Hurricane Polo Disrupts Mexican Ports, Puts Key Asia Trade Gateways At Risk

Hurricane Polo Disrupts Mexican Ports, Puts Key Asia Trade Gateways At Risk Hurricane Polo weakened to a Category 4 storm early Wednesday after strengthening into an "extremely dangerous" Category 5 storm and churning 210 miles south of Zihuatanejo, Mexico, in the Pacific Ocean. The storm risks disrupting critical maritime shipping lanes along Mexico's Pacific coast. FreightWaves reports that Mexico's Navy restricted major container port Manzanillo to ships of at least 500 gross tonnage beginning Tuesday morning, allowing container ships to continue operating while barring smaller craft. Ships already docked at the...