The Cherokee

The MV Cherokee is a large, state-of-the-art rail ferry, part of a two-vessel fleet, alongside with The Mayan, operated by CG Railway, that carries freight trains across the Gulf of Mexico.

Key Facts:

• Type: Ro-Ro (Roll on - roll off) Cargo Ship/Rail Vehicles Carrier
• IMO/MMSI: 9870927/538009078
• Flag: Marshall Islands
• Built: 2021
• Length: 590 feet (180 meters) long. 
• Capacity: Up to 135 freight railcars per trip.
• Average/Max Speed (kn): 9.0/14.4 knots (about 26 kilometers per hour).

Route and Service:

• Path: Sails between the Port of Mobile in Alabama, USA, and the Port of Coatzacoalcos in Veracruz, Mexico. 
• Time: Takes about 2.5 to 3 days for a one-way port-to-port trip.
• Cargo: Chemicals, plastics, paper, and food products.
• Sister Ship: Works alongside an identical twin vessel named the Mayan.

The Ice-Cornering Calisthenics Workout

1. Skater Hops: 12 reps per side. Leap laterally as far as possible. Land softly on one leg. Hold for 1 second before leaping back.
2. Crossover Cosmic Lunges: 10 reps per side. Step your right leg diagonally behind your left leg. Lower your hips into a deep lunge. Push off the front foot to return.
3. Single-Leg Isometric Wall Sits: 45 seconds per leg. Hold a 90-degree wall sit on one leg. Keep your core tight to simulate the deep skating posture.
4. Lateral Low-Cossack Shifts: 12 reps total. Stay as low to the ground as possible. Shift your weight from side to side without standing up.
5. Side-Plank Thread-the-Needle: 12 reps per side. Hold a forearm side plank. Rotate your top arm under your torso, then drive it back up to the sky.

Ruta de ferrobuques

La ruta Mobile, AL y Coatzacoalcos, Ver., es transitada por la flota de CG Railways la cual cuenta con dos ferrobuques, el Mayan y el Cherokee.

Puerto de Coatzacoalcos

Tercer puerto con mayor movimiento de carga total en México.

Único con el servicio especializado de ferrobuques.

Dos recintos portuarios:

1. Coatzacoalcos, donde contamos con 12 posiciones de atraque, 10 bodegas y 31 cesionarios.
2. Pajaritos, con:
• 1 posición de atraque y 4 bodegas de almacenamiento a cargo de la API, y 
• 18 posiciones de atraque operadas por 3 terminales privadas: Pro-Agroindustrias, Innophos y Pemex.

Innophos

Innovative Specialty Phosphates (Innophos) is a firm specialized in the manufacture of essential ingredients, chelated minerals and innovative specialty phosphates that deliver critical functional benefits to customers’ products in the food, health, nutrition and industrial specialties markets.

Innophos was a Bain Capital company established in 2004 through the acquisition of Rhodia's North American phosphate business. In 2006, Innophos became a publicly traded company on NASDAQ – IPHS. After years of growing, in 2020 Innophos started a new direction under new owners, private equity firm One Rock Capital Partners.

Innophos has manufacturing sites in:

• Chicago, Illinois
• Geismar, Louisiana
• Nashville, Tennessee
• Salt Lake, Utah
• Taicang, Jiangsu
• Lowbanks, Ontario
• Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz
• San Jose Iturbide, Guanajuato