Rankings
Mexico & Central America
Port Name | City | Type of Freight | TEUs | Volume of Freight Tonnage |
---|---|---|---|---|
Port of Altamira | Altamira, Tamaulipas | container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk | 820,092 | 21,800,000 |
Port of Chiapas | Tapachula, Chiapas | NA | 54,308 | NA |
Port of Coatzacoalcos | Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz | container | 19,122 | 26,400,000 |
Port of Dos Bocas | Dos Bocas, Tabasco | container | NA | 31,100,000 |
Port of Ensenada | Ensenada, Baja California | NA | 272,258 | NA |
Port of Guaymas | Guaymas, Sonora | container | 28,971 | NA |
Port of Lázaro Cárdenas | Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán | container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk | 1,314,798 | 31,184,989 |
Port of Manzanillo | Manzanillo, Colima | container, passenger | 3,078,505 | NA |
Port of Mazatlán | Mazatlán, Sinaloa | NA | 48,199 | 1,207,950 |
Port of Progreso | Progreso, Yucatán | NA | 110,000 | NA |
Port of Salina Cruz | Salina Cruz, Oaxaca | NA | 2,857 | NA |
Port of Tampico | Tampico, Tamaulipas | NA | 4,753 | 7,500,000 |
Port of Tuxpan | Tuxpan, Veracruz | NA | 11,835 | 13,300,000 |
Port of Veracruz | Veracruz, Veracruz | NA | 902,520 | 26,500,000 |
Puerto Morelos | Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo | NA | 9,423 | NA |
Port of Acajutla | Acajutla, El Salvador | container | 209,903 | NA |
Port of Almirante | Almirante, Panama | NA | 20,420 | NA |
Port of Arlen Siu-El Rama | Arlen Siu/El Rama, Nicaragua | NA | 7,058 | NA |
Port of Balboa | Balboa, Panama | container, dry bulk, passenger | 2,986,617 | NA |
Port of Belize | Belize City, Belize | container, heavy lift, passenger | 44,381 | 935,910 |
Port of Caldera | Caldera, Costa Rica | NA | 289,582 | NA |
Port of Colón | Colón, Panama | container, passenger | 2,579,977 | NA |
Port of Corinto | Corinto, Nicaragua | container, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automobile, passenger | 165,463 | NA |
Port of Cristóbal | Cristóbal, Panama | container | 1,311,232 | NA |
Port of Limón-MoÃn | Limón-MoÃn, Costa Rica | container, passenger | 1,199,628 | NA |
Port of Puerto Barrios | Puerto Barrios, Guatemala | container | 455,973 | NA |
Port of Puerto Castillo | Puerto Castillo, Honduras | container | 119,251 | NA |
Port of Puerto Cortes | Puerto Cortes, Honduras | container | 642,218 | NA |
Port of Puerto Quetzal | Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala | container | 367,239 | NA |
Port of San Lorenzo | San Lorenzo, Honduras | container | 35,824 | NA |
Port of Santo Tomás de Castilla | Santo Tomás de Castilla, Guatemala | container | 566,539 | NA |
PSA Panama International Terminal | PSA - Panama Int'l Terminals, Panama | container | 81,563 | NA |
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