Mexico & Central America Port Data | 2020 Top 50 Global Freight

2020 Essential Revenue and Operating Information for the 50 Largest Global Freight Carriers

Up Front

Freight carriers across the world experienced dramatic market shifts and volume swings in 2020.
The new trade deal between U.S., Mexico and Canada provides market certainty for North American trade.
The world’s largest freight carriers have navigated unprecedented circumstances due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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

Extras

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