Tren Maya Freight Service to Boost Cancún Economy

Cancún, Quintana Roo — The Tren Maya project will reach its full potential with the activation of its freight service originating in Cancún, according to Toni Chaves, president of the Riviera Maya Hotel Association. The executive stated that only in this way can the federal project, constructed during the previous presidential term and an emblem of former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, be fully leveraged for benefit.

“All investment into the state is welcome because it was a major investment in mobility for the state, and I believe it was necessary, especially for the southeast of the state. The Tren Maya freight service will greatly help with all the provisioning for the entire state because the need for provisioning that we have in the state in relation to hotels, restaurants, et cetera, is very large, and this will facilitate faster, cheaper arrival,” explained Toni Chaves.

During an informational meeting held in Cancún as part of the public consultation process for this federal project, officials responsible for the project acknowledged that the Tren Maya Multimodal Terminal under construction in Cancún is not planned for fuel handling, nor for the construction of a turbosino pipeline to supply hydrocarbons to the airport.

Commander Ricardo Vallejo of the Felipe Ángeles engineering group informed attendees at that time that this infrastructure would allow for the entire turbosina storage system at Cancún's airport—the second busiest in the country by air traffic volume—to be supplied directly from the Tren Maya's own container cars.

He even asserted that Puerto Progreso in Yucatán is saturated, as it handles everything from fuel to bulk material for cement plants and even the entire northern beer production for export.

“I believe it is something that helps the State; it is an investment, a tremendous one, and well, we have to take advantage of that, not just criticize it. But to see in what way we can leverage it so that it helps tourism, so that people move around the state and get to know other regions,” Chaves added.