Tag: Mexico

Mexico's government is reviving a railway between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean to divert traffic away from the Panama Canal.

In an effort to increase security and battle organized crime, the Government of Mexico, UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) and the U.S. Embassy have launched the Container Control Programme (CCP) in the port of Manzanillo.

A fire broke out on Friday at the Nohoch Alfa offshore platform in the Bay of Campeche, in the Gulf of Mexico, killing at least two individuals and leaving one missing.

Last week, Mexican police and soldiers stormed and seized a cargo port and land on Mexico's Caribbean coast owned by the Alabama-based Vulcan Materials company.

On February 28th, vessel MV LEONIDAS (IMO: 9696474), managed by Laskaridis Shipping Co. Ltd, while proceeding to Port Veracruz, Mexico, received a mayday call from the fishing boat “Benjamin” by VHF.

Mexico plans to build an LNG export hub worth between $4 billion and $5 billion in the Gulf of Mexico that will help serve European demand, according to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

The Global Maritime Forum published the new P4G-Getting to Zero Coalition report “Shipping’s energy transition: strategic opportunities in Mexico”, exploring the potential for Mexico to accelerate and to benefit from international maritime decarbonization.

Earlier in June, robbers stole 20 containers of gold and silver ore, TVs and electronics from a container storage yard in Manzanillo, Mexico as authorities in Colima informed.

At least five more countries now support aligning the IMO’s climate goals with the Paris Agreement. These are: The Cook Islands, Mexico, Myanmar, Colombia and Malaysia.

With abundant renewable energy potential and access to busy shipping routes, Mexico is perfectly placed to build a valuable zero carbon shipping fuels sector, as study suggests.