Mazatlán Maritime Terminal (TMAZ) has joined the intermodal service offered by Ferromex and Baja Ferries that serves the logistics supply market for Baja California Sur , in the northwest of Mexico, a state with just under one million inhabitants, but which has one of the most attractive tourist centers in the country that demands a large volume of merchandise and supplies.
Hoshi Jurado, Deputy Director of Intermodal Sales at Ferromex, a company that is part of Grupo México Transportes (GMXT) , explains to T21 that this is an integrated domestic service that has been provided for just over eight years with the participation of Baja Ferries, in which merchandise is transported by train from various points in the country to Topolobambo, in Sinaloa, where it is embarked to cross the Sea of Cortez and arrive at the port of Pichilingue to begin its final land distribution in different cities in the entity.
“This service adds a stop, which is Mazatlán, and that is where TMAZ enters, so we have a new route,” confirmed Jurado in an interview, who also explained that this service takes advantage of two essential factors: the first is that Baja Ferries has the Mazatlán-La Paz route with several frequencies, while TMAZ takes advantage of the assembly area where the presence (inspection) of customs authorities is not necessary, which generates a free flow of goods.
This intermodal service begins in locations such as Mexico City (Pantaco railway terminal), Monterrey, Hermosillo, Silao or Guadalajara, heading towards Mazatlán, where TMAZ has made investments in equipment to expedite the transfer (loading and unloading) of merchandise , whether for full containers (outbound) or empty containers (return).
