The maritime boss for Mexico thinks that opportunity for enhancing the national port system is today as vivid as a Diego Rivera mural. The Panama Canal and the US West Coast are jammed, but can Reyes line up the considerable financing Mexico needs to exploit its edge? Mexico is betting its maritime future on exploiting Southern California's cargo glut and the nearly maxed-out Panama Canal, the captain of its shipping sector tells Fairplay. Cesar Patricio Reyes Roel, general co-ordinator of Mexico's Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes maritime authority, points in particular to the extensive growth at Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico's deepest port, with an 18m draught.
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