Mexico has drawn up a National Infrastructure Programme calling for the construction of five new ports and the modernisation of 22 others.
The five year plans also calls for a major upgrade of port, road and rail infrastructure.
Top priority is being given to the Punta Colonet project to create a deep-water container port able to accommodate the largest modern ships.
The port is scheduled to have 10 to 20 berths with a 300 kilometre double-track rail connection to the US border. The land for the project is currently undeveloped.
Bidding for both port and rail developments are scheduled to begin next year, with construction to be completed in four years.
Reports say the port will have an initial annual capacity of one million TEUs (twenty foot equivalent units), with the potential to grow to six million TEUs by 2025.
Analysts caution, however, that funding issues and environmental concerns have still to be resolved.
Players also say that the rationale of the project is undermined by the expansion of the Panama Canal, which will allow the waterway to carry large modern container vessels.
Meanwhile Mexican government officials point to the continuing expansion of the southern ports of Manzanillo and Lazaro Cardenas.
Lazaro Cardenas was recently identified by Maersk Lines as being at the heart of its strategy to expand its business in Central and South America.
The port's container throughput was up by more than 60% in the first seven months of this year.
Analysts meanwhile have called some of Mexico's projects 'grandiose' , saying it is not clear how many will get off the ground.
The five year plans also calls for a major upgrade of port, road and rail infrastructure.
Top priority is being given to the Punta Colonet project to create a deep-water container port able to accommodate the largest modern ships.
The port is scheduled to have 10 to 20 berths with a 300 kilometre double-track rail connection to the US border. The land for the project is currently undeveloped.
Bidding for both port and rail developments are scheduled to begin next year, with construction to be completed in four years.
Reports say the port will have an initial annual capacity of one million TEUs (twenty foot equivalent units), with the potential to grow to six million TEUs by 2025.
Analysts caution, however, that funding issues and environmental concerns have still to be resolved.
Players also say that the rationale of the project is undermined by the expansion of the Panama Canal, which will allow the waterway to carry large modern container vessels.
Meanwhile Mexican government officials point to the continuing expansion of the southern ports of Manzanillo and Lazaro Cardenas.
Lazaro Cardenas was recently identified by Maersk Lines as being at the heart of its strategy to expand its business in Central and South America.
The port's container throughput was up by more than 60% in the first seven months of this year.
Analysts meanwhile have called some of Mexico's projects 'grandiose' , saying it is not clear how many will get off the ground.