Port of Veracruz set for expansion

The Gulf of Mexico port’s access channel and turning basin will be dredged, resulting in 13 million cubic meters being removed and reclaimed, which five new terminals will be built on.    Dredging company Jan De Nul Group acquired a contract for deepening the Port of Veracruz.
   The contract value is around 60 million euros (U.S. $65.5 million), Jan De Nul Group said.
   Under the contract, the access channel and the turning basin will be dredged, and in total, 13 million cubic meters will be removed and reclaimed. On top of the reclaimed areas, five new port terminals will be built, which will be able to handle up to 100 million metric tons per year.
   “The works are scheduled to commence in the summer and will be completed in March 2018,” Jan De Nul Group said.
   Situated along the Gulf of Mexico, the Port of Veracruz is currently called by 30 liner services, according to BlueWater Reporting’s Port Dashboard tool. These services include 14 fully cellular container services, 13 pure car/truck carrier or roll-on/roll off services, one multi-purpose service, one open hatch service and one con-ro service.