The Port / El Puerto
A big grain carrier at the Veracruz Port, loads of grain come back and forth, in and out of Veracruz Port every month. An Oil Tanker docking at the Pemex [Mexican Petroleum Company] dock in a summer evening, Veracruz Port receives crude and petrochemical products from the refineries in Minatitlan and the petrochemical plants in Cangrejera [both in Veracruz State as well] adn from other oil producers countries around the world At the right the Container Terminal Port with the Portainer Gigantic Cranes, Veracruz bought the first one in 1982, the one in the middle of all five. I used to work there in 1986-87 in the Servicios Portuarios de Veracruz, I was barely married by those days. The Exportation of automobile and other auto products such as parts, are one of the most active commerce in Veracruz Port, this is a Car-Carrier, can load some 2500 middle size cars, the Volkswagen Plant is very close from Veracruz in Puebla State, some 200 miles away. A view of the cars in the parking lots ...
