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23 years after starting operations in the port of Lázaro Cárdenas, Hutchison Ports terminal seeks to consolidate itself as one of the main logistics platforms in the Mexican Pacific, supported by an expansion, automation, and operational efficiency strategy that aims to respond to the growth of global supply chains and the pressure faced by the national port system.
For Manuel García Gordillo, general manager of Hutchison Ports LCT, the terminal's growth has been closely linked to the need to offer an alternative to the recurring congestion of the port of Manzanillo, Lázaro Cárdenas' main competitor in handling containers in the Mexican Pacific.
"Lázaro Cárdenas became an alternative for those congestion problems at the port of Manzanillo," states the executive in an interview with T21, recalling that the terminal began operations practically without container movement and today exceeds 1.5 million TEUs (20-foot containers) annually.
The growth of vessels and the demands of shipping lines forced the acceleration of specialized infrastructure development. Under this logic, Hutchison Ports LCT is currently developing the third phase of the terminal's expansion, with which it will increase its operational capacity through new yard areas, dock expansion, and automated equipment.
Currently, the terminal has 76 developed hectares and plans to exceed 100 hectares with this growth stage, in addition to reaching almost 1,500 meters of dock and adding new autonomous RTG cranes and state-of-the-art quay cranes.
"This project is truly very important because there has been a combination of things. On the one hand, the pressure of needing more area to be able to have more service capacity. But on the other hand, also to prepare ourselves so that the client has the certainty that their cargo will not get stuck here," says Gordillo.
Source: t21
