[dennisw]

Yeah those ports were designed for a normal nation that ships stuff out too. They were not designed to offload 90% of the Wal-Mart and Home Depot inventory.

Oh, please.

Those ports have undergone substantial capacity enhancements in the last 6 years -- mainly aimed at accommodating precisely that import market you've identified (the Alameda Corridor project is a good example of this).

Obviously not expanding fast enough to accommodate all the ChiCom ships bringing in Chinese craps. Get with the program Alberta! So now Mexico (land of the NAFTA maquiladora) will become import middleman, bringing in all kinds of Chinese craps for you to buy. 

China --->>
Mexico--->>
Kansas City ---->> Mexican customs in KC --->>>

And then onward to Wal-Mart and Home Depot.

[Alberta's Child]

The ports themselves aren't the only problem. The inland distribution networks have their own capacity limitations. Do a Google search on a phrase like "Union Pacific railroad debacle" or something like that to see how chaotic the shipping scene is in this country starting right around this time every year.

This is why the Mexico ports issue discussed here and the Trans-Texas Corridors initiative go hand-in-hand . . . because even the most efficient ports in the world are only as good as their inland infrastructure allows them to be.