Mexican ports showed positive signs in the period January-November 2025. According to figures from the Secretariat of the Navy (Semar) , seven million 930 thousand 438 twenty-foot containers (TEU) were handled during that period , which meant a growth of 2.2% compared to the same period in 2024.
However, November 2025 saw a decline in operations, reporting 794,996 TEUs, a 2.8% decrease compared to the same period last year . The most important ports showed mixed results in their November performance compared to the cumulative total for the first 11 months of the year.
An example of this is Manzanillo, Colima, which remained the port with the most movements in November 2025, with a total of 323,989 TEUs , although it showed a decrease of 4% compared to the same month of the previous year.
In the January-November period, the figure was negative. Manzanillo handled 3,547,352 TEUs, a decrease of 1.2% compared to 2014. It’s worth noting that the port has experienced some conflicts this year, such as the workers’ strike last May.
Meanwhile, Lázaro Cárdenas, in Michoacán, totaled 225,911 TEUs moved in November, a growth of 7.9% compared to the same month last year; however, in the accumulated total it moved two million 387 thousand 758 TEUs, a contraction of 1.6% compared to the same period in 2024.
The Port of Veracruz reported 120,849 TEUs handled in the eleventh month of the year, a 4.6% increase compared to the same period in 2024 , although the accumulated total reached 1,197,805 TEUs, a 0.2% decrease compared to the same period in 2024.
Altamira, Tamaulipas, experienced the steepest decline. In November 2025, it closed with 64,610 TEUs, a drop of 15.4% ; while from January to November of this year, it reported the movement of 820,263 TEUs, a decrease of 1.7% compared to the same period in 2024.
Regarding the percentage of movements, during November, Manzanillo accounted for 40.7% of container movement ; Lázaro Cárdenas 28.4%, Veracruz 15.2%, and Altamira 8.12% of the total operations.
The performance of the country’s main ports in 2025 paints a contrasting picture. Overall, they show that, despite national growth of 2.2%, the most important ports face a year of adjustments and a loss of momentum, hence the marginal declines reflected in the cumulative figures.
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