International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) is upgrading the facilities of its Mexico operation.
The company in a statement over the weekend said unit Contecon Manzanillo SA de CV (CMSA), which operates the Port of Manzanillo in Mexico, is adding four modern rubber tired gantries (RTG) to its landside equipment fleet to speed up container loading and unloading times at the terminal. This will further consolidate cargo movement in Mexico’s most important port.
The company is spending $8 million for the project.
“With the integration of these RTGs, in addition to the four that we received in the beginning of 2022, we will double our capacity to move cargo—especially by rail—thus adapting to the requirements of the market and our clients,” said José Antonio Contreras, CMSA chief executive officer.
“The arrival of this equipment, together with the investment of $230 million in infrastructure and equipment that we are going to start in a few weeks, as well as the construction by ASIPONA of the new exclusive access road to the northern zone of the port and the arrival of the new x-ray equipment for Customs, will consolidate and make the operation of our terminal in Manzanillo more efficient,” Contreras added.
ICTSI said streamlining CMSA’s operations at the Port of Manzanillo is vital to ensure to the seamless transit of cargo from all over Mexico, especially since the port is the preferred gateway to the Pacific coast for shippers from Asia.
In June 2010, ICTSI signed a 34-year concession for the development and operation of the Second Specialized Container Terminal at the Port of Manzanillo in Mexico.
