Mexico
All cargo shipments moving overland within North America are governed by weight restriction laws established by both federal and local government agencies. The consequences of exceeding the legal limit are fines, liability claims, equipment damage and/or extra costs such as transloading.
Restrictions
Weight limitation
All cargo shipments moving overland within Mexico are governed by weight restriction laws established by both federal and local government agencies. The consequences of exceeding the legal limit are severe fines, liability claims. Failure to comply with federal law can result in the delay or cancelation of the shipment. The law now recognizes the “remittent” in the transport document (carta porte), if fined for an overweight or oversized violation due to incorrect or missing information from the issuing party of the container, as the liable party that provides false or erroneous certification information, violates state highway weight law or fails to pass on certification information. In that sense, OOCL recommends observing 26 metric tons as the maximum allowed including container’s tare for dry and reefer shipments.
The operational constraint for Mexico City area and surrounding
Under carrier haulage, please note restriction imposed by Mexico City hall, which bans truck and containers traffic from circulating Monday to Sunday from 06:00 hours to 10:00 hours. Such regulation shall be observed by the customers when a store door service is being contracted, in order to avoid unnecessary risks and on time delivery window schedule.
For additional information please contact your local Customer Service or Operations Representative for more details.
OOCL (Mexico) Terms & Conditions for Pre-and on-carriage (effective November 15, 2023):
