It includes Scorpion Reef with its five islets 130 km offshore (north) on the outer edge of Campeche Bank.

All containers arrive in Progreso[clarification needed] and are distributed to Yucatán, Campeche and Quintana Roo.

Progreso also is one of the newest ports for large cruise ships and an emerging balneario resort destination.

Passengers disembark on a very long pier, the Terminal Remota opened in 1989[2] that juts out 6.5 km (4.0 mi) into the Gulf of Mexico.

Passengers are taken to shore to visit Progreso, Mérida or the Maya civilization archaeological sites of Uxmal and Dzibilchaltun.