page_title: Transportation in Mexico
section_title: Seaports
hierarchical_section_title: Transportation in Mexico / Seaports
caption_attribution_description: English: The port of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. Español: El puerto ensenadense. Français&#160;: Le port d'Ensenada, en Basse-Californie (Mexique).
context_page_description: As the third largest and second most populous country in Latin America, Mexico has developed an extensive transportation network to meet the needs of the economy. As with communications, transportation in Mexico is regulated by the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation, a federal executive cabinet branch.
context_section_description: Mexico has 76 seaports and 10 river ports. The four major seaports concentrating around 60% of the merchandise traffic are Altamira and Veracruz in the Gulf of Mexico, and Manzanillo and Lázaro Cárdenas in the Pacific Ocean. These four seaports are followed in traffic by Acapulco, Puerto Vallarta, Guaymas, Tampico, Topolobampo, Mazatlán and Tuxpan
caption: The port of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
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