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Hutchison investing in Mexico's Ensenada International Terminal

Hutchison investing in Mexico's Ensenada International Terminal
Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) has announced it will invest $1.5m to develop the port of Ensenada, on the Pacific Mexican coast, and improve its logistics operations.

HPH will purchase a hybrid RTG crane capable to move up to 20 containers per hour, that will also see a 45% reduction in CO2 emissions compared to conventional equipment. The new infrastructure for the terminal will use 35% less fuel, thanks to the hybrid nature of the crane, the company said in a statement.

On the Mexican Baja California coast, HPH operates Cove Cruise Terminal (CVD) and the Ensenada International Terminal dedicated to cargo. During the first half of the year, the port of Ensenada recorded a 5% increase in total cargo handling to 1.85m tonnes compared to 1.33m tonnes in the same period of last year. Containerised cargo grew by 5.8% from January to June 2013 to 2.58m tonnes, compared to same period the year before.
 
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) announced it would be calling twice a week Ensenada International Terminal (EIT) beginning 14 July, as part of its service between Asia and Mexico. MOL’s first call from Yokohama was with the vessel Tamina, with a capacity of up to 5,527 teu, one of the larger vessels arriving at EIT. The route begins in the ports Ningbo and Shanghai in China, Busan in Korea, Yokohama in Japan, and Mexico arriving at its first stop at the Port of Ensenada with a transit time of 14 days, then at Mexico’s Manzanillo and Lazaro Cardenas, from where the vessels will return with a second stop at Ensenada to continue to Yokohama.