The Port of Manzanillo ended 2025 in first place nationally for container throughput and maintained that position between January and July 2026, when it accounted for 43.4% of the country’s TEU, according to The Logistics World and ASIPONA Manzanillo, respectively. TEU stands for twenty-foot equivalent units.
As background, Manzanillo ended 2025 with nearly 3.9 million TEU, ranking first nationally and accounting for around 41% of container throughput in the Mexican port system, according to an article by Gabriela Espinosa published in The Logistics World, based on statistics from Mexico’s Ministry of the Navy (SEMAR).
The figures for January to July 2026 once again placed Manzanillo first nationally. During those seven months, the port handled 2,455,956 TEU, equivalent to 43.4% of the national total, according to ASIPONA Manzanillo.
During that period, the National Port System recorded 5,664,007 TEU, with year-on-year growth of 4%. In Manzanillo, the increase was 11.7% compared with the same months of 2025.
In a subsequent report, ASIPONA Manzanillo stated that the port handled 3,154,778 TEU between January and September 2026, 9.5% more than in the same period of 2025, according to its statement updated on October 19.
Manzanillo’s maritime connections with Asia included services calling at ports in China, South Korea and Japan, according to an article by The Logistics World’s editorial team, updated on September 10, 2026.
The outlet reported that, in July 2026, MSC introduced its Sierra service, with the rotation Qingdao–Tianjin–Busan–Manzanillo–Lázaro Cárdenas–Qingdao.
The publication also mentioned MSC’s Dahlia service, which linked Shekou, Xiamen, Shanghai and Busan with Manzanillo and Lázaro Cárdenas, as well as other services that included calls at Yokohama, Japan.
It also described routes between Asia, Mexico and South America that included Manzanillo on itineraries to ports in Panama, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Chile.
