The port of Lázaro Cárdenas , the second busiest on Mexico’s Pacific coast, took the lead during the fourth month of this year in terms of the average time required by a trucking unit to collect imported merchandise.
According to the Average Port Transportation Time Index (ITPAP) , conducted by T21 Business Intelligence, a tractor-trailer truck took up to 10 hours on average in this Michoacan port for the entire cargo collection process.
This figure far exceeds the average time for the four ports considered by ITPAP (Altamira, Veracruz, Manzanillo and Lázaro Cárdenas) , which in April was 6.6 decimal hours (converted this way for comparison).
During the fourth month of 2025, the port of Lázaro Cárdenas handled 60,531 20-foot containers (TEU), a measure of maritime standardization, which represented an 8.2% increase compared to the same month a year earlier, according to statistics from the General Coordination of Ports and Merchant Marine (CGPMM) , an office of the Navy .
The 6.6 decimal hours reported by the ITPAP in April of this year is slightly higher than the result from a month earlier, when it resulted in 5.8 decimal hours, but it is also the first increase recorded after a downward trend shown by the first three months of 2025 .
For the April 2025 registry, the ITPAP used data from 2,408 trucking movements at the analyzed ports as a reference. This is a significant sample relative to the number of entries reported by the ports and seeks to show the current situation of these maritime hubs.
The indicator compiles monthly information provided by trucking companies and GPS vehicle tracking companies; it focuses on the average time tractor-trailers remain in operation, broken down into three critical categories during the cargo collection process: maneuvering, waiting, and customs.
In this regard, the ITPAP showed that in Lázaro Cárdenas the customs process took 4.8 decimal hours , while the waiting time was 3.1 decimal hours and the maneuver took 2.1 decimal hours.
Below are the individual port times for April 2025.
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