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Punta Colonet - Mexican MegaPort, American MegaProfit

bajabound2005 - 9-22-2008 at 09:54 AM

Punta Colonet - Mexican MegaPort, American MegaProfit

2008-09-22 17:09:18 - Vast fortunes will be made as Mexico turns the sleepy seaside town of Punta Colonet into one of the world's biggest mega-ports and a principal transfer point for Asian goods destined for U.S. markets.

Five billion dollars is about to transform a sleepy seaside town on Mexico's Baja California into one of the world's busiest shipping centers, providing once-in-a-lifetime business opportunities for U.S. and international investors.

In just 3-5 years, Megapuerto De Punta Colonet, or the megaport of Punta Colonet, will handle six million containers a year - twice the total number handled in all of Mexico in 2007. Volume is expected to triple within 15 years. Most of the freight will arrive from Asia, destined for the United States.

A thriving city of 200,000 will spring up from sand and farmland, with all the housing, commerce, roads, schools and infrastructure needed to accommodate a surging population. Eighty-thousand workers will be employed just by the port itself.

Punta Colonet, 150 miles south of San Diego, will be the terminus of a vital new rail connection to U.S. freight transfer cities, possibly including Yuma, Arizona or El Paso, Texas. The new route will allow trains to avoid congested tracks in Southern California.

The bold project, championed by Mexico president Felipe Calderon, is urgently needed to relieve chronic freight bottlenecks at the United States' largest ports, Long Beach and Los Angeles, California. Once built, Punta Colonet will compete directly with those operations. (California's freight dominance is also being challenged by expansion of Canada's northern Prince Rupert Port and a $5 billion expansion of the Panama Canal, which will speed Asian freight to Miami, Atlanta and other southeastern U.S. cities.)

Facility construction costs will be borne by the private companies that will operate the Punta Colonet megaport. Mexico is committing nearly $50 billion a year in public/private funds until 2012 to build the comprehensive infrastructure the new city will require. Calderon sees the investment as a good way to offset the U.S. economy's dramatic slowdown.

Bidding on port facilities opened August 28, 2008. Bids were expected from Empresas ICA SAB, the country's largest construction company, billionaire Carlos Slim's Impulsora del Desarrollo y el Empleo en America Latina SAB and the building unit of Grupo Mexico SAB. The winning bidder for a 45-year concession to operate the port and rail line is to be announced in 2009.

The Mexican government is currently negotiating with railroads, to resolve routing issues, and with Mexican mining group GML, to settle certain land ownership disputes. With so much at stake for both Mexico and the U.S., all obstacles are likely to be overcome in short order.

For those businesses eager to capitalize on the extraordinary commercial opportunities of the Punta Colonet project, valuable domains (web addresses) like MegapuertoDePuntaColonet.com, PuntaColonetProperties.com and PuntaColonetHomes.com are available for purchase, at those addresses.

Business opportunities will abound in nearby communities as well, due to the overflow of new residents, significant improvements to Highway 1 (that connects Punta Colonet to the U.S.), and radically higher standards of living. Domains like RanchoCepeda.com and RanchoSanRefugio.com are likely to attract a good deal of interest.

Vast fortunes will be made as Mexico creates a metropolis on its Western shore.

http://www.PuntaColonetInfo.com

woody with a view - 9-22-2008 at 10:05 AM

3-5 years? have you seen the area lately? nothing has changed. not one new road. not many new structures in town. someday, maybe...

BajaGringo - 9-22-2008 at 10:09 AM

This is huge news and most folks here locally have no idea of its long term impact. Some may snicker that the government will never build it and pay little attention to what is going on. What many fail to understand is that Mexico is not building the port - it will be built by private money. Those winning the bids will also build the port, gaining long-term concessions to operate the port/rail systems once completed. The participation of Mexico will be to extend/widen the highway down to the port area. They will get that money back in tolls if they follow current models. Construction will not begin until the second half of 2009.

I have been invited to tour the area with the governor of Baja and a small group involved in the project in a few days. As I get more information on what is going on I will report back.

[Edited on 9-22-2008 by BajaGringo]

fishbuck - 9-22-2008 at 10:41 AM

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Originally posted by Nobullchit
so, any bets on corruption? how many of these coconuts will end up in the "private interests" pockets? i'll but that at least one will find it's way into someone's pocket illegally? any takers?

Shouldn't you be out selling tacos somewhere?

CaboRon - 9-22-2008 at 07:15 PM

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IMHO,

You can bet there will be corruption big time....

Big bucks will be flowing into big pockets ....

And the Mexican people will once again be living in tar paper shacks with dirt floors ....

The only roads in Colonet will be the paved roads for the trucks and the rest of that port will be rutted roads for the underpaid workers who will be living in squaler. They are estimating eighty thousand workers, do you really think they will build the infrastructure ? The sewage will be flowing freely into the ocean, and there will not be proper schools, roads etc.

Take a short drive outside of the tourist areas of CSL and Cancoon or Acapulco and you will see where the money is not going.

It has been like this for as long as I can remember and it will not change ....

This project will NOT benefit the Mexican people ....

Only make the rich , richer ...

CaboRon

[Edited on 9-23-2008 by CaboRon]

Skeet/Loreto - 9-23-2008 at 06:13 AM

And, Isn't it the same in Victoria Canada? Where Profits are made and Raw Sewage flows into a very Pretty Bay.????

It does seem that many People in the Past, doing many things ,have been unable to completely change the world to their liking.

Yes, there will be Corruption, yes there will be Folks who will live in Shacks, but what is your Solution to this Problem??

Skeet/Loreto

A Natural Gas !

MrBillM - 9-23-2008 at 08:51 AM

I'm Confused !

According to T. Boone Pickens, the U.S. has an almost inexhaustible supply of Natural Gas just waiting to be tapped so that we can run all of our motor vehicles on same and add to T-Bones immense wealth.

And yet, here we are importing Natural Gas from those same nasties we get oil from.

One Upside, though. According to Nancy Pelosi, Natural gas will free us from Fossil Fuels. Can't beat Nasty Nancy when it comes to technical Information.

BajaGringo - 9-23-2008 at 09:00 AM

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Originally posted by MrBillM
I'm Confused !

According to T. Boone Pickens, the U.S. has an almost inexhaustible supply of Natural Gas just waiting to be tapped so that we can run all of our motor vehicles on same and add to T-Bones immense wealth.

And yet, here we are importing Natural Gas from those same nasties we get oil from.

One Upside, though. According to Nancy Pelosi, Natural gas will free us from Fossil Fuels. Can't beat Nasty Nancy when it comes to technical Information.

Probably because I haven't had my coffee yet this morning but explain to me what importing natural gas has to do with Punta Colonet???

Barry A. - 9-23-2008 at 09:01 AM

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AS I am sure you know, Bill----we are importing Natural Gas because most of "our" natural gas is still in the ground, UN-DRILLED FOR.

With T. Boone P. in his 80's, I find it unlikely that he is STILL trying to increase his wealth since he is one of the richest men on earth.

I am NOT confused----about this subject, anyway.

Nancy P. is downright scary, I will give you that.

Barry

Barry A. - 9-23-2008 at 09:03 AM

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Originally posted by BajaGringo

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Probably because I haven't had my coffee yet this morning but explain to me what importing natural gas has to do with Punta Colonet???

Punta Colnet will be a LNG terminal-------(liquified Natural Gas)

Barry

Crusoe - 9-23-2008 at 09:09 AM

T. Boone Pickens is also a big advocate of Solar Power as well as Wind Energy. Nice....and makes alot of sense. ++C++

wilderone - 9-23-2008 at 09:46 AM

That article is not "news" - it is an assimilation of old stories, with added hype to stir more land grabbing. As mentioned in the wheat seed story posted yesterday, the water in this area is too saline for general consumption by a thriving city of 200,000, and a major desal plant must be built. Let's see who springs for that first.

bajaguy - 9-23-2008 at 09:49 AM

Time is ripe for a COSTCO and a Wal-Mart

Skeet/Loreto - 9-23-2008 at 11:56 AM

The next time I see and talk to t-Boone I will tell him of your concerns.
That will be at the next Amarillo Hi School Reunion.

For those who have not known of T- Boone, get his Books and read them.

When I attended School with Boone he was just a Plain young Man with not very much money. He played good BasketBall and tried to be a Boxer.

As he grew up and started to make Money and bought up lots of Water Rights in the Texas Panhandle{was going to sell the Water to Dallas} The Poop hit the Fan and he was actually "Run out of Amarillo by the People who have controlled Amarillo for over 100 years, and still control Amarillo and the Panhandle..

Not long ago he gave 162 Million Dollars to the University of Southwest Oklahoma for a new Staduim.

Join the Pickens Plan on the Net and see if he gets involved in the Colonet Port. You know there are plans to build a 6 Lane Special Roadway from Colonet to the States and across the States to deliver all those goods coming into the Port.

It will happen Folks!

Cypress - 9-23-2008 at 12:28 PM

See Gulfport, MS port plans.

CaboRon - 9-23-2008 at 05:32 PM

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Originally posted by Cypress
See Gulfport, MS port plans.

If Gulfport goes thru with their plans in combination with the expansion of the Panama Canal they will get the bulk of the new business.

CaboRon