Savannah-Pacifex, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gavilon Fertilizer LLC, has opened a new fertilizer storage facility in Los Mochis, Mexico, near the Port of Topolobampo. The new facility has a 40,000-ton storage capacity and features a dry blend plant, as well as truck and railroad scales, making it possible to dispatch and receive railcars. Gavilon notes that with more than 20 million hectares of crops, ranging from coffee to sugar cane, Mexico is the second largest agricultural market in Latin America after Brazil. One of the largest importers/distributors in Mexico, Pacifex was founded in April 1993 in response to the market’s need for fertilizer. This is just the latest in a long list of recent announcements from Gavilon (GM June 15, p. 1).
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