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Over 35 years helping Mexico sail forth

Article - May 23, 2012
Naviera Armamex is a trustworthy shipping company that has been creating bespoke solutions for clients to move oil, bulk and oversized items throughout the Caribbean
RODOLFO MORA CORDERO, PRESIDENT OF NAVIERA ARMAMEX
Thousands of miles of coastline and a tremendous wealth of hydrocarbons have made the shipping industry a genuine necessity in Mexico. Exporting oil and moving construction materials for the oil and gas sector is done more efficiently and more cost-effectively by sea. One of Mexico’s own shipping companies, Armamex, stepped up to the task of transporting complex cargo 35 years ago.

Rodolfo Mora Cordero founded Naviera Armamex, or Armamex Shipping, in 1977 to assist the hydrocarbon industry. He recalls when Pemex called upon Armamex, his company was able to significantly cut the oil giant’s costs.

“Pemex used 1,000-ton boats to satisfy the supply requirements. We brought in 5-ton boats with a 12-foot draft, and thus made Pemex’s costs five times lower. We worked with them for 25 years,” he says.

Mr. Mora regrets that a change in administration at Pemex led to the termination of the contract yet he observes that the loser is Pemex, as now they are being charged four times more than what they would by Armamex.

Indeed, Armamex’s advantage is its ability to offer competitively priced multi-modal transportation services to move all manner of goods throughout the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. The company’s fleet includes seven tugboats, six barges, three oil tankers, and several specialized vessels that can enter lakes and other shallow bodies of water, thus making it possible for Armamex to move large items that would have been difficult, if not impossible, to move on land.

The company has been involved in shipping oversized pieces for projects such as the Cantarell Nitrogen Plant, the Madero Refinery, the Laguna Verde Nuclear Plant, and various projects for the Federal Electricity Commission. Other solid products Armamex can move include salt, cement, barite, clinker, fluorite and construction aggregates.

“We do everything possible to facilitate the job,” says Mr. Mora. “We have experience with a wide variety of cargo and always find a way to get our clients’ goods to where they need to go.”

Armamex has also developed a special technique for loading and unloading using rollers. “We don’t need cranes to load cargo. We place it on rolling equipment, and we roll it onto the barge and level it. It’s nothing particularly extraordinary but nobody else does it,” explains Mr. Mora. 

Besides multimodal door-to-door services (between Tampuco, Tamaulipas, and Progreso, Yucatan) and special cargo shipping, the Mexican company offers charter voyages to Mexico, the U.S., Central America and the Caribbean both by time and by trip; it aids vessels and ships and offers harbor services; and it makes repairs on floating docks.

Mr. Mora’s vast experience in the maritime industry coupled with the high operating costs at Mexican ports have led him to seek more opportunities outside Mexico. “We have the conditions necessary to contribute technology and technical assistance and to carry out shipping activities efficiently and cost effectively,” he says.

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