Infrastructure of Sinaloa

• More than 6,000 kilometers of highways
• 805 kilometers of railways
• 2 ports of importance
• 3 international airports
• 12 dams with the capacity for 23.2 millions of cubic meters

The Northern Economic Corridor (COEN) connects Mazatlán with the East coast of the United States, crossing an area that produces 23.14 % of the national GDP (Gross Domestic Product).

Regional Infrastructure

The highways that connect the Pacific with the Atlantic integrate 8 states:  Durango, Zacatecas, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Nayarit and Sinaloa, giving origin to a new business zone, The Northern Economic corridor (COEN). This new corridor connects Mazatlán with the East Coast of the United States, an area that produces 23.14% of the gross national product.

• 16 international airports.
• 2 Railway operators that cross into the United States: Kansas City Southern and Ferromex.
• 8 International Customs Offices at the Northern border that attend to cargo carriers.
• 5 international bridges that register more than 7 million crossings every year.
• 3 Interior customs offices.
• 4 maritime ports: two in the Pacific and two in the Atlantic.

Topolobampo is a port located in the State of Sinaloa, on the Pacific coast, just 200 miles from the entrance of the Gulf of California. The port is very well communicated and connects railways, highways and an airport that is just 12 km away. Its geographical position is strategic if compared to other ports in the Pacific. It means about 30% less of a distance for ground connections with the East coast of the US.

The maritime routes represent the shortest way to link the State of Baja California Sur with the rest of the country. The Port System serves an ample variety of export and import products, such as containers, oil, chemical and petrochemical products, cement, steel, cars, grains and minerals in bulk, salt, Sulphur, etc. to and from Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as other countries in Latin America.

Projected Infrastructure

1. – Modernize the maritime cargo port, creating a multimodal center that includes a customs office including a fiscal office as well. The development of industrial parks and the construction of a road and railway corridor between Los Mochis and Chihuahua.
2. – Build a bypass highway in the South Eastern part of the city of Los
3. – Increase the highway from Los Mochis to Topolobampo to six lanes for a more efficient vehicular flow of the Topolobampo-Chihuahua Corridor.
4. – Build the last stretch of the Los Mochis-Chihuahua Highway, Bahuichivo-Choix, creating a transversal highway connection so that Topolobampo would be the access way towards the Northwest of Mexico and the United States.

Technical information / Port of Mazatlán

• It has ample experience managing vehicles (imported and exported).
• It has 1,300 meters of peer in the terminal inside the fiscal office and grounds.
• The peer is 200 meters long and has two ramps for railway cars in the Ferry terminal.
• It can hold up to 4,000 vehicles inside and out of the fiscal yard.
• 5 kilometers of railways in five sections (2 on the peer and 3 in the patios) inside the fiscal yard.
• Regular arrivals of shipping lines with containers: MS and Hapag Loyd.
• 60 days of free storage in the fiscal yard.
• A specialized 5,200 meter warehouse for rolled metal sheets for the automotive industry, equipped with cranes for unloading and stacking.
• Shipping companies, customs agencies and logistics services.

Connectivity

Next, the highway connections in Sinaloa are shown, originating in Mazatlán with destinations towards the East and central part of Mexico.

Sinaloa has 3 international airports. The main international flights go to the United States and Canada, as well as Monterrey, Guadalajara, and Mexico City in the country.