SALINA CRUZ

Mexican Pacific Coast Commercial Port. Located at the mouth of the Peck River at the southern end of the Tehuantepec Isthmus in the southeast of the country. Located on the west coast of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. The sea route extends 222 nautical miles southeast to Qianpeico, Guatemala, and 595 nautical miles northwest to Manzanillo Port. The port area is divided into inner and outer ports. The inner harbor is rectangular, semi enclosed, with an entrance width of only 30 meters. It is a fishing port and a general cargo port area. The east-west dock line at the entrance is 915 meters long, with a water depth of 9.5 meters along the edge. There is a repair dock in the northwest, which is 392 meters long and has a water depth of 1.5-4.0 meters. The outer port is located south of the inner port, with a water area of over 55 hectares and protected by a breakwater. The east breakwater is 989 meters long and the west breakwater is 647 meters long. There is a container terminal on the inner side of the east breakwater, which is 240 meters long and has a water depth of 8.8-12.0 meters along the edge. The entrance channel is 140 meters wide. There is also a 250000 ton oil tanker terminal offshore, which is a loading station for crude oil exported from the Gulf of Mexico to the Far East and a shortcut export port for the country's trade with the Pacific coast.