Pacer offers six weekly services to Toluca terminal
Ports America said Tuesday that Pacer International has begun providing regular service to its Puerta M'xico Intermodal Facility, located in the industrial zone of Toluca, 65 kilometers west of M'xico City.
In May, Pacer initiated six-day-per-week direct rail service to and from the terminal in Toluca to handle shipments, including automotive and third-party domestic traffic northbound and southbound. The new service parallels Pacer's existing PacerMex ramp points throughout its U.S. and eastern Canada network and provides through non-stop, in-bond service.
'Pacer is excited to combine the productivity, security and professionalism of the new Ports America facility with Pacer's already extensive service network in Mexico,” said Michael Uremovich, Pacer chairman and chief executive officer, in a statement. “Together we are creating an even better product for customers looking to maximize security, high-quality service, and the cost-effective transborder movement of freight into and out of Mexico from the U.S. and Canada.'
The terminal has capacity for more than 150,000 containers and 2 million tons of cargo per year on more than 130 acres, essentially doubling the intermodal capacity previously available to the greater Mexican central valley region prior to its opening in 2008. The facility also alleviates a major bottleneck in the central valley supply chain, with storage, cross-dock, transloading, vehicle distribution services.
'The Puerta Mexico terminal offers multimodal terminal services and on-site customs and bonded warehousing facilities to ocean carriers, railroads, intermodal and other logistics service providers with its on-dock direct access to rail line 'N' of Kansas City Southern de M'xico,' said Stephen Edwards, Ports America president and CEO. 'Puerta M'xico is quickly becoming the terminal of first choice for service to and from the central valley, the ports of L'zaro C'rdenas and Manzanillo, and Laredo at the U.S. border. It is helping to lower logistics costs, thereby lowering prices and bringing greater choices to consumers.'