APMT’s new terminal in Lazaro Cardenas receives first cranes

The terminal operator took delivery of the three ship-to-shore container cranes and two rail-mounted cranes for the APM Terminals’ new TEC2 terminal at the Port of Lazaro Cardenas, which is scheduled to commence operations in 2016.    APM Terminals’ new TEC2 facility at the Port of Lazaro Cardenas, scheduled to commence operations in 2016, received its first three ship-to-shore (STS) container cranes and two rail-mounted cranes for the intermodal rail facility, the terminal operator said in a statement.
   APMT signed a 32-year concession for the design, construction and operation of the TEC2 terminal in Aug. 2012, which represents an overall investment of $900 million. Developments for the terminal began in Nov. 2014. The semi-automated deep water terminal will have an annual capacity of 1.2 million TEUs.
   Phase 1 of the development project will include seven STS cranes with a 24-row reach; 750 meters of quay to accommodate two, 350-meter vessels of up to 15,000 TEUs simultaneously; a fully-automated gate; and an on-dock intermodal rail facility.
   The TEC2 terminal will be the most technologically advanced container terminal in Latin America, APMT Mexico’s Managing Director J.D. Nielsen said.
   Situated along Mexico’s Pacific Coast, the Port of Lazaro Cardenas has facilities for general cargo, dry bulk, liquid bulk and containerized cargo.
   In addition to the new TEC2 terminal, APM Terminals is looking into expanding operations into the Port of Veracruz and expressed interest in participating in the public tender for the first container terminal in the port’s expansion plan, Maersk Group’s CEO Nils Smedegaard Anderson said.
   The company wants to eventually connect the Pacific and Gulf Coast operations through intermodal rail links intersecting at APM Terminals’ Cuautitlan Izcalli intermodal rail facility near Mexico City.