SEAPORTS across Mexico moved a record 2.95 million TEU during the first four months of 2024, according to statistics from Mexico's General Coordination of Ports and Merchant Marine.

That represents an 18.2 per cent year-over-year increase, reports New York's FreightWaves.

Mexico's nine Pacific Coast ports handled the majority of container movements from January through April, totalling 2.14 million TEU, a 19 per cent year-on-year increase.

Mexico's two largest Pacific Coast ports - Manzanillo and Lazaro Cardenas - recorded a 14.5 year-on-year increase to 1.27 million TEU and 35 per cent year-on-year increase to 711,148 TEU, respectively.

The Pacific Coast port of Mazatlan reported a 39 per cent increase during the first four months of 2024, with 12,221 TEU compared to the same period last year.

Mexico's Gulf Coast ports reported a total 795,337 TEU from January through April, a 14.3 year-on-year increase.

The Port of Veracruz was Mexico's busiest Gulf Coast container port during the period, totalling 424,949 TEU, a 21 per cent increase compared to last year. The second-busiest Gulf Coast port was Altamira, totalling 288,187 TEU, a 7.5 year-on-year increase.