Contecon Manzanillo adds 4 gantries, boosts cargo movement

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Contecon Manzanillo adds 4 gantries, boosts cargo movement
The US$8 million worth RTGs will help speed up container loading and unloading at the Mexican port. Photo from ICTSI.
  • Contecon Manzanillo SA de CV (CMSA) is adding four new state-of-the-art rubber-tired gantries to its landside equipment fleet
  • The US$8 million worth RTGs will help speed up container loading and unloading at the Mexican port
  • Streamlining CMSA’s operations at Manzanillo port will ensure seamless cargo transit from all over Mexico

Contecon Manzanillo SA de CV (CMSA), International Container Terminal Services Inc.’s business unit operating at the Port of Manzanillo, is adding four new state-of-the-art rubber-tired gantries (RTG) to its landside equipment fleet.

Worth US$8 million, the RTGs will help speed up container loading and unloading times at the terminal, the company said in a statement.

“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,” CMSA chief executive José Antonio Contreras said.

“The arrival of these 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 [Administración del Sistema Portuario Nacional] 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 said.

ICTSI said streamlining CMSA’s operations at the Port of Manzanillo is vital to ensure the seamless transit of cargo from all over Mexico, especially considering the port’s status as the preferred gateway to the Pacific coast for shippers from Asia.

In June 2010, ICTSI signed a 34-year concession to develop and operate the Second Specialized Container Terminal (TEC-II) at Manzanilla port.

Last year, ICTSI said it was investing $230 million to expand TEC-II’s facilities and further improve its infrastructure to be able to serve the growing maritime traffic at the port.

The project will expand the terminal’s capacity by 300,000 twenty-foot equivalent units, thereby growing its operating capacity from 1.4 million TEUs to 1.7 million TEUs annually.

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