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

BrazilParanagua,

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 millionTEU

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 2014Ports Ranking

4

between 2 and 3 million TEU

2,368.741

996,654

13

16915,101

33,040,231

TEU

TEU

5

TEU2,236,551

1,089,518

3,468,283

1

TEU

23,286,736

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.