Mexican ports have surpassed the milestone of three million 20-foot containers (TEU) handled in the first four months of 2025, despite the uncertainty affecting global trade affected by more aggressive tariff policies.
The exact figure is three million 62 thousand 957 TEUs handled in the period January-April of this year, 3.8% more than in the same period last year , according to statistics from the General Coordination of Ports and Merchant Marine (CGPMM) , an office of the Secretariat of the Navy (Semar) .
The majority of these containers are used for deep-sea operations (imports and exports) , with 3,032,963 TEUs, a 3.3% increase depending on the comparison periods; while only 29,994 TEUs have been handled in cabotage , a 102% increase.
Divided by coastline, the Pacific , with a strong influence of trade connecting with Asia, operated two million 281 thousand 412 TEUs in the January-April period of this year, an annual increase of 5.8 percent.
Here, the port of Manzanillo is the “star,” with 1,291,720 TEUs, or 1.5% more; while Lázaro Cárdenas , the second busiest, has handled 803,191 TEUs, a 12.9% increase.
In the Gulf of Mexico, 781,545 TEUs were handled in the first four months of this year, just 1.7% below the figure reported for the same period last year.
The port of Veracruz saw a 6.8% drop in throughput during the period, with 396,154 TEUs reported; while Altamira saw a 3.7% increase, with 298,957 TEUs.
Comment and follow us on X: @GrupoT21
