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Ports

Inside the Metropolitan Zone there are two important ports. Thanks to their strategic location they provide to the established companies a competitive advantage in the manufacturing and commercialization of products destined to either national or international distribution.

The Port of Tampico is one of the most important and versatile ports in the east coast of Mexico. It is considered as a multipurpose port because of its diversity in handling merchandise. It has 44 km of water front in both river margins. It also has 2 public terminals, 6 private terminals, 10 patios for the construction of marine platforms, 7 docks for PEMEX, a dry dock, a floating dock and 2 docks for the Army and Navy shipyards.

There are 11 docking positions in the two public terminals and specialized equipment for handling merchandise including general cargo, mineral and agricultural bulk, containers and over dimension cargo. There are 20 shipping companies that link to more than 100 countries in the world. Searching to expand its services to passenger vessels, last February our port received for the second time the visit of The World, a majestic and unique cruise ship that sells its cabins as luxurious apartments. (www.puertodetampico.com.mx).

The Port of Altamira, located inside the Industrial Complex of Altamira, is one of the four most important ports in Mexico besides being the most extensive port development with higher growing perspectives in the country. This port enclosure has an extension of, 3,075 hectares for development of which 1,603 are destined for maritime terminals and port services, while 859 are reserved for navigation and 613 of coast. The complex also has 1,422 hectares of ecological cushioning surface and 5,098 for industrial development.

Since 1996, this port, managed by the Administración Portuaria Integral de Altamira, has grown considerably. Prove of this is the annual cargo handling which in the year 2008 was 13,327 tons, while the container handling grew 112 thousand of TEU’S in 1996 to 432 thousand. It also occupies the first place nationally in managing petrochemical fluids. (www.puertoaltamira.com.mx).

This is Tampico

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Communications

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Infraesctructura Portuaria
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Industry

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Commerce and Services

Tampico is the most important commercial and service center in the region which are really significant for its GDP... >>

Agriculture,Cattle, and Fishing

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Education

Education in the Metropolitan Zone has outstand in the last few years. Many excellent schools as well as public and private universities... >>