THE Panama Caribbean Coast port area integrated by the ports of Cristobal, Colon Container Terminal (CCT) and Manzanillo (MIT) has topped the ranking of Latin American Ports last year in the list of 102 terminals released recently by the United Nations' Economic Commision for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
The Panama Caribbean Coast port area handled 4.91 million TEU in 2021, with an increase of 10.3 per cent, reports Colchester's Seatrade Maritime News.
In second position was the Port of Santos (Brazil) -which integrates Santos and DP World - with 4.44 million TEU. Both Colon and the Brazilian entity maintained their 2020 first and second place.
The third place was again obtained by the Panama Pacific Coast ports which, adding Balboa and Rodman - PSA, moved 3.56 million TEU, up 12.7 per cent compared to 2020.
Cartagena, Colombia, also keeps its fourth place with 3.44 million TEU, up 7.55 per cent and Manzanillo (Mexico), remains in fifth position with 3.37 million TEU, with an increase of 15.9 per cent when compared to 2020.
The public-use terminals located in El Callao (Peru) were in sixth place, with 2.48 million TEU, up 10.5 per cent and all the terminals of Guayaquil (Ecuador), that grew 4.4 per cent to 2.6 million TEU.
The Port of Kingston, Jamaica, once again managed to secure eighth place with 1.97 million TEU, increasing 22.6 per cent. Maintaining the ninth place was the only Chilean port that grew by 18.2 per cent to 1.55 million TEU.
Lazaro Cardenas (Mexico) replaced San Juan (Puerto Rico) in position 10 with 1.68 million TEU having grown by 58.5 per cent in 2021.
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The Panama Caribbean Coast port area handled 4.91 million TEU in 2021, with an increase of 10.3 per cent, reports Colchester's Seatrade Maritime News.
In second position was the Port of Santos (Brazil) -which integrates Santos and DP World - with 4.44 million TEU. Both Colon and the Brazilian entity maintained their 2020 first and second place.
The third place was again obtained by the Panama Pacific Coast ports which, adding Balboa and Rodman - PSA, moved 3.56 million TEU, up 12.7 per cent compared to 2020.
Cartagena, Colombia, also keeps its fourth place with 3.44 million TEU, up 7.55 per cent and Manzanillo (Mexico), remains in fifth position with 3.37 million TEU, with an increase of 15.9 per cent when compared to 2020.
The public-use terminals located in El Callao (Peru) were in sixth place, with 2.48 million TEU, up 10.5 per cent and all the terminals of Guayaquil (Ecuador), that grew 4.4 per cent to 2.6 million TEU.
The Port of Kingston, Jamaica, once again managed to secure eighth place with 1.97 million TEU, increasing 22.6 per cent. Maintaining the ninth place was the only Chilean port that grew by 18.2 per cent to 1.55 million TEU.
Lazaro Cardenas (Mexico) replaced San Juan (Puerto Rico) in position 10 with 1.68 million TEU having grown by 58.5 per cent in 2021.
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