Mexico’s ports reach 7.29M TEU through September; Pacific up, Gulf down

According to the Mexican Navy’s (Semar) monthly port statistics report, Mexican ports handled 777,826 TEU in September 2026, down 8.3% from 848,641 in August. It is the second straight monthly decline. From January to September, volume reached 7.29 million TEU, up 2.4% from the same period of 2025. By flow, import TEU fell 3.1%, while export TEU rose 2.8% and transshipment grew more than 12%.

Growth is concentrated on the Pacific coast (+5.6% year to date). Manzanillo handled 3.15 million TEU (+9.5%) and accounts for 43.3% of the national total; it moved 329,942 TEU in September. Lázaro Cárdenas reached 2.01 million TEU (+2.9%), with 203,575 TEU in the month.

The Gulf–Caribbean region fell 6.8% year to date. Veracruz handled 907,802 TEU (-5.6%) and Altamira 651,914 (-5%). In Manzanillo, export TEU rose 13.9%, but most of them are empty containers: loaded exports grew 8.1%.