Rankings
Mexico & Central America
Port Name | City | Type of Freight | TEUs | Volume of Freight Tonnage |
---|---|---|---|---|
Port of Acajutla | Acajutla, El Salvador | container | NA | 4,587,200 |
Port of Altamira | Altamira, Tamaulipas | container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk | 877,396 | NA |
Port of Balboa | Balboa, Panama | container, dry bulk, passenger | NA | 13,530,300 |
Port of Caldera | Caldera, Costa Rica | NA | NA | 5,321,300 |
Port of Coatzacoalcos | Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz | container | NA | 28,640,000 |
Port of Colón | Colón, Panama | container, passenger | NA | 4,975,600 |
Port of Corinto | Corinto, Nicaragua | container, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automobile, passenger | NA | 3,612,400 |
Port of Cristóbal | Cristóbal, Panama | container | NA | 10,736,600 |
Port of Dos Bocas | Dos Bocas, Tabasco | container | NA | 31,100,000 |
Port of Ensenada | Ensenada, Baja California | NA | 337,742 | NA |
Port of Lázaro Cárdenas | Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán | container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk | 1,318,732 | NA |
Port of Limón-Moín | Limón-Moín, Costa Rica | container, passenger | 1,232,308 | 11,755,000 |
Port of Manzanillo | Manzanillo, Colima | container, passenger | 3,069,072 | 15,234,100 |
Port of Mazatlán | Mazatlán, Sinaloa | NA | 46,772 | 1,207,950 |
Port of Progreso | Progreso, Yucatán | NA | 153,319 | NA |
Port of Puerto Barrios | Puerto Barrios, Guatemala | container | 455,811 | 4,029,700 |
Port of Puerto Castillo | Puerto Castillo, Honduras | container | 110,000 | 1,151,400 |
Port of Puerto Cortes | Puerto Cortes, Honduras | container | 643,856 | 11,503,100 |
Port of Puerto Quetzal | Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala | container | 500,222 | 12,269,400 |
Port of Santo Tomás de Castilla | Santo Tomás de Castilla, Guatemala | container | 565,389 | 8,072,000 |
Port of Veracruz | Veracruz, Veracruz | NA | 1,144,156 | NA |
PSA Panama International Terminal | Panama | container | NA | 4,261,100 |
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