1. Callao,
Buenos Aires,
Valparaiso,
Veracruz,
Montevideo,
Source: ECLAC, Maritime and Logistics Profile of Latin America and the Caribbean, June 2015. http://bit.ly/1IL0Rgy
TEU
A standard unit of measurement,
equivalent to a container of 20 feet,
or 6.25 meters.
Santos,
6
Lazaro Cardenas,
Mexico
Brazil
Paranagua,
Peru
Chile
San Antonio,
Chile
Guayaquil,
Ecuador
Buenaventura,
Colombia
Colon,
PanamaLimon-Moin,
Costa Rica
Cartagena,
Colombia
Kingston,
Jamaica
Manzanillo,
Mexico
Balboa,
Panama
Mexico
Freeport,
Bahamas
Caucedo,
Dominican Republic
San Juan,
Puerto Rico
Brazil
Uruguay
Argentina
more than 3 million
TEU
between 1 and 2 million
TEU
between 700 thousand and 1 million
TEU
11
14
12
9
20
15
18
19
17
8
10
7
1,400,000
1,093,625
757,319
1,992,473
1,638,113
1,621,381
1,400,760
1,319,961
1,010,202
855,404
847,370
775,997
The Top 20 in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2014
Ports Ranking
4
between 2 and 3 million
TEU
2,368.741
996,654
13
16
915,101
3
3,040,231
TEU
TEU
5
TEU
2,236,551
1,089,518
3,468,283
1
TEU
2
3,286,736
TEU
ECLAC updates every year its ranking of container port throughput,
which shows the cargo volume in containers in 120 ports of the
region, based on data obtained directly from port authorities and
terminal operators. In 2014 this activity grew 1.3%, with
a total volume of approximately 47 million TEU. This
infographic displays the first 20 ports of the ranking.