion of the work and start of operations in 2026 the project will increase annual capacity at the container terminal This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Toyota is looking at alternative gateways for its new Prius model as the port of Lázaro Cárdenas is inundated with auto imports It is an ominous sign for movement of auto parts as the Mexican auto industry is going through the roof and demand for vehicles is strong both in Mexico and the US In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast host and news reporter Charlotte Goldstone .. US automakers are set for a reprieve after the White House claimed it would ease .. Congestion levels are set to rise at ports across Northern Europe – expect schedule disruption In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast With a range of tariffs to be implemented on Wednesday next week by the US Automotive logistics could be hard hit – with some modal shift to cut costs – .. email: [email protected] email: [email protected] email: [email protected] email: [email protected] email: [email protected] Current Head of Commercial for APM Terminals Latin America will effective June 2022 assume the role of Managing Director of APM Terminals Lázaro Cárdenas in Mexico who will move to Managing Director of APM Terminals Moín in Costa Rica “I am very pleased to welcome Marliz to our team where her vast regional commercial and Lazaro Cardenas port experience will serve as a strong foundation for our Way of Working operating model and customer-centric approach in her new role,” said Wim Lagaay Mrs.  Bermúdez holds a degree in Logistics and Intermodal Transportation from the U.S Merchant Marine Academy and a degree in supply chain management from the University of Plymouth United Kingdom.  She has held several strategic roles within liner shipping and the terminals business including the implementation of new container terminals “APM Terminals Lazaro Cardenas’ strategic location technology and modern infrastructure play an important role in Mexico’s economy and the wider region’s competitiveness.  I am excited about the commercial and operational opportunities ahead working with our professional team and our great customers in Mexico,“ commented Mrs Bermúdez has been involved at all stages of APM Terminals Lazaro Cardenas formation and commercial success She served as APM Terminals Lazaro Cardenas’ Director of Implementation managing cargo handling equipment selection and rollout technology and operational best practices to create the most modern infrastructure in Mexico and Latin America reflecting APM Terminals’  USD 900 million investment that ushered in a new era in Mexican Ports and their national importance to the economy she was named Head of Commercial for APM Terminals Lazaro Cardenas to build the business she was promoted to Regional Head of Commercial for APM Terminals Latin America strengthening commercial foundations through a vision based on a strategic operating model and customer-focused culture to grow the regional portfolio of business activities The Mexican government will invest over $6 billion pesos (approximately US $322 million) in the Lázaro Cárdenas port in Michoacán In a meeting with the Mexican Association of Shipping Agents (Amanac) Asipona head Jorge Luis Cruz Ballado said that improvement works started in 2020 with upgrades scheduled to be completed by 2026 Ongoing projects include the construction of a goods yard with a static capacity for 7,560 automotive units Cruz Ballado said that the new funds will be allocated to projects including the construction of the control tower the renovation of the Lázaro Cárdenas airport terminal and the optimization of handling of cabotage cargo and customs services The port will also build nine fluid storage tanks with a capacity of 401,280 barrels To discuss ways to improve efficiency for the transit of rail cargo, Director General of Lázaro Cárdenas port, Norma Becerra Pocoroba invited representatives of Kansas City Southern railroads APM Terminals and Hutchison Ports to take part in the meeting Amanac reinforced that Lázaro Cárdenas is key to the development of the Mexican economy owing to its strategic geographical position within the Eastern The site also boasts more than 820 hectares available for new business With drafts of up to 19 meters in its access channel Cruz Ballado said that Lázaro Cárdenas can accommodate ships of up to 165,000 tons as well as seventh-generation container ships the total cargo movement from Lázaro Cárdenas was 2,460,374 tons followed by containerized cargo (35%) and oil products (5%) Despite automotive units amounting to only 3% of the port’s total cargo imports hit a record figure of 646,578 units placing Lázaro Cárdenas as the nation’s second in automotive cargo statistics thanks to strong import quantities from Asian manufacturers Forbes Mexico reported that the Chinese automakers Zhong Tong Bus the port reported a movement of 56,983 units from Chinese automakers and brands like Toyota This high number of automobiles has led to port congestion With reports from Forbes México, Actualidad MP and Reforma ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES Subscription FAQ's Privacy Policy Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC News & Reviews News Wire CP KCS launch Lazaro Cardenas-Chicago intermodal service First train completes seven-day trip from arrival in port to suburban Chicago yard CHICAGO — In a preview of operations planned if their merger is approved Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern have launched interline intermodal service between Mexico’s port of Lázaro Cárdenas and Chicago The first train arrived at CP’s Bensenville Yard in Illinois on Tuesday CP said in a press release the service was launched “out of the need to avoid excessive delays due to the unprecedented and ongoing supply chain challenges facing North America’s West Coast.” Total transit time from arrival in port in Mexico to arrival at Bensenville was seven days “This Mexico-to-Midwest train is a proof of concept and a sign of things to come if a combined Canadian Pacific Kansas City network is approved by the Surface Transportation Board,” CP CEO Keith Creel said “… I would envision creating a new Mexico Midwest Express interline service” as an alternative to other rail routes and movement by truck The new company would make the investments needed to offer regular single-line service between Lázaro Cárdenas and Chicago That’s an average speed of less than 15 mph Is that the best that 2 of America’s best railroads can do in this day A map of the twisty track coming out of the port will tell a lot too I would like to know the tonnage on this train That would tell a lot about how quick the train is Just a bunch of spin from CP trying to make everyone forget about their inferior routes and build support for the merger But what is perpetual is that the route from Lázaro Cárdenas to Chicago via KCSM/KCS/CP is almost 500 miles further than BNSF from Long Beach to Chicago and that BNSF can cover its route in less than half the time BNSF uses just about the same number of crews from California to Chicago as KCS-CP needs between Laredo and Chicago so figure half again the number for the Mexican portion And another constant is that Lázaro Cárdenas is a couple of more days sailing time from China than Los Angeles/Long Beach “The new company would make the investments needed to offer regular single-line service between Lázaro Cárdenas and Chicago CP says.” I’m sure they might and this would entail putting in more CTC and more sidings on their turkey trail across Iowa and west/south of Beaumont toward Laredo where it’s their own railroad And we don’t know which infrastructure upgrades UP will be demanding CP-KCS for handle this bonanza of business through Houston the more likely UP is going to demand more CP-KCS infrastructure While CP is saying “we’re going to do this” BNSF is currently adding the second main track (even though they have an alternate main line) in Kansas and even third main tracks elsewhere but I doubt anyone at CP (or anywhere else) thinks it will last forever I doubt BNSF is quaking in their boots over this fabulous new service once the containers really are on BNSF trains out of Los Angeles/Long Beach the equipment to handle them and their locomotives will make the cycle time in at least half the time of the CP-KCS service When supply chain issues subside and return to desirable levels at American and Canadian ports (including Vancouver – another port with a superior route to Chicago – and served by CP) the Lázaro Cárdenas hoopla will be reduced to what it really is: An alternate route to the American Midwest at twice the cost of shipping BNSF or UP If you think Lazaro Cardenas is just about Asian containers for CPKC The Port of Lazaro Cardenas serves as a POE for commerce to/from South America One of the largest US suppliers of fresh fruit and flowers is Chile (as an example) With the Darien Gap on the Panama/Colombia border so this POE is a valuable way to access American markets for the Pacific Rim exports from the southern hemisphere it is a way for “Pacific Rim exports from the Southern Hemisphere” to access American markets Another one is the numerous American ports on the Gulf of Mexico and East Coast by the conveniently-located Panama Canal And according to the most-recent foreign trade statistics from the Census department the top 15 countries make up 79% of all imports China and other counties in Southeast Asia send 41% of American imports; Mexico and Canada just over 26% (that leaves 33% for everyone else When lumping imports and exports together Brazil (a country with an Atlantic coastline so it wouldn’t use Lázaro Cárdenas) gets to number 14 with 1.7% as they’re number 9 on the list of U.S In other words: the “Southern Hemisphere” countries don’t amount to much Lázaro Cárdenas is a great port in proximity to much of the Mexican population – but to the U.S.: not so much not someplace closer to Lázaro Cárdenas like Texas And the further away from the port you get in the United States especially when using the KCSM-KCS-CP hodgepodge route… No one at BNSF or UP is quaking in their boots over this looking at the situation long term the biggest local regional population base and the best railroad infrastructure to move large quantities inland Don’t forget the first mile-last mile issues All of us who live and work in the Chicagoland Area know and understand that Will County is the epicenter of Chicago Logistics The CP’s former Milwaukee Road intermodal terminal is crammed into a corner of Bensenville Yard literally between the overhead supports for the Tri-State Tollway (in the extreme NE corner of DuPage County) Bensenville is part of the O’Hare subregion where EVERY SINGLE DAY 20 percent of the entire Chicago Region’s vehicular traffic (cars originates or passes through (the subregion) Will County is approaching 90 million SF of warehouse space and is also home to two of the largest inland intermodal yards in the nation BNSF Logistics Park Chicago and UPRR Global 4 Bensenville to Joliet is about 40 miles one way and if you are very lucky takes only about an hour to drive in good weather Milwaukee Road’s former Indiana line ran along the far east side of Will County not too far from the site of the proposed CSXT intermodal terminal in Crete Shippers should be fed up with West Coast US ports US West Coast is not automated — and until recently not operated 24 hours a day 7 days a week Now all we need is for someone to buy Texas Pacifico and with the fixed bridge at Presidio someone will present through service from Topolobampo to Ft Worth using Ferromex A picture showing it passing under the CN viaduct FWIW: Sea Land just announced this week that they are going to start diverting Asia containers to JaxPort in Jacksonville Florida Seems they are fed up with west coast ports as well https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2022/03/04/shipping-company-moving-part-of-its-operations-to-jaxport-desantis-announces/ Wonder how they explain to shippers when the Mexican protesters close down the line while cargo sits in Port of Lazaro Cardenas They use the same excuses that CN used when the First Nations blocked CN’s lines in Canada If what I read about LA/Long Beach port operations is true I’d say they are the main challenge to themselves A point to consider is that the biggest retailers have built their supply chains based upon the idea that suppliers will ship containers of goods into the Ports of LA/LB to be moved to sorting warehouses in the San Bernardino – Barstow area where they will be sorted and then restuffed into domestic containers which are then shipped to there regional warehouses across the country It is horribly inefficient to land a container at say Houston then put it on a train to San Bernardino before the products enter the domestic supply chain for the stores but their prices tend to be higher because the lack the economies of scale I am a retired locomotive engineer having worked for BNSF and its predecessors for 39 years I asked Carl Ice of BNSF if the Port of Lazaro Cardenas poised a challenge to LA/Long Beach It would seem that CPR/KCS/KCS de Mexico have a potential winner Members enjoy 15% off any purchase in our store. 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Print MEXICO CITY — The city of Lazaro Cardenas is a scrappy Mexican success story has grown significantly over the last decade using cheap domestic dock labor and a direct railroad connection to Texas to attract international cargo ships that might have otherwise gone to the Port of Los Angeles But it also has earned a darker reputation Precursor chemicals for methamphetamine are widely known to be smuggled in to Lazaro Cardenas in multi-ton batches on ships arriving from Asia: One typical bust in December 2011 netted 1,600 barrels that had originated in Shanghai The drug barons of Mexico’s wild western states are known to use Lazaro Cardenas as a receiving point for cocaine shipments from Colombia and Peru and to ship drugs north to the United States The government of President Enrique Peña Nieto this week took its boldest step yet in its effort to solve the problems plaguing Mexico’s second-busiest container port sending in the military and federal police to take over security functions from the municipal police force Federal officials hope to cut off a key source of profit for the cartels particularly a group known as the Knights Templar whose reign of terror has plunged much of the surrounding state of Michoacan into near-anarchy Experts suspect that Peña Nieto’s hand was forced by the deteriorating security situation across Michoacan an important agricultural state just a few hours’ drive from Mexico City the powerful Knights are locked in a vicious struggle for control of drug routes with a competing cartel and are battling a wave of armed peasant vigilante groups assailants believed by many to be cartel members blew up at least nine electric power plants in Michoacan and bombed a number of federally run gas stations The attacks amplified the growing concern that the state has devolved into something worse than a mere distraction for a president who took office in December hoping to downplay the drug war and focus on the economy and clearly the state is out of control,” said Jorge Chabat soon your neighboring states become ungovernable A federal government security official told The Times in June that Lazaro Cardenas had essentially fallen under the control of the Knights Templar which had branched out into a number of legal and illegal business dealings that may have eclipsed its earnings from drug shipments at the port described what it called “a true gold mine” of commerce under Knights Templar control The cartel is said to demand extortion payments from tiny bars tortillerias and multimillion-dollar companies alike And yet this wide-ranging corruption appears to have done little to stymie the legitimate business of the port which saw the number of containers it handles yearly jump from 1,646 in 2003 to more than 950,000 in 2011 the Dutch company APM Terminals began construction on a $900-million deep-water container terminal at Lazaro Cardenas said this week that the government had descended on Lazaro Cardenas after receiving tips about “acts of corruption” and collusion with the drug cartels The Mexican navy is now charged with controlling the port area and the federal police and army are patrolling the streets Sanchez said the army would also “evaluate Peña Nieto had already sent thousands of troops into Michoacan in May and the new deployment at the port further jeopardizes his ability to make good on a campaign promise to move away from relying on the military to fight the nation’s drug war — a strategy that was favored by his predecessor “What’s evident is that this idea that the security crisis could be confronted without the army hasn’t worked,” Chabat said this week What is less evident is whether the troops will be capable of bringing a long-term solution to the port Calderon kicked off his own war against the narcos of Michoacan by sending in thousands of troops to the most troubled areas of the state was to “practically seal the coasts of Michoacan to avert the trafficking of narcotics.” richard.fausset@latimes.com News assistant Cecilia Sanchez and staff writer Tracy Wilkinson of The Times’ Mexico City bureau contributed to this report. 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Gardner is chief mass communications specialist If you're interested in submitting a Letter to the Editor The Maersk-chartered vessel that suffered container loss and damage earlier this month has been diverted to Lazaro Cardenas for inspection the 4,578 TEU Dyros box ship lost a large portion of its contents in the North Pacific Ocean due to rough weather conditions Approximately nine of these containers were labelled dangerous cargo and were carrying lithium-ion batteries packed with equipment Approximately another 100 containers were damaged while no crew members were injured Maersk wrote that the vessel has been diverted to Lazaro Cardenas “The vessel will undergo a safety inspection by authorities prior to berthing berthing plans will be finalised to come alongside Once alongside damage assessment will be conducted that will steer the cargo recovery operation that normally commences slowly to ensure safety of vessel underlying cargo and crew,” the advisory wrote Maersk plans to retain the unimpacted containers onboard for further on carriage to destination this will depend on the extent of damage to the vessel and the time it will entail to complete the repairs before the vessel can resume the voyage In October last year the ZIM Kingston lost over 100 containers in the Pacific Northwest following a fire that started onboard. Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors Saturday July 2 will mark the fourth year of the Mango Festival an event organized by the Puerto Vallarta – Highland Park Sister Cities Committee with the support of the government of the Municipal President Profe Michel The festival is held to collect funds to build a house of culture in the Ixtapa delegation The festival will be held from 2 until 10 p.m. where 20 prestigious restaurants will offer various dishes a fruit of great production in this region In previous years the mango festival has attracted around 1,000 attendees The restaurants will be assisted by students from the Vizcaya Vallarta University the director of Tourism and Economic Development stressed that in addition to being an event with a cause the participation of Vallarta gastronomy translates into an important promotion for the tourist destination “Puerto Vallarta is having an excellent year the months that were previously low occupancy this year have not been the numbers of other years have been exceeded and we must continue working that is why the importance of supporting this type of events” The president of the Puerto Vallarta – Highland Park Sister Cities Committee thanked the support of the government of Professor Michel to undertake projects that benefit the municipality “for all the facilities they have given us to carry out this festival.” He indicated that after the three-year interruption caused by the pandemic one of several activities to raise funds that will be used for the construction of a house of culture in Ixtapa on land donated by the ejido of that demarcation a green project whose construction they hope to start before the end of this year I agree to receive email updates and promotions Enter Your First Name and Email to get breaking news and other email updates Discover gay Puerto Vallarta with Out & About Puerto Vallarta named PV's best LGBTQ+ print and online media outlet Trump Shuts Down China Shipping Loophole, Sending Prices Soaring… APM Terminals Lazaro Cardenas received its first official vessel call with the arrival of the 9,600-TEU Maersk Salalah on the AC2 Transpacific service from Asia APM Terminals Lazaro Cardenas TC2 is a semi-automated terminal designed to deliver higher productivity and availability for clients as well as contribute to Mexican trade growth by offering a new gateway for commerce 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,” noted APM Terminals Mexico Managing Director Jose Rueda With the first phase of the terminal complete APM Terminals Lazaro Cardenas occupies an area of 121 acres with a quay of 2,460 feet in length for ships and a depth of 54 feet deep enough to receive some of the world’s largest container ships The terminal is connected to five rail tracks and offers gate services for land-side customers By the final phase of the terminal buildout the terminal’s alongside depth will increase to 59 feet the terminal will have a 4,900-foot long quay and a total area of 252 acres with an annual throughput capacity of 4.1 million TEU as well as 15 STS cranes and 10 rail tracks The total investment cost of the TEC2 project will be $900 million Mexico handles Latin America’s third largest container volume Download the FREE Global Trade Magazine APP Petróleos Mexicanos' (Pemex) Lazaro Cardenas refinery is located in Minatitlan Petróleos Mexicanos’ (Pemex) Lazaro Cardenas refinery is located in Minatitlan Pemex completed a $3.62bn modernisation project of the refinery in July 2011 The project was scheduled for completion in 2008 but was delayed The cost of the project also doubled due to an increase in raw material and equipment prices The modernisation was part of the clean fuels programme aimed at upgrading outdated facilities in Mexico The programme will enable production of low-sulphur gasoline to meet global environmental standards The government plans to invest further in facilities operated by Pemex to upgrade them to global standards The modernisation of the refinery was launched in 2003 It included construction of 11 processing plants and associated facilities The processing plants included a sulphur recovery plant fluid catalytic cracker complex (42,000bpd) atmospheric and vacuum distilling plant (150,000bpd and 60,000bpd) hydro-desulphurisation plant (37,000bpd) and amine regeneration units Nine of the 11 processing plants specialise in crude oil processing The refinery now consists of 27 plants covering an area of more than 800ha The project also included installation of three spherical vessels for storing propylene and butane The 550t vessels have a diameter of 53ft and are supported by 12 cylindrical legs The project upgraded the refinery’s processing capacity from 160,000 barrels a day (bpd) of crude oil to 285,000bpd Gasoline production as a result will increase from 45,000 barrels to 93,000 barrels The project will reduce Mexico’s dependence on fuel imports It will also save more than $5bn annually for Pemex Construction of the project was divided into several packages Initial works included surface soil improvement as the site contained soft clay and loose sand Dynamic compaction and compaction grouting were carried out to ensure the ground had enough load bearing capacity for the foundations Deep soil treatment was followed by the construction of foundations ABB provided automation services for the project under a $9.1m contract It supplied its Foundation fieldbus technology including installation of field instrumentation compressor protection systems and a new distributed control system ABB’s scope of work included automation electromechanical and civil engineering works The new equipment replaced the 30-year old pneumatic instrumentation installed at the refinery tests and adjustments were earlier carried out manually by operators With the implementation of the new technology predictive maintenance and maintenance scheduling was made possible The technology improved safety and emergency responses by alerting operators of instrument failures Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for the project was awarded to the Odebrecht Engenharia Industrial and Técnicas Reunidas consortium The $635m contract included the construction of the sulphur recovery plant jointly owned by Fluor Corporation and Empresas ICA Sociedad Controladora was awarded a $690m contract to build a water treatment plant integrate all units of the refinery and provide auxiliary services A $534m contract was awarded to Dragados Industrial to provide engineering and construction services Dragados worked on the catalytic distillation units CIMESA was contracted to carry out soil improvement and deep foundation works for the project Enerpac provided lifting and positioning services for installation of spherical storage vessels Samsung Engineering provided EPC services for the alkylation unit of the refinery OMB Valves was subcontracted by Samsung Engineering to supply forged steel valves for the project A $2m contract was awarded to Graham Corporation for supplying an ejector system for the refinery instrumentation and control works were carried out by Kentech Mexico Mina-Trico was also involved in the project Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network Singapore-based shipping group X-Press Feeders will enhance its Mexico Central America (MCX) service as of mid-January 2022 The update will see three vessels deployed on an updated route which now covers an additional three ports The full updated route of the service is as follows: Lazaro Cardenas (Mexico) – Manzanillo (Mexico) – Puerto Quetzal (Guatemala) – Ajacutla (El Salvador) – Corinto (Nicaragua) – San Lorenzo (Argentina) – Puerto Quetzal – Lazaro Cardenas This will be a reefer dedicated service and aims to provide a direct connection between Mexico and Central America X-Press Feeders has also recently unveiled its new Straits India X-Press (SIX) This new service will be launched on 12 January 2022 and will consist of three 1,350-TEU vessels The full rotation of this service is as follows: Singapore – Port Klang (Malaysia) – Nhava Sheva (India) – Mundra (India) – Singapore SIX is set to add on to the company’s Straits – Nhava Sheva and Mundra coverage by providing additional frequencies per week Cars and containers are seen in the port of Lazaro Cardenas November 20 By Dave Graham Jan 1 (Reuters) – When the leaders of Mexico and China met last summer there was much talk of the need to deepen trade between their nations a drug gang was already making it a reality steadily diversifying into other businesses became so successful at exporting iron ore to China that the Mexican Navy in November had to move in and take over the port in Lazaro Cardenas a city that has become one of the gang’s main cash generators drug smuggling hot spot and home of a rapidly growing container port in the western state of Michoacan occupies a strategic position on the Pacific coast making it a natural gateway for burgeoning trade with China Lazaro Cardenas opened to container traffic just a decade ago and with a harbor deep enough to berth the world’s largest ships it already aims to compete with Los Angeles to handle Asian goods bound for the U.S But that future is in doubt unless the government can restore order and win its struggle with the Knights Templar who took their name from a medieval military order that protected Christian pilgrims during the Crusades Mexico’s biggest producer of iron ore Michoacan state is a magnet for Chinese traders feeding demand for steel in their homeland But the mines also created an opportunity for criminal gangs looking to broaden their revenue base into more legitimate businesses “The mines were mercilessly exploited But not in rafts or launches – it was going via the port on ships,” said Michoachan’s governor soon after the Navy occupied the port on Nov Already a thriving criminal enterprise adept at corrupting local officials and squeezing payments from businesses according to entrepreneurs and miners working around the port Hidden behind mountain roads about an hour from Lazaro Cardenas one small town mustered hundreds of trucks this year to lead the gang’s scramble to the port That town – Arteaga – is the birthplace of Servando Gomez the former school teacher who leads the Knights Templar Gomez understood the potential of Lazaro Cardenas which was a village best known for its coconuts until the government decided to build a steelworks there 40 years ago The gang’s trucks sped around Michoacan’s iron mines to supply Chinese buyers helping to push ore exports to 4 million tonnes by October from 1-1.5 million tonnes a year previously having imposed protection charges on local transport unions after becoming the dominant gang in the city a few years ago It also helped local prospectors stake claims to mine areas either unclaimed by others or beyond the control of the existing concession-holders the gang pressured customs officials to ensure the ore passed through the port smoothly “Most of the groups mining are Knights Templar or belong to them They have the whole chain,” a local official told Reuters about half the mining in the area was done without proper permits this year an official at steel maker ArcelorMittal who local businessmen said had reported illegal mining to authorities was shot dead said he ran a mine selling unprocessed iron ore to Chinese traders for $32 per tonne giving him a profit of about $5-7 per tonne the buyers could expect to sell the ore for a profit of around $15 per tonne Because the Knights Templar control much of the local iron supply the gang has pressured Chinese buyers to purchase ore from them or face reprisals said a Mexican government security official who spoke on condition of anonymity The combination of organized crime and Chinese buying of Mexican iron ore poses a problem for President Enrique Pena Nieto who has gone out of his way to cultivate ties with China China’s President Xi Jinping has been in office only since March but Pena Nieto has already met him three times signing a string of economic cooperation deals But at the top of the agenda was how to narrow the massive trade imbalance between the two nations Bilateral trade was worth $62.7 billion in 2012 But 90 percent is accounted for by Chinese exports to Mexico most of it goods such as computers and component parts Much of that trade goes directly through Lazaro Cardenas it had the biggest rise in traffic in North America’s 20 top container ports handling 1.2 million 20-foot equivalent units Most of the port is still a dusty plain above which birds of prey soar in stifling heat projects started by Maersk-unit APM Terminals and Hutchison Port Holdings could expand its capacity to about 8 million teus – the amount moved in 2012 by the continent’s top container hub then-President Felipe Calderon began a nationwide crackdown on organized crime in Michoacan sending in the army to tackle increasingly violent drug cartels Over 80,000 people have since died in gang-related killings across Mexico and assurances Pena Nieto gave that he would stop the rot when he took power a year ago are wearing thin Although parts of Mexico have become safer since Pena Nieto took office Traditional work like resin production is dying out due to competition from China and elsewhere That creates new recruits for organized crime a local bishop likened Michoacan to a failed state assailants temporarily knocked out power for hundreds of thousands in the state with a string of attacks on installations of the national electricity utility though signs posted in Michoacan accused a small rival gang of staging the attack The Navy took over the port authority and reinforced Lazaro Cardenas shortly afterward All the local police and customs officials were initially suspended and the caravans of trucks carting ore started to thin out But the lull is unlikely to last unless the government can regain control of the city beyond the port gates and open up mining to legitimate prospectors not controlled by the gang Miners complain that the main concession-holders such as ArcelorMittal which did not respond to requests for comment use only a fraction of their land and are reluctant to let others mine it The Knights have turned that dispute into money state governor Vallejo said criminal enterprise around Lazaro Cardenas could be worth up to $2 billion a year – or about half Michoacan’s 2012 budget Some involved in the mining industry say the area has become safer since the Knights Templar started to take control But the facts suggest otherwise: government figures show kidnappings in Michoacan reached a record level in 2013 Gomez has appeared in several YouTube videos trying to portray his Knights Templar as defenders of Michoacan he said the Knights had provided paid protection at the request of avocado farmers but that they did not extort businesses he also conceded that some “foolish” members of his gang probably had engaged in extortion The Knights’ power in Lazaro Cardenas is often subtle Unlike parts of northern Mexico living under the threat of violence taco stands and bars on the city’s main palm-lined boulevard are alive with people as night falls Some residents say they are not squeezed by the cartel and big companies say they can operate without fear of extortion “We don’t pay a cent to anyone,” said Jose Zozaya which operates the rail link that connects the port with the United States But others quickly vent their anger about the Knights but they won’t tell you,” said a local entrepreneur “The people here are destroyed.” and during Calderon’s presidency it became a big entry point for chemicals from China and other parts of Asia used to make methamphetamine Some locals say chemicals have even been used to pay gangs for the iron ore Asked if Mexico had discussed the iron ore issue with Beijing a senior government official said: “The Chinese government doesn’t always know what the companies are doing The occupation of the port … was the control measure adopted.” said she was unaware of the situation in Lazaro Cardenas adding: “But I can tell you that the Chinese government has consistently educated and asked Chinese companies to respect the law in other countries when they carry out business and trade cooperation.” Successful Chinese firms are growing quickly in the region Desarrollo Minero Unificado de Mexico (DMU) a Chinese iron mining company in Lazaro Cardenas has gone from three employees to 600 nationwide Lu said his company mined all of its own iron and had not had any trouble with organized crime He said he could not say how other Chinese firms fared Chinese success in Michoacan has caused friction with the Knights Templar gang leader Gomez had some strong words for them “We have an excessive invasion of Chinese “It may suit the interests of various corporations And these people have their mafias too.” Sign up for gCaptain’s newsletter and never miss an update and updates delivered daily straight to your inbox Orient Overseas (International) Limited (OOCL) has signed contracts for the construction of fourteen new containerships equipped with methanol dual-fuel engines marking a significant step in the company’s fleet expansion North Korea earlier this week conducted the first test-firing of the 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long-form journalism and storytelling Radiolab is hosted by Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser Nearly half of Lazaro Cardenas Elementary School’s students can do math at a pace that’ll get them into college according to test results the state released last week a startling success for a school serving low-income children that blew away district and state averages Math scores in Chicago Public Schools and in Illinois but not at the Little Village grade school where 46.3 percent scored a proficient in math several points higher than the 42.6 percent proficient in reading and writing And some 97 percent of Cardenas’ children are considered low income more than CPS’ average of about 90 percent Nearly 95 percent at the pre-kindergarten through third grade school are Hispanic Principal Jeremy Feiwell says his teachers decided as a team what and how they would teach new common core state standards Cardenas doesn’t use a set math curriculum Three years ago he asked teachers to look at each of those standards and map out how they’d teach them drawing from multiple sources Then he got them substitutes so they could plan Only 1 in 5 CPS students can do enough math for college Over 10 percent of CPS students skipped PARCC test State superintendent: Inaugural PARCC scores low Feiwell is pleased to see it’s working and credits his teachers with the success “The key factor is teachers are willing to sit down and have conversations with each other over curriculum and what assessments look like to ensure mathematics is being taught properly,” he told the Sun-Times they practice working out problems in their heads They learn proper vocabulary terms and go to a math lab to practice drills but the teacher pulls small groups of students to work on specific math skills,” Feiwell said Just 20.6 percent or one in five CPS students scored proficient About 19.7 percent of Hispanic children in CPS performed at the pace experts say they’ll need for a post-secondary education only about one in four children was proficient 18 entire schools — 15 high schools and three grade schools — reported a zero percentage of students proficient in math Results were higher in reading and writing with about one in four students proficient in CPS and about one in three across Illinois PARCC was administered last spring to nearly 1 million students in Illinois enrolled in grades three though eight and in certain high school courses The test replaced the old fill-in-the-bubble Illinois Standards Achievement Test in grade school and Prairie State Achievement Examination in high school State superintendent Tony Smith admitted on Friday that the scores across the state were low and particularly when you play that out against race and class the lack of achievement of certain groups — English Language Learners low-income children — we are wasting an extraordinary amount of human capacity and talent if we don’t figure out how to serve and include and care for all of our children,” Smith said more in-depth test that asks students to explain their answers and show their work But that’s how Cardenas’ staff has been asking kids to do math since the start of the 2014-15 school year Third-grade teacher Marilynn Hamilton says she and colleagues have amazing flexibility not afforded to teachers who have to follow a set curriculum day by day Her kids do “mental math” together where everyone is supposed to solve a problem on the board in his or her head Each child raises a thumb when they have it and then Hamilton pushes the ones who got it to think of a second strategy “Once a majority of kids have at least one thumb up why wouldn’t it be a strategy that works?” the 13-year veteran explained “I’m a teacher who’s really big on kids collaborating and sharing their thoughts and their strategies and learning If they’re able to teach it to someone else that means have really mastered their own learning.” who teaches third grade English language learners said she and her students talk a lot about the purpose of math They do story problems to pick out keywords that indicate what kind of math will solve those problems We’re adding because we’re looking for the total they’re asking for a bigger number,” she explained “I can see that students have a better understanding because I also have a better understanding,” she said It really had very challenging problems and it was like “It’s mind-boggling how high the scores were It’s very time-consuming still — lots of hands-on teaching Terms of Use • Privacy Notice • Cookie Policy • Terms of Sale The SCT announced two new actions that it will carry out in the Port of Lázaro Cárdenas the port has been favored with the mobilization of various cargo segments such as containerized In addition, the port is characterized by handling other types of products both imported and exported from industries such as steel, fertilizers and petroleum products The traffic of the Port of Lázaro Cárdenas maintains a particularity that gives it its origin as an industrial port since it handles two cargo groups; on the one hand that which is directly related to the industry installed in the port and the commercial one Industrial cargo has a greater weight than commercial cargo Around 60% of the traffic is handled in the private terminals that feed the industry installed in the port and those that are adjacent to the port area 40% represents the commercial cargo handled by public terminals The cabotage market represented 16% of the total cargo for the Port of Lázaro Cárdenas which is directly related to the industries located inside and outside the port The Arcelor Mittal steel plant is supplied Sonora and with iron pellets from the port of Manzanillo Another cabotage movement is that of phosphate rock which is exploited in San Juan de la Costa This product is used in the manufacture of fertilizers at the Fertinal plant Likewise, Pemex carries out cabotage movements of petroleum products from its Salina Cruz refinery to meet the demand for fuels in the region of influence of this port Derived from the dynamism of maritime transport the operational and logistical process carried out in the port and the markets served the Lázaro Cárdenas port handled 8.4 million tons of containerized cargo in 2019 This cargo segment is the one with the greatest impact in recent decades For its activities object of the port concession the Port of Lázaro Cárdenas currently has as main buildings: Redacción: 7224059128info@opportimes.com container ships from Asia unload at a huge Pacific port in Mexico that so far appears to be weathering the storm unleashed by US President Donald Trump’s tariffs Members of the navy patrol the waters off Lazaro Cardenas which for years has also been a gateway for drug flows that Mexico is under pressure from Trump to stop which covers an area of water and land the size of several thousand football fields handles thousands of vehicles and even more auto parts Millions of other goods from various industries and countries also arrive at the port Mexican authorities face mounting pressure from Trump to tackle trafficking of drugs or their precursors hidden in imported goods The importance of Lazaro Cardenas — located in Michoacan one of Mexico’s most violent states — reflects the country’s deep integration with the United States and Canada thanks to decades of free trade agreements “It’s a strategic logistics point,” Joel Mendez The port is connected to a railroad that extends to the United States and Canada so a container can arrive in Chicago in seven days Lazaro Cardenas has become a major competitor to the Port of Long Beach in California So far there is no sign of a slowdown at the Mexican port Container throughput increased 11 percent between January and March when Mexico was already in Trump’s sights There are plans to expand the port’s size by 1,100 hectares (2,700 acres) — around 900 football fields It already handles the most vehicle shipments of any Mexican seaport accounting for 35 percent of the national total It also processes inputs for the steel industry another sector targeted by Trump’s tough trade policy one of the world’s largest steelmakers Though Trump excluded Mexico from his steep “reciprocal tariffs” — and this week eased auto import duties — its steel and aluminum exports are subject to a 25 percent tariff That is a major challenge for a country that is home to plants operated by major foreign automakers such as Ford Mexico’s economy avoided a recession in the first quarter of the year growing 0.2 percent from the previous quarter Dozens of soldiers inspected products in a special area of the port which in 2013 was taken over by the military after it became a destination for chemical precursors used to produce crystal meth Trump has linked his tariffs in part to the need for Mexico to do more to tackle trafficking of another synthetic drug A soldier at the port took samples from big sacks of fishmeal placing them in a machine than can detect illegal substances “Cocaine and cannabis are the two substances that have been seized the most in the port,” a Mexican navy officer said on condition of anonymity the navy announced it had seized more than 8.3 tonnes of drugs in the Pacific southwest of Lazaro Cardenas — a record for a single operation at sea Authorities are focused on chemicals that can be used to produce both legal medications and synthetic drugs Port workers are preparing for the industry’s peak season when companies export and import millions of products in anticipation of the year-end holidays Despite the chill winds from Trump’s trade war “the port will continue to grow,” Mendez predicted With 2,400 staff representing 100 different nationalities AFP covers the world as a leading global news agency comprehensive and verified coverage of the issues affecting our daily lives Image: ©AFPUS President Donald Trump said Sunday he was ordering new tariffs on all films made outside the United States America’s greatest strengths are being decimated systematically Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Monday ordered at least a 20 percent reduction in the number of active-duty four-star generals and admirals OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced Monday that the company behind ChatGPT will continue to be run as a nonprofit.