It's the same problem that is facing just about every port on the West Coast of the U.S.
Lady, I have been in this business for 35 freaking years, been in meeting after meeting with principals within the Industry whom TOLD ME WHAT THEY THINK, AND WHAT THEY WANT. It was my job to do what they wanted relative to Shoreside Container Operations.
We looked at every aspect of the Mexican Port switch together to avoid the LABOR COSTS, Port costs, dockage, wharfage, demurrage, etc., etc., etc., but it all boiled down to the fact that although the Mexican facilities were inadequate, funding their expansions could facilitate a move there, but the Mexican laws regarding transportation, the roads, the rails, the infrastructure in general, the border laws were the impediment to any such move.
YOU have challenged me on this before, and it was apparent you are reading up on the topic, and good for you, but I virtually lived, breathed, and ate due the Container Shipping Industry for 35 years. So did my wife of almost 30 years.
Do you believe the sources/publications you are reading would actually state they want to go to Mexico to avoid the high costs and BS of American Ports? NO, they will state the convenience of a truth that is caused by the simple fact the Unions are calling the shots on labor, thus the back up of vessels waiting for gangs to load/unload. It’s an old ploy of the Unions to flex muscle and control the Industry by playing the labor. Ultimately it will backfire on the Union.
The Containership Operators welcome the opening of our borders to Mexican Truckers as an opportunity to cut their costs by moving to Mexico where it’s cheaper to operate, THEY HAVE WANTED TO DO THIS FOR 35 YEARS, and now they can move their equipment (Chassis and Containers) uninhibited because the groundwork has been laid, and Mexican trucks have free reign throughout the U.S.