Mexico's state-owned oil company Pemex and stevedoring services firm Seattle-based SSA Marine are looking at how they can boost imports of oil products into the Gulf of Mexico's port of Tuxpan.
The plan comes as demand for refined products on medium-range (MR) tankers surges after deregulation allowed gasoline retail prices to increase and more companies to import into the country. The US Energy Information Administration says total oil products exports into the country hit the highest level ever in December at 37.2
