On December 21st, 2009, was held the beginning of operations of the specialized terminal for handling Iron Ore, owned steelmaker Arcelor Mittal, with the arrival at the port of Guaymas of the bulk carrier with Mexican flag with higher capacity that has registered in the National Port System, the boat "Mexico City", which robbery on the south side of the port.

The boat was flagged in recent days at the port of Lázaro Cárdenas, in the presence of various authorities in the field; with the start of this operation will cover a biweekly route between the port of Lázaro Cárdenas Michoacán and the Port of Guaymas, Sonora.

The boat "Mexico City" is the ship with greater tonnage on record arriving in the public docks in the port of Guaymas, this would not be possible if not for the dredging work to recover the depth of -13 meters, which was changed because of the impact on last September for the weather phenomenon "Jimena" above thanks to the management of fiscal resources from the General Coordination of Ports and Merchant Marine to carry out dredging work.