ʻO Manzanillo ke kolu o nā awa Sepania o ka Pākīpika, ma mua o kona kai kūʻono aia kahi awa mai kahi e kūʻai aku ai nā kamaʻāina ma kahakai, ʻo Manzanillo kahi ʻāpana nui o ka Basin Pacific.
ʻO ia i loko o nā makahiki he hala i hala aku nei i ka wā i ʻike ai ke awa o Manzanillo i kahi ulu kupaianaha. ʻO kāna hana he nui e pili ana i nā hana hoʻokele waiwai e hāʻawi iā ia i nā mea hiki ke loaʻa i kahi wā e hiki mai ana.
Ma waena o nā laina nui loa ka neʻe ʻana o ka moana, ka mākaʻikaʻi, ka lawaiʻa ʻana, ka mahiʻai a me nā ʻoihana nui ʻelua: ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā waihona hao hao Minatitlán, na ka Benito Juárez-Peña Colorada Mining Consortium, e hāʻawi nei i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma kahi o 2 miliona. nā tona o nā "pellets" i ka hui kila kila aupuni, a me nā mea kanu thermoelectric "Manu Álvarez" ma Campos, ka mea e hāʻawi i ka uila i ka mokuʻāina ʻo Colima a me nā mea i hoʻohui ʻia e pili ana i ka makaʻāina.
He nui nā kumuwaiwai o Manzanillo e pili ana i ka waiwai, i hoʻohui ʻia i kona wahi hoʻonohonoho ʻāina ma kahakai o ka Pākīpika, me kahi ʻoihana hou o ke awa, i lako pono me nā pono hana e hoʻokūkū ai, a me nā ala kamaʻilio ʻāina ma ke ala a me ke kaʻaahi i kēlā me kēia wahi o ka honua. 'āina, ʻo ia hoʻi, me ka ʻole o nā pilikia no ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana, no ka mea hiki ke lilo i alaloa me nā lawelawe āpau, mai ke awa a hiki i Tecomán, kahi mamao o 50 kilomita, kahi e hiki ai ke hoʻokomo i nā ʻoihana hoʻolilo o nā ʻano like ʻole
I ka mākaʻikaʻi, hiki ke hāʻawi i nā lawelawe ʻoi loa, i nā hōkele ʻelima a me ka mākaʻikaʻi nui, no nā mea kipa koi nui loa, e hiki ai iā lākou ke leʻaleʻa i nā kahakai maikaʻi, ke anilā maikaʻi a me ka lawaiʻa haʻuki, no ka mea no Manzanillo i loaʻa ai ka poʻo inoa o "ke kapikala lawaia" i ka 1957, i ka wā i hopu ʻia ai he 336 bila iʻa iʻa. E hoʻonui ka hana ʻana o ke tuna a me nā ʻano kai ʻē aʻe ke hopu, hana a hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka hui Marindustrias i kahi ʻāpana nui o kāna hana i Sepania, Palani a me ʻItalia, e waiho ana iā ia iho ma kahi mua i ka lawaiʻa tuna ma kahakai. mai Pakipika mai.
Me kāna awa i kūkulu ʻia a me nā pono o ke alaloa, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Manzanillo ke awa me ka neʻe nui o ka lawe mai a me ka lawe ukana, a me ka cabotage kahakai, ʻo ia hoʻi ma muli o ke kumukūʻai o kāna mea kūʻai aku a me nā ʻauhau i ʻohiʻohi ʻia. Hoʻohui ʻia, ua helu ʻia ʻo Manzanillo ma ke awa me ke aniau ʻoi loa ma ka Pākīpika Mekiko, me ka awelika o ka mahana 26 degere; Hoʻohui ʻia, ʻaʻole i loli ka palekana, kahi noho mālie a hana nui ia, e kono ana i nā mea hoʻopukapuka mai ka honua e hui pū me kāna hana pono.
