Operation of Short Distance Maritime Transport begins in Chiapas

 

As part of the impetus for the Mesoamerican Integration and Development Project, the Short Distance Shipping (TMCD) operation began on the pilot route between Puerto Chiapas-Puerto Quetzal. The service will be provided by the Mexican shipping company NAVEMAR, through its vessel M / V Aries.

The General Coordination of Ports and Merchant Marine (CGPMM) reported that the objective is to attract resources that strengthen the integration and development processes of ten Mesoamerican countries and “to help reduce the economic and social inequalities that have historically prevailed in the southern region. southeast ”.

The Chiapas Port is a logistics node that allows commercial exchange to and from Central America, as well as with other international markets, which makes it a strategic place to promote the TMCD project with Guatemala, and later with other Mesoamerican countries.

In my opinion this is such an important project it will communicate many undeveloped places in order to support them to growth and promote trade. As we have seen In classes, connectivity within places is an important factor when growing cities, this project will be really good for economy in Chiapas and will reduce poverty by creating sources of income. 

Posted by Diana Lizeth Gonzalez Sierra

 

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