Ports: Colon, Balboa Lead
Colon and Balboa remain top ports in Latin America.
BY LBC STAFF
The Panamanian ports Colon and Balboa remained the top container ports in Latin America last year, according to data from the United Nations Economic Commission for
Santos in Brazil remained the third-largest, followed by Cartagena and Buenos Aires.
Container trade at Colon grew 20 percent to 3.4 million TEUs, while at Balboa trade increased 17.2 percent to 3.2 million TEUs.
Santos saw a 10 percent increase to 3 million TEUs. Cartagena’s trade grew 17.2 percent, while Buenos Aires registered a seven percent increase to 1.9 million TEUs.
Latin America's Top 50 Ports
Top ports ranked by TEU's in 2011. Percent change from 2010.
|
Rank |
Ch. |
Port, Country |
'11 TEU |
Ch. |
|
|
1 |
-- |
Colon, Panama |
3,371,714 |
20.0 |
% |
|
2 |
-- |
Balboa, Panama |
3,232,265 |
17.2 |
% |
|
3 |
-- |
Santos, Brazil |
2,985,922 |
10.0 |
% |
|
4 |
+1 |
Cartagena, Colombia |
1,853,342 |
17.2 |
% |
|
5 |
-1 |
Buenos Aires, Arg. |
1,851,687 |
7.0 |
% |
|
6 |
-- |
Manzanillo, Mexico |
1,762,508 |
16.6 |
% |
|
7 |
-- |
Callao, Peru |
1,616,165 |
20.1 |
% |
|
8 |
-- |
Guayaquil, Ecuador |
1,405,762 |
25.2 |
% |
|
9 |
+1 |
Itajai, Brazil |
983,985 |
2.8 |
% |
|
10 |
+1 |
Valparaiso, Chile |
973,012 |
10.7 |
% |
|
11 |
+3 |
L. Cardenas, Mexico |
953,497 |
19.8 |
% |
|
12 |
+1 |
Limon-Moin, Costa Rica |
901,330 |
5.0 |
% |
|
13 |
+4 |
Montevideo, Uruguay |
861,164 |
28.2 |
% |
|
14 |
-2 |
San Antonio, Chile |
853,806 |
-1.9 |
% |
|
15 |
+3 |
Buenaventura, Colombia |
748,305 |
12.9 |
% |
|
16 |
-- |
Veracruz, Mexico |
732,538 |
10.6 |
% |
|
17 |
-2 |
P. Cabello, Venezuela |
721,500 |
14.5 |
% |
|
18 |
+2 |
Paranagua, Brazil |
681,678 |
24.7 |
% |
|
19 |
-- |
Rio Grande, Brazil |
618,039 |
-4.5 |
% |
|
20 |
+1 |
Puerto Cortes, Honduras |
576,752 |
7.0 |
% |
|
21 |
+1 |
Altamira, Mexico |
547,612 |
12.2 |
% |
|
22 |
+2 |
Tomas de Castilla, Guatemala |
494,908 |
14.8 |
% |
|
23 |
+3 |
La Guaira, Venezuela |
467,300 |
42.3 |
% |
|
24 |
+1 |
Talcahuano-San Vicente, Chile |
425,967 |
17.2 |
% |
|
25 |
+3 |
Suape, Brazil |
417,666 |
28.8 |
% |
|
26 |
+3 |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
415,446 |
31.7 |
% |
|
27 |
+5 |
Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala |
363,684 |
44.9 |
% |
|
28 |
-1 |
Barrios, Guatemala |
317,804 |
-2.8 |
% |
|
29 |
+6 |
Lirquen, Chile |
314,956 |
36.0 |
% |
|
30 |
+3 |
Vitoria, Brazil |
280,262 |
15.0 |
% |
|
31 |
+3 |
Salvador, Brazil |
242,758 |
3.9 |
% |
|
32 |
-1 |
Iquique, Chile |
237,758 |
-10.3 |
% |
|
33 |
+3 |
Pecem, Brazil |
190,656 |
14.0 |
% |
|
34 |
+11 |
Itaguai-Rj/Sepetiba, Brazil |
183,601 |
46.7 |
% |
|
35 |
+11 |
Sao Francisco do Sul, Brazil |
177,793 |
57.0 |
% |
|
36 |
+4 |
Coronel, Chile |
170,771 |
22.4 |
% |
|
37 |
+5 |
Arica, Chile |
170,110 |
29.9 |
% |
|
38 |
-1 |
Caldera, Costa Rica |
168,039 |
8.2 |
% |
|
39 |
-- |
Acajutla, El Salvador |
160,069 |
9.8 |
% |
|
40 |
+3 |
Puerto Angamos, Chile |
158,323 |
22.7 |
% |
|
41 |
-3 |
Chibatao, Brazil |
155,727 |
1.0 |
% |
|
42 |
+2 |
Paita, Peru |
153,653 |
21.4 |
% |
|
43 |
+4 |
Barranquilla, Colombia |
148,093 |
42.6 |
% |
|
44 |
-3 |
Ensenada, Mexico |
132,727 |
-2.1 |
% |
|
45 |
N/A |
Zarate, Argentina |
107,928 |
24.3 |
% |
|
46 |
+2 |
Antofagasta, Chile |
88,213 |
-15.0 |
% |
|
47 |
+2 |
Santa Marta, Colombia |
87,320 |
-4.2 |
% |
|
48 |
+2 |
Castilla, Honduras |
85,892 |
6.0 |
% |
|
49 |
N/A |
Corinto, Nicaragua |
80,075 |
23.5 |
% |
|
50 |
N/A |
Esmeraldas, Ecuador |
66,764 |
7.7 |
% |
|
Total |
34,696,846 |
9.0 |
% | ||
|
NOTES: |
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Colon includes MIT, Evergreen and Panama Port. |
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Buenos Aires includes Exolgan. |
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Cartagena includes SPR, El Bosque and Contecar. |
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Puerto Limon includes Moin. |
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Itajai includes Navegantes. |
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Sources: ECLAC Perfil Maritimo, Latin Business Chronicle |
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