News / Box terminals expand as Lazaro Cardenas eyes boost from near-shoring

Photo: APM Terminals

The terminal operators at Mexico’s second largest container port on the Pacific coast, Lazaro Cardenas, are poised to expand capacity.

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, which is expected to take three years.

The $220m project will boost terminal capacity from 1.3m teu to 2m teu and will include construction of 345 metres of quay and ...