92 Manzanillo Throughput: 1,110,356teu
(-21.2%)
After reaching a plateau of just over 1.4m teu in 2007 and 2008, figures for Mexico’s largest container port fell steeply last year, with a 21.2% decline representing the sharpest contraction of Latin America’s major ports. The woes of the Mexican economy – dependant on US
consumer demand and remittances from the world’s largest economy – were compounded by the Swine flu epidemic that resulted in a 6.6% decline in economic activity in Mexico in 2009. But even a reactivation in the US and domestic economy
is unlikely to redress fully the slide in Manzanillo’s throughput, given a stiff challenge from Lazaro Cardenas,
93 Zhongshan Throughput: 1,100,100teu
(-3.2%)
Situated in the southern-central Pearl River Delta (PRD), Zhongshan saw it volume contract by 36,200teu in 2009. However, the fall of 3.2% was a slower rate of decline than the 10.5% experienced in 2008. The river port is facing severe competition from
Guangzhou’s Nansha port and the relatively new Da Chan Bay in Shenzhen. Zhongshan is, thus, trying to transform itself into a supporting port for Shenzhen and Guangzhou, transhipping cargo from inland
along Mexico’s Pacific coast, for goods from Asia. While Manzanillo’s figures slipped in 2009, Lazaro Cardenas boosted its volumes by 11.6% to 585,449teu. Pressure from Lazaro Cardenas and capacity limitations
in previous years in Manzanillo have inspired authorities in the latter to push forward with expansion plans including the dredging of a new area for a second dedicated container terminal concession. SSA Mexico manages the largest of three facilities
handling containers in Manzanillo. The terminal is equipped with nine ship-to-shore gantry cranes capable of handling super post-panamax vessels, 34 RTGs in its patios and another four in the port’s on-dock rail operation. With an annual capacity of more than 1m teu, SSA
Mexico’s terminal as well as the TIMSA multipurpose facilities operated by Hutchison Port Holdings and a third operated by Ocupa, have been affected by competition from Lazaro Cardenas.
sources to the coastal ports. A daily feeder service between Zhongshan and Shenzhen’s Yantian was started in August 2009. The largest B-type bonded logistic centre in the PRD
was opened in Zhongshan on 28 March 2010, allowing manufacturers to ship cargo and get their export tax refunded at Zhongshan before reaching any of the coastal ports, such as Shenzhen or Hong Kong. With a total investment of Rmb680m (US$100m), the first phase of the bonded logistic centre occupies 801ha of land and has 150,000sq metres of warehousing facilities. The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, which is
expected to become operational in 2015, may also pose a threat to Zhongshan as it takes up some of the feeder cargo in the region.
recovery in volumes at Peru’s only major container gateway. Following the first decline for a decade in 2009, volumes
recovered swiftly ahead of DP World’s opening with 410,880teu handled in the first four months of the year. Volumes are expected to surpass figures for 2008 this
year, with the arrival of state-of-the-art container handling equipment opening the prospect of greater transhipment operations in the port for other markets on the west coast of South America. Callao’s youngest facility has already been placed at the
94 Callao Throughput 1,089,838teu
(-9.4%)
DP World’s US$617m Muelle Sur container terminal development (pictured), which opened for business in April 2010, looks to have timed its arrival to coincide with a healthy
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heart of new networks being introduced by Maersk Line and DP World is closing in on agreements with five more lines to lure them from Enapu’s publicly run facilities to the north of the port. Mediterranean Shipping Company is already serving
the west coast with 6,200teu-plus capacity vessels as a result of productivity improvements on offer in ports like Callao and Valparaiso. With six ship-to-shore gantry cranes, 10 RTGs, 24
terminal tractors and two reachstackers in the first phase, Muelle Sur will have an annual capacity of 750,000teu, giving it the ability to handle more than two-thirds of the volumes recorded in the port in 2009.
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