Port of Chiapas in Southern Mexico handled 3,590 TEUs in 2010.
The new shipping route between El Salvador’s Acajutla port and Chiapas port in Mexico will dramatically increase trade between the south of Mexico and Central America, the American Association of Port Authorities’ (AAPA) director for Latin America, Rafael Diaz-Balart, told BNamericas.
An agreement signed by the two ports last week establishes a route for both commercial trade and cruise ships.
The deal aims to “increase short-sea shipping, increase trade between the southern part of Mexico and Central America and create a regional trade hub,” said Diaz-Balart.