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CENTRAL AMERICAN MARITIME TRANSPORT COMMISSION
Edited in November 2014
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CENTRAL AMERICAN PORT STATISTICAL SUMMARY, YEAR 2013
SUMMARY STATISTIC YEAR 2013
Network Members of Central American
Port Statistics (REMARPOR)
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
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PACIFICOCEAN
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CREDITS Members of Central American Maritime Port Network Statistics
Guatemala
Daniel Humberto Lemus Calderón COBIGUA Port Barrios dlemus@chiquita.com
Ramiro Antonio Ortiz Flores National Port Company Santo Tomas de Castilla
Rortiz@santotomasport.com.gt
Stuardo Dangel Navas National Port Commission rrousselin@cpn.gob.gt
Ana Luisa Mejía Quetzal Port Company estadisticas@puerto-quetzal.com
El Salvador
Iris Lisseth Perla Conde Port Corsain creditos@puertocorsain.com
Jade Rivera Maritime Port Authority of El Salvador
jrivera@amp.gob.sv
Salvador Ernesto Maya Sánchez CEPA – ACAJUTLA salvador.maya@cepa.gob.sv
Honduras
Argentina Mejía Martínez Honduras National Port Company argentmhn@yahoo.com.mx
Nicaragua
Filemón Bonilla Nicaragua National Port Company fbonilla@epn.com.ni
Jerlin Úbeda General Directorate of Aquatic
Transport, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Nicaragua
jerlin-ubeda@hotmail.com
Costa Rica
Rocío Valverde Rojas Board of Economic Development of the Atlantic Coast
rvalverde@japdeva.go.cr
Gustavo Chavarría Valverde Costa Rican National Institute of
Pacific Ports gchavarria@incop.go.cr
Panamá
Jacqueline Ulloa Panama Maritime Authority julloa@amp.gob.pa
COCATRAM
Otto Guillermo Noack Sierra Executive Director COCATRAM
onoack@cocatram.org.ni
José Dopeso Aparicio Maritime and Port Director
jdopeso@cocatram.org.ni
Marli Ocampo Hernández Statistics Analyst
mocampo@cocatram.org.ni
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The Central American Commission of Maritime Transport (COCATRAM) takes pleasure in presenting
to the maritime port community of the Central American Isthmus, the Summary of Maritime Port
Statistics of the Year 2013, as tool of decision-making and research in the subsector.
COCATRAM structures the Statistical Summary in two parts, the first one composed by three
sections: Cargo, Vessels and Containers briefly approaching the principal aspects of port
performance of the Central American region during the year 2013. The second part present annexes
with the statistical tables consolidating the regional information.
The principal source of information is Companies and Port Authorities of the region that compile
their national statistics, through the members of the Central American Maritime and Port Network
Statistics, working since the year 2000 and coordinated by COCATRAM.
The source of information comes from forty-five foreign trade ports, operated by state and private
companies in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. The three
sections, that shape the first part of the Summary, present general information related to traffic of
cargo, vessels and containers by port and country. It also considers total volume of foreign trade,
type of cargo and vessels and container size.
In this edition, information related to origin and destination is omitted because usually take longer
to compile and process producing delays in the edition of the summary. In the next months,
COCATRAM will publish a supplementary document with the above-mentioned information.
COCATRAM, Port Operators and Port Authorities of the Central American Isthmus will continue
working together in support of their commitment to accomplish this yearly document, aware of the
great importance that implies.
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Index
Conventional Signs .............................................................................................................. 8
Acronyms ........................................................................................................................... 8
1. Cargo Throughput .................................................................................................. 10
1.1. Cargo throughput by country and port.................................................................................. 10
1.2 Foreign trade and port traffic ................................................................................................. 17
1.3. Cargo throughput by coast .................................................................................................... 19
1.4. Cargo throughput by quarter ................................................................................................ 22
1.5. Cargo throughput by type ..................................................................................................... 24
2. Vessel calls ............................................................................................................ 27
3. Containers and container/trailer RO/RO ................................................................. 28
TABLES
Table 1. Cargo throughput at C.A. ports by country (thousand tons), 2012-2013 ....................... 10
Table 2. Cargo throughput at C.A. by port (Thousands of tons), 2013 ........................................ 15
Table 3. Value and volume of foreign trade at C.A. (Millions of U.S y Thousands of MT), 2013 ... 17
Table 4. Volume of foreign trade and cargo throughput at C.A. (Thousands of MT), 2013 .......... 18
Table 5. Cargo loaded and offloaded at C.A. on the Caribbean coast by type, by port, (thousand de
MT), 2013 ..................................................................................................................................... 20
Table 6. Cargo loaded and offloaded at C.A. on the Pacific coast by type, by port, (thousand de
MT), 2013 ..................................................................................................................................... 21
Table 7. Cargo throughput at C.A. in ports per years by type of transfer (Percentage), 2007 - 2013
...................................................................................................................................................... 24
Table 8. Cargo distribution at C.A. by country, by type (%), 2012 - 2013 ..................................... 25
CHART
Chart No.1 Cargo throughput at C.A. by country (Thousand MT, %), 2013 .................................. 10
Chart No. 2 Cargo throughput at C.A. by port (Thousands of MT), 2013 ..................................... 16
Chart No. 3. Cargo loaded and offloaded at C.A. ports by coast (Thousands of MT) ................... 19
Chart No. 4. Cargo throughput at C.A. by quarter, by country, (Thousands of tons), 2013.......... 22
Chart No. 5. Cargo throughput offloaded at C.A. in ports by quarter, by country (Thousands of MT),
2013 ............................................................................................................................................. 23
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Chart No. 6. Cargo throughput loaded at C.A. in ports by quarter, by country (Thousands of Tm),
2013 ............................................................................................................................................. 23
Chart No. 7 Cargo throughput at C.A. by type, by port (Thousand MT, %), 2013 ......................... 24
Chart No. 8 Containerized cargo throughput at C.A. by coast (Thousands of MT), 2013 ............. 24
Chart No. 9. Cargo throughput offloaded at C.A. in ports, by type (Thousands of Tm), 2013 ..... 25
Chart No. 10. Cargo throughput loaded at C.A. in ports, by type (Thousands of Tm), 2013 ........ 25
Chart No. 11. Cargo throughput at C.A. in ports, by type, by coast (Thousands of Tm), 2013 ..... 25
Chart No. 12 Vessel calls at C.A. Ports by type, 2013 ................................................................... 27
Chart No. 13. Container throughput at C.A by port, 2013 ............................................................ 28
Chart No. 14. Container throughput at C.A. by coast, 2013 ......................................................... 28
ANNEXES .......................................................................................................................... 29
Port Traffic in Central America, (Thousands of Metric Tons), 2001-2013 ......................... 30
Vessel arrivals in Central America, (Units), 2001-2013 ................................................... 31
Container throughput at Central America, (TEU), 2001-2013 .......................................... 32
Summary table. - Central America: traffic port, 2013 .................................................... 33
Table No.1. Central America: Cargo throughput by country and port, (Thousands of
MT),2013……… .............................................................................................................. 35
Table No. 2. Central America: Vessel arrivals by ports, quarterly, 2013 ........................... 37
Table No. 3. Central America: Vessel arrivals by ship type, 2013 ..................................... 39
Table No. 4. Central America: Traffic by cargo type, (Thousand MT), 2013 ...................... 41
Table No. 4-A. Central America: Traffic offloaded by cargo type, (Thousand MT), 2013 ... 42
Table No. 4-B. Central America: Traffic loaded by cargo type, (Thousand MT), 2013 ....... 43
Table No. 5. Central America: Container throughput, (Units), 2013 ................................ 44
Table No. 6. Central America: de Containers throughput, (TEU), 2013 ........................... 48
Table No. 7. Central America: Cruise vessels and passengers arrivals by port, 2013 ........ 52
Glossary of Terms ............................................................................................................. 53
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Conventional Signs
- : Data not applicable
… : Information not available
0 : Figure did not reach the first expressed unit
Acronyms
BAPCRASA : Boyas Alba Petróleos Cenergicas y RASA
C : Caribbean Coast
C.A. : Central America
C.C.T. : Colon Container Terminal
COCATRAM : Central American Commission of Maritime Transport.
C.P.T. : Colon Port Terminal
L : Loaded
MIT : Manzanillo International Terminal
O : Offloaded
PATSA : Petro America Terminal S.A
PPC : Panama Port Cristobal
PPB : Panama Port Balboa
P : Pacific Coast
PPIT : PSA Panama International Terminal
SANTOCAS : Santo Tomas de Castilla
TEU : Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit
MT : Metric Ton
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1. Cargo Throughput
1.1. Cargo throughput by country and port In 2013, the cargo throughput at the Central American region was 134.78 million MT, an increase of 3.4 million MT or 3.3% over 2012. Despite the increase in cargo volume, growth slowed down from previous years when it was
double digit (11.7% for 2010-2011 and 12.1% for 2011-2012). The absolute increase in those periods compared with 2013 was 12.2 million MT in 2010-2011 and 14.0 million MT in 2011-2012.
Table 1 Cargo throughput at C.A. ports by country (thousands of MT), 2012-2013
Source: Central American Port Companies and Panama Maritime Authority
Chart No.1 Cargo throughput at C.A. by country (Thousands of MT, %), 2013
In 2013, about 75.8 million MT was offloaded along the Central American isthmus, -0.4% less than the year before, while 58.9 million MT was loaded, an increase of 8.7% compared to 2012. When looking at cargo throughput by coast, as in past years, traffic through Caribbean ports (71.9 million MT) was greater than that through Pacific ports (62.9 million MT).
Country/Year 2012 Share % 2012 2013 Share % 2013 Difference %
2012 - 2013
Guatemala 18,466.64 14.16 20,376.42 15.12 10.34
El Salvador 5,806.55 4.45 5,734.93 4.26 -1.23
Honduras 13,056.94 10.01 14,117.34 10.48 8.12
Nicaragua 3,651.46 2.80 3,622.33 2.69 -0.80
Costa Rica 14,691.28 11.27 14,931.59 11.08 1.64
Panamá 74,708.25 57.30 75,954.49 56.13 1.67
Central American 130,381.12 100.00 134,737.10 100.00 3.34
Guatemala, 20,376.42, 15.12% El Salvador,
5,734.93, 4.26%
Honduras, 14,117.34, 10.48%
Nicaragua, 3,622.33, 2.69%
Costa Rica, 14,931.59, 11.08%
Panamá,75,954.49, 56.37%
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G u ate m al a
In 2013, cargo throughput was 20.4 million MT, a 10.3% increase over 2012. Cargo loading increased 18.0% and represented 41.6% of the total, offloading represented 58.1% of the total, an increase of 5.4%.
Puerto Barrios had the greatest increase in cargo volume in the country with growth of 19.1%, while Quetzal had an increase of 10.6%, SANTOCAS increased by 8.2%, and Boyas de San José increased by 2.2%.
E l S alvado r
During the period, this country had a throughput of 5.7 million MT. Like last year, its share in the isthmus dropped, going from 4.5% in 2012 to 4.2% in 2013, and a rate of decrease of -1.3%. This was mainly due to reductions at Corsain (-77.9%) and La Unión (-74.3%). Acajutla had growth of 3.9%.
La Unión Acajutla Corsain T de Boyas Total
Loaded 0.00 1,291.65 0.00 12.24 1,303.89
Offloaded 30.44 2,821.51 28.33 1,550.76 4,431.04
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
100%
El Salvador: Cargo throughput by port (Thousands of MT), 2013
Source: Port Acajutla, La Union and CORSAIN
Boyas de San José Quetzal Barrios SANTOCAS Total
Loaded 256.82 3,012.30 1,810.09 3,449.05 8,528.26
Offloaded 1,531.27 6,378.77 1,440.30 2,497.82 11,848.16
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
100%
Guatemala: Cargo throughput by port (Thousands of MT), 2013
Source: Port Company Santo Tomas de Castilla, Quetzal and Barrios
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Ho n du ras
It had an 8.1% increase in cargo throughput from 2012 to 2013 with 14.1 million MT, having increased both loaded and offloaded, the latter increasing by 16.8% and the former by 1.6%.
Puerto Castilla had a 7.5% share of throughput in the country and showed the greatest increases (25.9%), followed by San Lorenzo with 16.2%, Tela with 6.0%, and Puerto Cortes with 70.9%, an increase of 4.7% compared to 2012.
Ni carag u a
It had a throughput of 3.6 million MT in 2013, a drop of -0.8%, mainly affected by a -4.6% reduction in offloading. Cargo loading had an increase of by 13.4%.
The ports of Corinto and Sandino on the Pacific coast and Puerto Cabezas on the Caribbean had reductions in cargo throughput of -0.6%, -6.7%, and -16.3%, respectively.
S Lorenzo Tela La Ceiba Port Castilla Port Cortes Total
Loaded 1,888.58 0.00 0.27 850.40 3,834.45 6,573.70
Offloaded 887.51 276.04 0.01 210.79 6,169.29 7,543.64
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
100%
Honduras: Cargo throughput by port (Thousands of MT), 2013
Source: Port National Company of Honduras
Corinto Sandino Cabezas El Bluff Arlen Siu Total
Loaded 827.43 0.00 0.06 18.72 24.47 870.68
Offloaded 1,858.32 813.49 13.45 43.03 23.36 2,751.65
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Nicaragua: Cargo throughput by port (Thousands of MT), 2013
Source: National port Compny of Nicaragua Porturia
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Co s ta Ri ca
In 2013, Costa Rica had a throughput of 14.9 million MT, a slight increase of 1.66%. Cargo loading represented 47.5% while offloading represented 52.6%. Limón-Moín increased by 1.8% over 2012, although the increase last year was 3.3%. Caldera increased minimally by 1.0% while Punta Morales had an increase of 89.7%. Punta Arenas continued to decline with 36.8% less this year. Terminal Fertica had a -50.4% reduction.
Pan a ma
It had cargo throughput of 75.9 million MT, representing 56.4% of all the cargo in the region. It had an increase of less than 1.7%. Offloading represented 54.5% and loading represented 45.5%.
Panama Ports Balboa, Manzanillo International Terminal, and Terminal Colon Conteiner Terminal were in the top three places in terms of cargo throughput although they had reductions compared to 2012. This decrease were of -7.8%, -1.1% and -7.8%, respectively.
The ports with the greatest increases were PPIT, which increased its cargo throughput by 227.6%, followed by CPT, PATSA, and Terminal Decal with increases of 117.2%, 16.4%, 20.6%, respectively.
Caldera Puntarenas Punta Morales T. Fertica Golfito Limón-Moín Total
Loaded 699.04 0.46 208.80 0.00 167.86 6,008.53 7,084.69
Offloaded 3,279.44 0.45 16.94 46.46 1.54 4,502.07 7,846.90
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Costa Rica: Cargo throughput by port, (Thousands MT), Year 2013
Source: INCOP - JAPDEVA
PPB MITChiriquiGrande
CharcoAzúl
PPC CCT Petrolera otros Total
Loaded 9,683.6 7,269.6 3,034.5 7,702.1 2,969.8 2,977.0 0.0 896.4 34,533.0
Offloaded 12,558.9 6,566.1 9,325.3 990.0 3,322.5 828.4 2,552.3 5,278.2 41,421.5
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
100%
Source: Panama Maritime Authority
Panamá: Cargo Throughput by ports, (Million tons), Year 2013
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The main ports in the region were Panama Port Balboa with 22.2 million MT, with a reduction of -7.8%, while Manzanillo International Terminal also had a slight reduction in cargo volume of -1.1%.
Chiriquí Grande had a throughput of 12.4 million MT in 2013, mainly bulk liquids (12.4 million MT), a 24.9% increase over 2012 for this type of cargo. However, in comparing total throughput in 2013 with the year before, there was a reduction stemming from cargo throughput for civil works projects underway in the west of the Republic of Panama. Limon-Moin handled 10.5 million MT, mostly containerized cargo (7.9 million MT), an increase of 4.7% for this segment. Cortes handled 10.0 million MT with increases for general cargo (15.3%), bulk solids (17.3%), and bulk liquids (10.3%). Containerized and Ro-Ro cargo throughput dropped by -3.8% and -20.8%, respectively.
Quetzal had a total throughput of 9.4 million MT with increases for general cargo (47.9%), containerized cargo (11.1%), bulk solids (13.4%), and bulk liquids (10.6%). The Charco Azul bulk liquids terminal throughput was 8.7 million MT, followed by Panama Ports Cristobal with 6.3 million MT, SANTOCAS with 5.9 million MT, and Acajutla with 4.1 million MT. The latter had increases in general, containerized, and Ro-RO cargo (54.8%, 17.9%, and 159.5%, respectively), while bulk solids and bulk liquids dropped by -8.3% and -5.1%, respectively).
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Table 2. Cargo throughput at C.A. by port (Thousands of MT), 2013
Country / Port Coast 2013 (Thousands of tons)
2012 (Thousands of MT)
Difference
Absolute (Thousands of
MT) %
PPB P 22,242.49 24,130.16 -1,887.67 -7.82%
MIT A 13,835.67 13,982.75 -147.08 -1.05%
Chiriquí Grande A 12,359.76 11,492.28 867.48 7.55%
Limón-Moín A 10,510.60 10,325.59 185.01 1.79%
Cortes A 10,003.74 9,558.01 445.73 4.66%
Quetzal P 9,391.07 8,494.60 896.47 10.55%
Charco Azul P 8,692.07 8,299.20 392.87 4.73%
PPC A 6,292.33 6,041.32 251.01 4.15%
SANTOCAS A 5,946.87 5,494.55 452.32 8.23%
Acajutla P 4,113.16 3,957.56 155.60 3.93%
Caldera P 3,978.47 3,941.24 37.23 0.94%
CCT A 3,805.36 4,145.08 -339.72 -8.20%
Barrios A 3,250.39 2,728.63 521.76 19.12%
San Lorenzo P 2,776.09 2,388.48 387.61 16.23%
Corinto P 2,685.75 2,702.25 -16.50 -0.61%
T. Petrolera A 2,552.25 2,520.93 31.32 1.24%
Boyas de San José P 1,788.09 1,748.85 39.24 2.24%
T. DECAL P 1,604.33 1,330.59 273.74 20.57%
BAPC RASA P 1,563.00 1,602.49 -39.49 -2.46%
PATSA P 1,157.01 993.62 163.39 16.44%
PPIT P 1,122.63 342.68 779.95 227.60%
T. Granelera A 1,082.56 922.12 160.44 17.40%
Castilla A 1,061.19 843.15 218.04 25.86%
Sandino P 813.49 872.18 -58.69 -6.73%
Melones Oil T. Inc P 473.51 0 473.51 -
CPT A 422.13 194.38 227.75 117.17%
Almirante A 304.36 313.09 -8.73 -2.79%
Tela A 276.04 260.49 15.55 5.97%
Punta Morales P 225.74 119.04 106.70 89.63%
Golfito P 169.40 206.62 -37.22 -18.01%
El Bluff A 61.75 17.24 44.51 258.18%
Arlen Siu A 47.83 43.64 4.19 9.60%
T. Fertica P 46.46 93.71 -47.25 -50.42%
La Unión P 30.44 118.43 -87.99 -74.30%
Corsain P 28.33 128.06 -99.73 -77.88%
Cabezas A 13.51 16.13 -2.62 -16.24%
T. Samba Bonita A 7.83 0 7.83 -
Puntarenas P 0.92 1.44 -0.52 -36.11%
La Ceiba A 0.28 6.8 -6.52 -95.88%
Aguadulce p 0.20 0 - -
Total 134,37.10 130,377.38 3,459.72 3.34%
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
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Chart No. 2 Cargo throughput at C.A. by port (Thousands of MT), 2013
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
22,242.49
13,835.67
12,359.76
10,510.60
10,003.74
9,391.07
8,692.07
6,292.33
5,946.87
4,113.16
3,978.47
3,805.36
3,250.39
2,776.09
2,685.75
2,552.25
1,788.09
1,604.33
1,563.00
1,157.01
1,122.63
1,082.56
1,061.19
813.49
473.51
422.13
304.36
276.04
225.74
169.40
61.75
47.83
46.46
30.44
28.33
13.51
7.83
0.92
0.28
0.20
0.00 5,000.00 10,000.00 15,000.00 20,000.00 25,000.00
PPB
MIT
Chiriquí Grande
Limón-Moín
Cortes
Quetzal
Charco Azúl
PPC
SANTOCAS
Acajutla
Caldera
CCT
Barrios
San Lorenzo
Corinto
T. Petrolera
Boyas de San José
T. DECAL
BAPC RASA
PATSA
PPIT
T. Granelera
Castilla
Sandino
MELONES OIL T. INC
CPT
Almirante
Tela
Punta Morales
Golfito
El Bluff
Arlen Siu
T. Fertica
La Unión
Corsain
Cabezas
T. Samba Bonita
Puntarenas
La Ceiba
Aguadulce
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1.2 Foreign trade and port traffic
According to official figures from Central American countries, exports in 2013 amounted to
37,863.27 million dollars, an increase of 2.7% over the previous year. Costa Rica remained in the
lead like last year with the greatest value of exports with 30.3% of the total for all Central America,
followed by Guatemala with 28.8%. Panama had the least volume of exports in the region with 2.2%
of the value of Central American exports.
In terms of exports by country, Guatemala had the greatest increase with 9.0% more than last year,
followed by El Salvador with 2.8%, Panama with 2.7%, Nicaragua with 2.2%, and Costa Rica with
1.9%. Honduras had a -10.0% decline in exports.
Imports to the region in 2013 amounted to 71,846.76 million dollars with no significant difference
compared to 2013. The biggest importer in the region was Costa Rica, followed by Guatemala. A
breakdown is shown in Table 3.
Table 3. Value and volume of foreign trade at C.A. (Millions of US$ and Thousands of MT), 2013
Country Import Export Total
VALUE CIF (Millions of US$)
VOLUME (Thousands of MT)
VALUE FOB (Millions of US$)
VOLUME Thousands of MT)
VALUE (Millions of US$)
VOLUME (Thousands of MT)
Guatemala 17,509.71 12,991.73 10,915.41 9,576.11 28,425.12 22,567.84
El Salvador 10,771.95 7,745.22 5,491.09 2,897.46 16,263.05 10,642.68
Honduras 9,213.20 7,353.46 3,952.75 5,994.96 13,165.95 13,348.42
Nicaragua 8,464.78 5,149.61 5,180.23 2,224.33 13,645.01 7,373.93
Costa Rica 18,126.86 9,037.18 11,479.88 7,902.25 29,606.74 16,939.44
Panama 7,760.26 13,035.39 843.91 1,277.31 8,604.17 14,311.70
Total 71,846.76 55,312.59 37,863.27 29,871.43 104,117.84 85,184.01
Table 4 below shows a breakdown of the volumes of merchandise imported and exported by
country compared to local maritime cargo handled in Central American ports. As can be seen, 81.8%
of the volume of exports and 74.9% of imports transport their goods through the maritime mode.
Along this line, Guatemala and Honduras are the countries with the greatest share of use of their
ports for international trade, with 90.3% of it going through maritime ports. Costa Rica follows
with 88.1%, while El Salvador and Nicaragua has 54% and 60%, respectively.
Guatemala: http://www.banguat.gob.gt/estaeco/ceie/hist/pdfs/2013/CG/kf-103_2013.pdf
El Salvador http://www.bcr.gob.sv/bcrsite/?cat=1012&lang=es
Honduras https://see.bch.hn/SICE-IED/ConsultaSACAjustado.aspx
Nicaragua http://www.dga.gob.ni/Estadweb/WEB_ENERO_DICIEMBRE_2012_2013.pdf Costa Rica http://www.inec.go.cr/sicceweb/default.aspx
Panamá: http://www.contraloria.gob.pa/inec/ComercioExterior/
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Table 4. Volume of foreign trade and cargo throughput at C.A. (Thousands of MT), 2013
The volume of traffic shown in Table 4 does not include transhipping, transit, raw materials and
finished products from free trade zones (maquilas) and cargo of the Colón Free Zone and the
Panama Petroleum Free Zone since these are not either imports or exports. Most of this freight
comes from the Panamanian ports at either end of the canal.
Country
Import Volume Export Volume Total
Foreign Trade
Maritime Cargo
Offloaded
Foreign Trade
Maritime Cargo
Loaded
Foreign Trade
Total Maritime
Cargo
Guatemala 12,991.73 11,848.13 9,576.11 8,528.28 22,567.84 20,376.41
El Salvador 7,745.22 4,428.35 2,897.46 1,316.13 10,642.68 5,744.48
Honduras 7,353.46 6,763.88 5,994.96 5,290.68 13,348.58 12,054.45
Nicaragua 5,149.61 2,793.22 1,865.46 842.46 6,026.78 3,635.68
Costa Rica 9,037.18 7,846.90 7,902.25 7,084.64 16,939.43 14,931.54
Panama 13,035.39 7,760.26 1,276.31 1,090.98 14,311.70 8,851.24
Total 55,312.59 41,440.74 29,512.56 24,153.07 83,836.85 65,593.80
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority Guatemala: http://www.banguat.gob.gt/estaeco/ceie/hist/pdfs/2013/CG/kf-103_2013.pdf
El Salvador http://www.bcr.gob.sv/bcrsite/?cat=1012&lang=es
Honduras https://see.bch.hn/SICE-IED/ConsultaSACAjustado.aspx
Nicaragua http://www.dga.gob.ni/Estadweb/WEB_ENERO_DICIEMBRE_2012_2013.pdf
Costa Rica http://www.inec.go.cr/sicceweb/default.aspx
Panamá: http://www.contraloria.gob.pa/inec/ComercioExterior/
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1.3. Cargo throughput by coast
Chart No. 3. Cargo loaded and offloaded at C.A. ports by coast
(Thousands of MT)
In 2013, throughput at Caribbean ports represented 53.3% of the total at C.A., an increase of 4.3% over last year, while cargo loading increased by 14.6%.
Containerized cargo accounted for 57.1%, while bulk solids were 7.1% and bulk liquids represented 30.5% and general cargo 3.1%.
Standing out on this coast is MIT, which attended 19.3% of cargo at C.A. Caribbean coast, followed by Chiriquí Grande with 17.2%, Limón-Moín with 14.6%, Cortes with 13.9%, PPC with 8.9%, and Santo Tomas de Castilla with 8.3%.
Ports on the Pacific handled 46.7% of total cargo for the region, an increase of 2.3%. Cargo loading represented 41.7% and offloading 58.3%.
Containerized cargo accounted for 45.5% of the throughput on this coast and bulk liquids and bulk solids represented 33.0% and 18.3%, respectively.
Panama Port Balboa stands out with 35.4% of the cargo, followed by Quetzal with 14.9%, Charco Azul with 13.8%, and Caldera with 6.3%.
-
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
Caribbean Pacific Total
Offloaded 39,195.50 36,647.41 75,842.91
Loaded 32,638.95 26,255.24 58,894.19
Total 71,834.45 62,902.65 134,737.10
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
22,242.49
9,391.07
8,692.07
4,113.16
3,978.47
2,776.09
2,685.75
1,788.09
1,604.33
1,563.00
1,157.01
1,122.63
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000
PPB
Quetzal
Charco Azúl
Acajutla
Caldera
San Lorenzo
Corinto
Boyas de SanJosé
PATSA
BAPCRASA
T. DECAL
PPIT
C.A. PACIFIC COAST: THROUGHPUT ON MAIN PORTS (THOUSANDS TM), 2013
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
13,835.67
12,359.76
10,510.60
10,003.74
6,292.33
5,946.87
3,805.36
3,250.39
2,552.25
1,082.56
1,061.19
1,133.73
0.00 5,000.00 10,000.00 15,000.00
MIT
Chiriquí Grande
Limón-Moín
Cortes
PPC
SANTOCAS
CCT
Barrios
T. Petrolera
T. Granelera
Castilla
Others
C.A. CARIBBEAN COAST: THROUGHPUT ON MAIN PORTS (THOUSANDS TM), 2013
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
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Table 5. Cargo loaded and offloaded at C.A. at the Caribbean coast by type, by port, (Thousands of MT), 2013
Country / Port General Cargo Containerized Ro-Ro Dry Bulk Liquid Bulk Others Total
TOTAL Offloaded Loaded Offloaded Loaded Offloaded Loaded Offloaded Loaded Offloaded Loaded Offloaded Loaded Offloaded Loaded
Puerto Barrios
20.92
111.04
1,263.66
1,699.06 -
-
51.44
-
104.27
-
-
-
1,440.30
1,810.09
3,250.39
SANTOCAS
43.44
426.95
1,558.95
1,680.10 1.43
-
287.03
653.42
606.97
688.58
-
-
2,497.82
3,449.05
5,946.87
Tela
-
-
-
- -
-
79.28
-
196.76
-
-
-
276.04
-
276.04
La Ceiba
0.01
0.26
-
- -
-
-
- -
-
-
-
0.01
0.27
0.28
Castilla
-
9.38
113.84
430.60 -
-
-
132.94
4.00
178.68
92.95
98.80
210.79
850.40
1,061.19
Cortes
210.95
81.28
1,783.97
2,062.02 1.76
1.44
1,584.82
949.35
2,011.81
156.05
575.98
584.31
6,169.29
3,834.45
10,003.74
Cabezas
-
0.05
-
0.01 -
-
-
-
13.45
- -
-
13.45
0.06
13.51
El Bluff
22.17
18.26
5.66
0.46 -
-
-
-
15.19
- -
-
43.03
18.72
61.75
Arlen Siu
13.24
13.86
10.12
10.61 -
-
-
- -
-
-
-
23.36
24.47
47.83
Limón-Moín 452.36 47.71
1,923.17 5,923.86 16.74
6.43
45.75 30.53 2,063.93 - 0.11 - 4,502.07 6,008.53 10,510.60
CPT
-
-
-
- -
-
-
-
288.06
134.06 -
-
288.07
134.06
422.13
T. Granelera
477.82
-
-
- -
-
518.86
-
85.88
-
-
-
1,082.56
-
1,082.56
CCT
-
-
828.38
2,976.98 -
-
-
- -
-
-
-
828.38
2,976.98
3,805.36
T. Petrolera
-
-
-
- -
-
-
-
2,552.25
- -
-
2,552.25
-
2,552.25
T. Samba Bonita
7.83
-
-
- -
-
-
- -
-
-
-
7.83
-
7.83
Chiriquí Grande
9.03
-
-
- -
-
-
12.00
9,316.22
3,022.51 -
-
9,325.25
3,034.51
12,536.76
PANAMA PORT CRISTOBAL
15.33
6.48
2,288.75
2,754.75
1.58
1.03
759.29
0.06
257.57
207.48 -
-
3,322.53
2,969.80
6,292.33
Almirante
9.03
205.17
37.36
52.80 -
-
-
- -
-
-
-
46.39
257.97
304.36 MANZANILLO INT. TERMINAL
-
-
6,423.74
7,173.11
142.34
96.48 -
-
-
- -
-
6,566.08
7,269.58
13,835.67
TOTAL 1,282.14 920.44 16,237.60 24,764.36 163.85 105.38 3,326.47 1,778.30 7,516.40 4,387.36 669.04 683.11 39,195.50 32,638.95 71,834.45 1
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
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Table 6. Cargo loaded and offloaded at C.A. on the Pacific coast by type, by port, (Thousands MT), 2013 Country /
Port General Cargo Containerized Ro-Ro Dry Bulk Liquid Bulk Others Total
TOTAL Offloaded Loaded Offloaded Loaded Offloaded Loaded Offloaded Loaded Offloaded Loaded Offloaded Loaded Offloaded Loaded
Boyas de San José
- - - - - - - - 1,531.27 256.82 - - 1,531.27 256.82 1,788.09
Quetzal 656.11 30.78 1,126.20 1,144.87 44.88 1.06 3,369.56 1,468.83 1,148.00 165.08 34.02 201.68 6,378.77 3,012.30 9,391.07
La Unión
0.38
-
-
-
-
-
30.06 -
-
-
-
-
30.44
-
30.44
Acajutla 209.32 21.86 939.47 569.30 40.23 0.84 1,193.55 378.87 437.11 320.78 1.83 - 2,821.51 1,291.65 4,113.16
Corsain 28.33 - - - - - - - - - - - 28.33 - 28.33
BAPCRASA - - - - - - - - 1,550.76 12.24 - - 1,550.76 12.24 1,563.00
San Lorenzo 91.18 - 20.79 9.43 - - 30.00 1,802.70 741.69 72.68 3.85 3.77 887.51 1,888.58 2,776.09
Corinto
16.07
137.97
450.24
297.36
22.06
-
675.38 196.34
694.57
195.76
-
-
1,858.32
827.43
2,685.75
Sandino - - - - - - 159.68 - 653.81 - - - 813.49 - 813.49
Caldera 253.96 54.46 896.50 643.39 53.44 0.04 1,895.57 - 179.96 1.15 - - 3,279.43 699.04 3,978.47
Puntarenas - 0.23 - - - - 0.08 0.01 0.38 0.22 - - 0.46 0.46 0.92
Punta Morales
- - - - - - - 149.25 16.94 59.55 - - 16.94 208.80 225.74
T. Fertica 11.75 - - - - - 34.71 - - - - - 46.46 - 46.46
Golfito 0.49 5.74 - - - - - - 1.05 162.12 - - 1.54 167.86 169.40
Charco Azul - - - - - - - - 989.95 7,702.12 - - 989.95 7,702.12 8,692.07
Agua dulce - 0.20 - - - - - - - - - - - 0.20 0.20
PATSA - - - - - - - - 1,604.33 - - - 1,604.33 - 1,604.33
T. DECAL - - - - - - - - 1,157.01 - - - 1,157.01 - 1,157.01
MELONES OIL TERMINAL INC
- - - - - - - - 473.51 - - - 473.51 - 473.51
PPIT 1.93 1.33 586.61 502.80 - - 29.96 - - - - - 618.50 504.13 1,122.63
PPB 13.08 - 12,038.37 9,361.50 98.85 0.03 81.79 - 326.79 322.08 - - 12,558.88 9,683.61 22,242.49
TOTAL 1,282.60 252.57 16,058.18 12,528.65 259.46 1.97 7,500.34 3,996.00 11,507.13 9,270.60 39.70 205.45 36,647.41 26,255.24 62,902.65
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
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1.4. Cargo throughput by quarter
The Central American region handled an average of 33.7 million MT of cargo, quarterly. The second quarter had the greatest volume with 36.5 million MT and the fourth quarter had the least with 32.5 million MT.
The second quarter had the best performance with an increase of 12.1%, while there were declines during the rest of the year, the maximum one of -10.2% occurring in the third quarter. Cargo throughput at the ports increase 0.1% in the fourth quarter compared to the third.
In terms of the tendency by country, Panama set the trend for cargo throughput in Central America with an increase between the first and second quarter of 19.1%, then seeing a -10.8% drop from the second to third quarter. The difference between the third and fourth quarters was -1.5%.
Costa Rica increased 5.3% from the first to the second quarter and 3.7% between the third and fourth, but there was a drop of -3.2% between the second and third quarters.
Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador had growth from the first to the second quarter, of 8.7%, 6.2%, and, 1.4%, respectively, but had negative growth the rest of the year, mainly between third and fourth quarter. Guatemala increased from by 5.7% between the third and fourth quarter, while El Salvador had a 7.0% drop in same period and Nicaragua an increase of 26.8%.
In regards to the performance of ports in Honduras, despite an increase in cargo volume compared to 2012, their behavior through the year showed a decline, dropping -1.3% from the first to the second quarter, -1.6% from the second to the third, and -0.8% from the third to the fourth.
Chart No. 4. Cargo throughput at C.A. by quarter, by country, (Thousands of tons), 2013
In terms of cargo offloading trend in 2013, the quarterly average received was 19.0 million MT. The highest offloading volume was in the third quarter (19.7 million MT) and during this period, the region had an 8.8% compared to the first quarter of the year. The rest of the year, cargo throughput decreased by -4.6% from the second to the third quarter, and increase 3.0% in the fourth quarter compared to the third quarter of this year.
Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Panama received the highest volume of cargo in the second quarter, while Honduras and Nicaragua had the most in the fourth quarter. Guatemala, Nicaragua
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
I II III IV
Guatemala El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama Total
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
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and Costa Rica received the least volume of cargo on the first quarter, while it was the third quarter for Honduras and for Panama and El Salvador, it was the fourth quarter.
Chart No. 5. Cargo throughput offloaded at C.A. in ports by quarter, by country (Thousands of MT), 2013
Each quarter has cargo loading an average of 14.7 million MT. The second quarter had the most cargo shipped with 16.8 million MT, while the lowest amount (13.6 million MT) was in the fourth quarter.
In Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, the highest volume of cargo was loaded during the first quarter and Panama and Costa Rica had the most in the second and fourth quarters, respectively.
Chart No. 6. Cargo throughput loaded at C.A. in ports by quarter, by country (Thousands of Tm), 2013
0
2,500
5,000
7,500
10,000
12,500
15,000
17,500
20,000
22,500
I II III IV
Guatemala El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama Total
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
18,000
I II III IV
Guatemala El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama Total
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
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1.5. Cargo throughput by type
Containerized cargo accounted for the highest throughput volume with 69.6 million MT or 52.0% of C.A. total, a decrease from 54.1% from the previous year, caused mainly by the increase of bulk cargo in the region.
Liquid bulk segment was in second position with 31.2%, an increase of 1.5 percentage points compared to 2012. There was also an increase in solid bulk by 1.6 percentage points; while there was less general cargo and Ro-Ro cargo (see Table 7).
Table 7. Cargo throughput at C.A. in ports by type of transfer (Percentage), 2009 - 2013
Year General Cargo
Containerized Ro-Ro Dry Bulk Liquid Bulk Others Total
% % % % % % (Thousands of tm)
2009 2.26 47.33 0.56 9.71 38.87 1.27 100,143.50
2010 2.61 56.60 0.73 11.14 27.57 1.35 104,152.50
2011 2.71 59.47 0.56 11.04 24.71 1.51 116,355.70
2012 3.53 54.06 0.49 10.83 29.69 1.41 130,381.10
2013 2.77 51.65 0.39 12.32 31.68 1.19 134,737.10
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
Chart No. 7.
Cargo throughput at C.A. by type, by port (Thousand MT, %), 2013
Chart No. 8. Containerized cargo throughput at C.A. by coast
(Thousands of MT), 2013
General Cargo3,737.75 , 2.77%
Containerized69,588.79 , 51.65%
Ro-Ro530.66 , 0.39%
Dry Bulk, 16,601.11 , 12.32%
Liquid Bulk42,681.49 , 31.68%
Others1,597.30 , 1.19%
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime
-
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
Caribbean Pacific Total
Offloaded 16,237.60 16,058.18 32,295.78
Loaded 24,764.36 12,528.65 37,293.01
Total 41,001.96 28,586.83 69,588.79
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime
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Chart No. 9. Cargo throughput offloaded at C.A. in ports, by type (Thousands of Tm), 2013
Chart No. 10. Cargo throughput loaded at C.A. in ports, by type (Thousands of Tm), 2013
The volume of general cargo offloaded in 2013 was -29.6%, while cargo loading rose by 22.4%. Offloading of containerized cargo dropped by -2.2% and the volume loaded dropped by -0.5%, whereas Ro-Ro cargo offloading dropped by -9.3% and cargo loading by -37.34%. Solid bulk offloading and loading increased by 6.1% and 47.6%, respectively. Liquid bulk loading increased by 28.1% but there was no variation in offloading.
The Atlantic coast handled more containerized cargo than Pacific ports but less solid bulk handled. Bulk liquid throughput was similar on both coasts.
Chart No. 11. Cargo throughput at C.A. in ports, by type, by coast
(Thousands of Tm), 2013
General Cargo, 2,564.74 , 3.38%
Containerized, 32,295.78 , 42.58%
Ro-Ro, 423.31 , 0.56%
Dry Bulk, 10,826.81 , 14.28%
Liquid Bulk, 29,023.53 , 38.27%
Others, 708.74 , 0.93%
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime
General Cargo, 1,173.01 , 1.99%
Containerized, 37,293.01 , 63.32%
Ro-Ro, 107.35 , 0.18%
Dry Bulk, 5,774.30 , 9.80%
Liquid Bulk, 13,657.96 , 23.19%
Others, 888.56 , 1.51%
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
GeneralCargo
Containerized
Ro-Ro Dry Bulk LiquidBulk
Others Total
Pacific 1,535.17 28,586.83 261.43 11,496.34 20,777.73 245.15 62,902.65
Caribean 2,202.58 41,001.96 269.23 5,104.77 21,903.76 1,352.15 71,834.45
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
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Table 8. Cargo distribution at C.A. by country, by type (%), 2012 - 2013
País / Año
General Cargo Containerized Ro-Ro Dry Bulk Liquid Bulk Others Total Cargo
(Thousand MT)
2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013
% % % % % % % % % % % % % %
Guatemala 5.76 6.33 42.72 41.58 0.26 0.23 25.67 28.61 22.96 22.09 2.63 1.16 18,466.62 20,376.41
El Salvador 3.12 4.53 23.43 26.32 0.27 0.72 30.27 27.91 42.92 40.49 0.00 0.03 5,806.55 5,732.24
Honduras 2.59 2.78 34.34 31.31 0.03 0.02 27.88 32.44 24.84 23.81 10.32 9.63 13,056.92 14,117.27
Nicaragua 2.78 6.12 22.14 21.38 0.72 0.61 30.30 28.47 44.06 43.42 0.00 0.00 3,651.45 3,622.27
Costa Rica 5.74 5.54 61.38 62.87 1.07 0.51 14.08 14.44 17.72 16.64 0.00 0.00 14,691.27 14,931.61
Panama 2.78 1.00 62.81 60.00 0.52 0.45 1.08% 1.87% 32.82 36.69 0.00 0.00 74,708.21 75,047.75
Total 3.53 2.77 54.06 52.65 0.49 0.39 10.83 12.32 29.69 31.68 1.41 1.19 130,381.00 134,737.10
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
Cargo throughput by Guatemala ports was mainly containers, though its share was 1.1 percentage points less than the year before. The share of bulk cargo throughput had increases of 28.6% for solids and 22.1% for liquids, an increase of 2.9 percentage points for the former.
The main segment of cargo at ports of El Salvador accounted for liquid bulk with a reduction of its share by 2.4 percentage points compared to last year. Solid bulk represented 27.9% and containerized cargo represented 26.3%, 2.8 percentage points more than in 2012.
The share of solid bulk cargo at ports in Honduras was 32.4%, 31.31% for containers and 23.85% for liquid bulk.
In Nicaragua, the cargo segment with the largest share was liquid bulk with 43.4%, followed by solid bulk with 28.5% and containerized with 21.4%.
In Panama, containerized cargo represented 60.0% and bulk liquids 36.75% of total cargo.
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2. Vessel calls
In 2013, 18,254 vessels entered the region’s ports, most of them container ships accounting for
59.7% of the total for a 1.2% increase over the previous year. Additionally, conventional vessel calls
increased by 1.6%, liquid and solid bulk vessels by 21.1% and 10.4%, respectively, oil tankers and
barges by 4.6% and 36.4%, respectively and cruise ships by 2.5%. Reefer vessel calls declined by -
12.8%, while Ro–Ro carriers and gas tankers decreased by -9.5% and -9.2%, respectively.
Cruise vessel calls accounted for 774, 31.90% called in Roatán Cruise Terminals in Honduras, 28.9%
in Costa Rica and 26.5% in Panama. The Home Port Terminal, COLON 2000, Mahogany Bay and
Coxen Hole, received the largest number of vessel calls (91, 85, 166, and 81, respectively), followed
by Puntarenas, Limón-Moín, and Caldera in Costa Rica with 64, 60, and 49 calls, respectively.
Chart No. 12. : Vessel calls at C.A. by type, 2013
The simple average of total cargo volume by number of vessels was around 7,000 tons. Panama kept
the largest average of cargo per vessel with 9,000 MT. The average for Costa Rica and Nicaragua
was 5,000 MT per vessel. Caribbean ports accounted for 6,000 MT per vessel, while Pacific ports had
a figure close to 10,000 MT per vessel.
Conventional; 1,243; 6.81%
Reefer; 1,041; 5.70%
Container Ships, 10,892, 59.67%
Ro-Ro; 734; 4.02% Liquid Bulk Carrier; 940; 5.15%
Dry Bulk Carrier; 870; 4.77%
Oil Tanker; 874; 4.79%
Gas Carrier Tanker; 227; 1.24%
Barge; 300; 1.64%
Cruises; 774; 4.24%
Others; 359; 1.97%
Source: Central American Port Companes and Panama Maritime Authority
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3. Containers and box/trailer
Port throughput in C.A. reported 5,796,929 containers and box/trailer, equivalent to 9,946,727 Teu.
There was a -3.14% drop in container throughput compared to the previous period. Ports with major
reductions were PPB with -5.8%, CCT with -20.4% and PPC with -15.1%. The highest percentage
increase during the period was PPIT with 131.6%.
Chart No. 13. Container throughput at C.A by port (TEU), 2013
Panamanian ports accounted
for 65.7% of C.A. container
throughput, 12.5% in Costa
Rica and 12.2% in Guatemala,
while Atlantic coast handled
60.0% and 40.0% in the Pacific
coast.
40-foot containers in C.A.
represented 67.8% of all
boxes used in its maritime
trade. The container
empty/full ratio was close to
three, with PPIT standing out
with a ratio of 13. Chart No. 13
illustrates main ports container throughput.
Chart No. 14. Container throughput at C.A. by coast, 2013
0.00
2,000.00
4,000.00
6,000.00
8,000.00
10,000.00
12,000.00
Caribbean Pacific Total
6,204.96
4,063.94
10,268.90
5,967.42
3,979.30
9,946.72
2013 2012
Source: Central American Port Companies and Panama Maritime Authority
3,0
64
2,0
26
1,0
54
722
193
585
571
500
389
323
181
124
96 92 18 5 4 0.9
Source: Central American Port Companies and Panama Maritime Authority
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ANNEXES
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Port throughput in Central America, (Thousands of MT), 2001-2013
Country/Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Guatemala 11,246 12,217 14,640 14,678 15,753 16,080 16,876 15,860 15,978 16,876 18,301 18,467 20,376
El Salvador 4,592 4,546 4,698 4,686 5,098 5,965 6,156 6,010 4,931 5,392 5,848 5,807 5,735
Honduras 6,882 7,083 7,658 8,732 9,273 9,393 9,819 10,476 9,450 10,582 12,137 13,057 14,117
Nicaragua 2,363 2,094 2,146 2,328 2,505 2,707 2,938 2,799 2,834 3,009 3,438 3,651 3,622
Costa Rica 9,078 9,760 10,439 10,915 11,334 12,824 13,674 13,909 12,069 13,474 14,207 14,691 14,932
Panama 23,139 21,291 24,626 34,795 36,699 39,245 44,826 47,047 54,881 54,819 62,425 74,708 75,954.49
Total 57,300 56,991 64,207 76,134 80,664 86,214 94,289 96,100 100,144 104,152 116,356 130,381 134,737.10
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
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40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Port throughput in Central Americ, (Thousands of MT), 2001-2013
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
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Vessel calls in Central America, (Units), 2001-2013
Country/Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Guatemala 2,534 2,637 2,912 3,055 3,112 3,366 3,546 3,370 3,261 3,501 3,328 3,173 3,334
El Salvador 445 451 546 590 610 718 855 729 630 620 725 743 810
Honduras 2,154 2,212 2,293 2,324 2,309 2,377 2,547 2,456 2,238 2,252 2,570 2,165 2,281
Nicaragua 544 422 432 421 449 621 676 673 596 640 642 569 640
Costa Rica 2,386 2,642 2,732 2,737 2,779 3,042 3,215 3,078 2,999 3,136 3,373 3,322 3,196
Panama 4,911 4,823 5,140 5,479 5,998 6,159 6,570 6,821 6,567 7,388 8,129 7,945 7,993
Total 12,974 13,187 14,055 14,606 15,257 16,283 17,409 17,127 16,291 17,537 18,767 17,917 18,254
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
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10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000 18,000 20,000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Vessel calls in Central America, ( Units), 2001-2013
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
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Container throughput in Central America, (TEU), 2001-2013 Country/ Year
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Guatemala 597,775 681,078 725,976 750,343 770,363 835,253 876,653 905,705 887,322 1,022,994 1,163,076 1,500,799 1,211,564
El Salvador 17,721 42,221 66,216 93,647 104,370 124,331 144,458 156,323 126,369 146,819 161,226 160,981 180,635
Honduras 397,659 413,842 470,340 555,854 591,697 593,800 636,433 669,802 571,720 612,844 662,672 663,945 671,466
Nicaragua 10,933 10,447 12,328 16,983 18,951 47,948 61,457 63,234 59,932 68,326 84,467 94,444 98,152
Rica Costa 616,900 646,971 676,438 734,088 778,651 880,436 968,559 1,004,975 909,442 1,036,214 1,095,490 1,229,529 1,246,831
Panama 1,591,472 1,544,774 1,991,659 2,428,799 2,774,569 3,027,562 4,074,480 4,651,926 4,244,740 5,593,199 6,629,943 6,984,447 6,538,079
Total 3,232,460 3,339,333 3,942,957 4,579,714 5,038,601 5,509,330 6,762,040 7,451,965 6,799,525 8,480,396 9,796,874 10,634,145 9,946,727
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
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4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
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Summary table - Central America: port throughput, 2013
Country/Port Coast Cargo Ships Containers
Thousands of MT (units) Units TEU
GUATEMALA
Boyas de San José P 1,788.09 117 - -
Quetzal P 9,391.07 1,303 195,487 322,690
Puerto Barrios A 3,250.39 490 201,684 389,111
Santo Tomas de Castilla A 5,946.87 1,424 268,356 499,763
Total Country 20,376.42 3,334 665,527 1,211,564.00
EL SALVADOR
Acajutla P 4,113.16 649 107,414 180,635
Boyas Alba Petróleos, Cenergica y RASA P 1,563.00 116 - -
Corsain P 28.33 37 - -
La Unión P 30.44 8 - -
Total Country 5,734.93 810 107,414 180,635.00
HONDURAS
San Lorenzo P 2,776.09 220 2,381 3,621
Tela A 276.04 17 - -
La Ceiba A 0.28 19 - -
Puerto Castilla A 1,061.19 157 48,219 96,438
Puerto Cortes A 10,003.74
1,621 308,474 571,407
Roatan T. Coxen Hole A - 81 - -
Roatan T. Mahogany Bay A - 166 - -
Total Country 14,117.34 2,281 359,074 671,466.00
NICARAGUA
Corinto P 2,685.75 435 58,053 91,864
Sandino P 813.49 35 - -
San Juan del sur P - 26 - -
Arlen Siu A 47.83 88 2,888 5,430
Cabezas A 13.51 16 - -
El Bluff A 61.75 40 445 858
Total Country 3,622.33 640.0 61,386 98,152.00
COSTA RICA
Caldera P 3,978.47 606 116,184 193,095
Puntarenas P 0.92 64 - -
Punta Morales P 225.74 14 - -
Terminal Fertica P 46.46 7 - -
Quepos P - 232
Golfito P 169.40 122 - -
Limón-Moín A 10,510.60
2,151 553,711 1,053,736
Total Country 14,931.59 3,196 669,895 1,246,831.00
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Summary table - Central America: port throughput, 2013
Country/Port Coast
Cargo Ships Containers
Thousands of MT (units) Units TEU
PANAMA
Aguadulce P 0.20 25 - -
Amador & Resorts P - 28 - -
Balboa P 22,242.49 1,772 1,841,486 3,063,591
Charco Azúl P 8,692.07 95 - -
Home Port (Terminal de Cruceros) A - 91 - -
Pedregal P - - - -
Petro America Terminal P 1,157.01 155 - -
PPIT (Panama International Terminal) P 1,122.63 379 78,594 123,809
Puertos Melones Oil Terminal Inc P 473.51 24 - -
T. DECAL P 1,604.33 95 - -
Yacth club Cristobal P - - - -
Bocas Fruit (Almirante) A 304.36 99 8,974 17,949
Chiriquí Grande A 12,359.76 163 - -
COLON 2000 A - 85 - -
Colon Container Terminal A 3,805.36 834 336,105 585,121
Colon Port Terminal A 422.13 18 - -
Panama Port Cristobal (PPC) A 6,292.33 1,337 466,967 721,815
Manzanillo-Panama A 13,835.67 2,580 1,201,507 2,025,794
T. Granelera A 1,082.56 88 - -
T. Petrolera A 2,552.25 100 - -
T. Samba Bonita A 7.83 25 - -
Total Country 75,954.49 7,993 3,933,633 6,538,079
Summary table by country
Guatemala 20,376.42 3,334 665,527 1,211,564
El Salvador 5,734.93 810 107,414 180,635
Honduras 14,117.34 2,281 359,074 671,466
Nicaragua 3,622.33 640 61,386 98,152
Costa Rica 14,931.59 3,196 669,895 1,246,831
Panama 75,954.49 7,993 3,933,633 6,538,079
Central America 134,737.10 18,254 5,796,929 9,946,727
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
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Table No.1. Central America: Cargo throughput by country and port, (Thousands of MT), 2013
Country/Port Coast Quarter I Quarter II Quarter III Quarter IV Total
Offloaded Loaded Total Offloaded Loaded Total Offloaded Loaded Total Offloaded Loaded Total Offloaded Loaded Total
GUATEMALA
Boyas de San José P 423.13 53.09 476.22 337.38 70.87 408.25 326.18 89.00 415.18 444.58 43.86 488.44 1,531.27 256.82 1,788.09
Quetzal P 1,369.70 960.82 2,330.52 1,802.26 1,063.68 2,865.94 1,524.80 500.26 2,025.06 1,682.01 487.54 2,169.55 6,378.77 3,012.30 9,391.07
Puerto Barrios A 365.99 441.62 807.61 356.33 450.10 806.43 360.84 443.67 804.51 357.14 474.70 831.84 1,440.30 1,810.09 3,250.39
Santo Tomas de Castilla
A 626.28 1,032.26 1,658.54 682.98 837.84 1,520.82 615.37 758.72 1,374.09 573.19 820.23 1,393.42 2,497.82 3,449.05 5,946.87
Total Country 2,785.10 2,487.79 5,272.89 3,178.95 2,422.49 5,601.44 2,827.19 1,791.65 4,618.84 3,056.92 1,826.33 4,883.25 11,848.16 8,528.26 20,376.42
EL SALVADOR
La Unión P 22.03 - 22.03 8.03 - 8.03 - - - 0.38 - 0.38 30.44 - 30.44
Acajutla P 694.12 413.60 1,107.72 736.37 379.17 1,115.54 687.94 282.28 970.22 703.08 216.60 919.68 2,821.51 1,291.65 4,113.16
Corsain P 9.00 - 9.00 10.35 - 10.35 7.00 - 7.00 1.98 - 1.98 28.33 - 28.33
Boyas Alba Petróleos, Cenergica y RASA
P 439.79 - 439.79 454.74 12.24 466.98 347.12 - 347.12 309.11 - 309.11 1,550.76 12.24 1,563.00
Total Country 1,164.94 413.60 1,578.54 1,209.49 391.41 1,600.90 1,042.06 282.28 1,324.34 1,014.55 216.60 1,231.15 4,431.04 1,303.89 5,734.93
HONDURAS
San Lorenzo P 222.51 557.91 780.42 236.52 450.83 687.35 213.30 459.02 672.32 215.18 420.82 636.00 887.51 1,888.58 2,776.09
Tela A 62.30 - 62.30 79.28 - 79.28 60.77 - 60.77 73.69 - 73.69 276.04 - 276.04
La Ceiba A 0.01 0.15 0.16 - 0.02 0.02 - 0.10 0.10 - - - 0.01 0.27 0.28
Puerto Castilla A 49.95 162.34 212.29 61.91 185.05 246.96 45.50 200.58 246.08 53.43 302.43 355.86 210.79 850.40 1,061.19
Puerto Cortes A 1,526.45 1,018.00 2,544.45 1,516.97 1,020.97 2,537.94 1,526.30 990.60 2,516.90 1,599.57 804.88 2,404.45 6,169.29
3,834.45
10,003.74
Total Country
1,861.22
1,738.40
3,599.62
1,894.68
1,656.87
3,551.55
1,845.87
1,650.30
3,496.17
1,941.87
1,528.13
3,470.00 7,543.64
6,573.70
14,117.34
NICARAGUA
Corinto P 362.93 252.84 615.77 401.78 215.54 617.32 478.73 151.88 630.61 614.88 207.17 822.05 1,858.32 827.43 2,685.75
Sandino P 168.92 - 168.92 213.44 - 213.44 195.71 - 195.71 235.42 - 235.42 813.49 - 813.49
Cabezas A 2.32 - 2.32 3.91 - 3.91 3.00 0.01 3.01 4.22 0.05 4.27 13.45 0.06 13.51
El Bluff A 2.16 0.46 2.62 16.75 5.93 22.68 12.51 7.19 19.70 11.61 5.14 16.75 43.03 18.72 61.75
Arlen Siu A 4.85 6.66 11.51 7.42 5.82 13.24 5.68 5.48 11.16 5.41 6.51 11.92 23.36 24.47 47.83
Total Country 541.18 259.96 801.14 643.30 227.29 870.59 695.63 164.56 860.19 871.54 218.87 1,090.41 2,751.65 870.68 3,622.33
COSTA RICA
Caldera P 658.16 166.98 825.14 880.04 200.69 1,080.73 824.97 163.95 988.92 916.26 167.42 1,083.68 3,279.43 699.04 3,978.47
Puntarenas P 0.09 0.33 0.42 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.04 0.02 0.06 0.31 0.08 0.39 0.46 0.46 0.92
Punta Morales P 16.94 56.27 73.21 - 56.74 56.74 - 49.77 49.77 - 46.02 46.02 16.94 208.80 225.74
Terminal Fertica P 21.05 - 21.05 5.50 - 5.50 19.91 - 19.91 - - - 46.46 - 46.46
Golfito P 0.36 41.31 41.67 0.13 42.95 43.08 0.05 37.47 37.52 1.00 46.13 47.13 1.54 167.86 169.40
Limón-Moín A 1,137.27 1,516.98 2,654.25 1,139.51 1,481.83 2,621.34 1,175.95 1,412.59 2,588.54 1,049.34 1,597.13 2,646.47 4,502.07 6,008.53 10,510.60
Total Country 1,833.87 1,781.87 3,615.74 2,025.20 1,782.24 3,807.44 2,020.92 1,663.80 3,684.72 1,966.91 1,856.78 3,823.69 7,846.90 7,084.69 14,931.59
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Table No.1. Central America: Cargo throughput by country and port, ( Thousands of MT), 2013
Country/Port Coast Quarter I Quarter II Quarter III Quarter IV Total
Offloaded Loaded Total Offloaded Loaded Total Offloaded Loaded Total Offloaded Loaded Total Offloaded Loaded Total
PANAMA
Charco Azul P 302.64 1,892.74 2,195.38 201.35 2,060.74 2,262.09 323.94 1,878.69 2,202.63 162.02 1,869.95 2,031.97 989.95 7,702.12 8,692.07
Aguadulce P - 0.06 0.06 - 0.06 0.06 - 0.02 0.02 - 0.06 0.06 - 0.20 0.20
T. DECAL P 344.77 - 344.77 354.08 - 354.08 451.88 - 451.88 453.60 - 453.60 1,604.33 - 1,604.33
Petro America Terminal P 233.06 - 233.06 237.89 - 237.89 341.52 - 341.52 344.54 - 344.54 1,157.01 - 1,157.01
Puertos Melones Oil Terminal Inc P - - - - - - 142.65 - 142.65 330.86 - 330.86 473.51 - 473.51
PPIT (Panama International Terminal) P 115.03 70.21 185.24 180.57 158.91 339.48 172.28 147.18 319.46 150.62 127.83 278.45 618.50 504.13 1,122.63
Panama Port Balboa (PPB) P 2,995.29 2,385.06 5,380.35 3,309.51 2,714.93 6,024.44 3,133.47 2,355.83 5,489.30 3,120.61 2,227.79 5,348.40 12,558.88 9,683.61 22,242.49
Colon Port Terminal A 48.55 31.16 79.71 65.44 66.18 131.62 62.14 36.72 98.86 111.94 - 111.94 288.07 134.06 422.13
T. Granelera A 216.52 - 216.52 387.00 - 387.00 289.28 - 289.28 189.76 - 189.76 1,082.56 - 1,082.56
Colon Container Terminal A 192.96 759.92 952.88 190.75 795.45 986.20 226.97 746.42 973.39 217.70 675.19 892.89 828.38 2,976.98 3,805.36
T. Petrolera A 721.45 - 721.45 555.07 - 555.07 721.89 - 721.89 553.84 - 553.84 2,552.25 - 2,552.25
T. Samba Bonita A 7.83 - 7.83 - - - - - - - - - 7.83 - 7.83
Chiriquí Grande A 2,497.36 348.22 2,845.58 2,576.18 1,797.58 4,373.76 1,834.90 475.89 2,310.79 2,416.81 412.82 2,829.63 9,325.25 3,034.51 12,359.76
Bocas Fruit Co. (Almirante) A 11.06 59.12 70.18 7.58 64.08 71.66 17.17 56.44 73.61 10.58 78.33 88.91 46.39 257.97 304.36
Panama Port Cristobal (PPC) A 660.91 608.87 1,269.78 930.63 791.33 1,721.96 942.33 837.08 1,779.41 788.66 732.52 1,521.18 3,322.53 2,969.80 6,292.33
Manzanillo Int. Terminal (MIT) A 1,546.42 1,619.38 3,165.80 1,722.27 1,876.64 3,598.91 1,675.18 1,893.89 3,569.07 1,622.21 1,879.68 3,501.89 6,566.08 7,269.59 13,835.67
Total Country 9,893.85 7,774.74 17,668.59 10,718.32 10,325.90 21,044.22 10,335.60 8,428.16 18,763.76 10,473.75 8,004.17 18,477.92 41,421.52 34,532.97 75,954.49
Summary table by country
Guatemala 2,785.10 2,487.79 5,272.89 3,178.95 2,422.49 5,601.44 2,827.19 1,791.65 4,618.84 3,056.92 1,826.33 4,883.25 11,848.16 8,528.26 20,376.42
El Salvador 1,164.94 413.60 1,578.54 1,209.49 391.41 1,600.90 1,042.06 282.28 1,324.34 1,014.55 216.60 1,231.15 4,431.04 1,303.89 5,734.93
Honduras 1,861.22 1,738.40 3,599.62 1,894.68 1,656.87 3,551.55 1,845.87 1,650.30 3,496.17 1,941.87 1,528.13 3,470.00 7,543.64 6,573.70 14,117.34
Nicaragua 541.18 259.96 801.14 643.30 227.29 870.59 695.63 164.56 860.19 871.54 218.87 1,090.41 2,751.65 870.68 3,622.33
Costa Rica 1,833.87 1,781.87 3,615.74 2,025.20 1,782.24 3,807.44 2,020.92 1,663.80 3,684.72 1,966.91 1,856.78 3,823.69 7,846.90 7,084.69 14,931.59
Panama 9,893.85 7,774.74 17,668.59 10,718.32 10,325.90 21,044.22 10,335.60 8,428.16 18,763.76 10,473.75 8,004.17 18,477.92 1,421.52 34,532.97 75,954.49
Central America 18,080.16 14,456.36 32,536.52 19,669.94 16,806.20 36,476.14 18,767.27 13,980.75 32,748.02 19,325.54 13,650.88 32,976.42 75,842.91 58,894.19 134,737.10
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
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Table No. 2. Central America: Vessel calls by port, quarterly, 2013
Country/Port Coast Quarter I Quarter II Quarter III Quarter IV Total
GUATEMALA
Boyas de San José P 26 29 29 33 117
Quetzal P 312 363 308 320 1,303
Puerto Barrios A 127 119 116 128 490
Santo Tomas de Castilla A 358 351 353 362 1,424
Total Country 823 862 806 843 3,334
EL SALVADOR
Acajutla P 170 169 163 147 649
Boyas Alba Petróleos, Cenergica y RASA P 28 28 31 29 116
Corsain P 9 16 7 5 37
La Unión P 3 2 2 1 8
Total Country 210 215 203 182 810
HONDURAS
San Lorenzo P 62 53 51 54 220
Tela A 4 5 4 4 17
La Ceiba A 10 3 3 3 19
Puerto Castilla A 33 41 38 45 157
Puerto Cortes A 411 400 407 403 1,621
Roatan T. Coxen Hole A 49 7 3 22 81
Roatan T. Mahogany Bay A 74 24 24 44 166
Total Country 643 533 530 575 2,281
NICARAGUA
Corinto P 110 104 108 113 435
Sandino P 7 8 13 7 35
San Juan del sur P 15 - - 11 26
Arlen Siu A 21 23 24 20 88
Cabezas A 2 3 4 7 16
El Bluff A 4 11 15 10 40
Total Country 159 149 164 168 640
COSTA RICA
Caldera P 163 152 140 151 606
Puntarenas P 20 14 4 26 64
Punta Morales P 5 5 2 2 14
Terminal Fertica P 4 1 2 - 7
Quepos P 77 50 44 61 232
Golfito P 60 21 16 25 122
Limón-Moín A 551 533 527 540 2,151
Total Country 880 776 735 805 3,196
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Table No. 2. Central America: Vessel calls by port, quarterly, 2013
Country/Port Coast Quarter I Quarter II Quarter III Quarter IV Total
PANAMA
Aguadulce P 6 6 6 7 25
Amador & Resorts P 12 7 1 8 28
Balboa P 433 447 446 446 1,772
Charco Azul P 26 25 25 19 95
Home Port (Terminal de Cruceros) A 32 17 12 30 91
Pedregal P - - - - -
Petro America Terminal P 20 64 42 29 155
PPIT (Panama International Terminal) P 70 104 111 94 379
Puertos Melones Oil Terminal Inc P - - 11 13 24
T. DECAL P 23 26 26 20 95
Yacth club Cristobal P - - - - -
Bocas Fruit (Almirante) A 23 25 29 22 99
Chiriquí Grande A 36 46 48 33 163
COLON 2000 A 41 17 3 24 85
Colon Container Terminal A 207 222 209 196 834
Colon Port Terminal A 3 2 5 8 18
Cristobal A 346 339 347 305 1,337
Manzanillo-Panama A 611 668 664 637 2,580
T. Granelera A 18 25 27 18 88
T. Petrolera A 33 25 19 23 100
T. Samba Bonita A 25 - - - 25
Total Cuontry 1,965 2,065 2,031 1,932 7,993
Summary table by country
Guatemala 823 862 806 843 3,334
El Salvador 210 215 203 182 810
Honduras 643 533 530 575 2,281
Nicaragua 159 149 164 168 640
Costa Rica 880 776 735 805 3,196
Panama 1,965 2,065 2,031 1,932 7,993
Central America 4,680 4,600 4,469 4,505
18,254
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
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Table No. 3. Central America: Vessel calls by ship type, 2013
Country/Port Coast Conventional Reefer Container Ships Ro-Ro Liquid Bulk
Carrier Dry Bulk Carrier Oil Tanker
Gas Carrier Tanker
Barge Cruises Others Total
GUATEMALA Boyas de San José P - - - - 117 - - - - - - 117
Quetzal P 98 107 591 79 117 222 - 7 6 35 41 1,303
Puerto Barrios A 30 30 395 - 18 10 - - 7 - - 490
Santo Tomas de Castilla A 195 136 845 5 138 37 13 - - 25 30 1,424
Total Country 323 273 1,831 84 390 269 13 7 13 60 71 3,334
EL SALVADOR
Acajutla P 51 - 350 50 86 105 - - - 2 5 649
Boyas Alba Petróleos, Cenergica y RASA P - - - - 116 - - - - - 116
Corsain P - 25 - - - - - - - - 12 37
La Unión P 3 - - - - 5 - - - - - 8
Total Country 54 25 350 50 202 110 - - - 2 17 810
HONDURAS
San Lorenzo P 19 - 37 51 6 72 35 - - - - 220
La Ceiba A 5 - - - - - - - - - 14 19
Puerto Castilla A - 3 109 - 37 5 - - - - 3 157
Puerto Cortes A 69 - 1,223 11 60 137 55 47 - 3 16 1,621
Roatan T. Coxen Hole A - - - - - - - - 81 - 81
Roatan T. Mahogany Bay A - - - - - - - - - 166 - 166
Tela A - - - - - - 17 - - - - 17
Total Cuontry 93 3 1,369 62 103 214 107 47 - 250 33 2,281
NICARAGUA
Corinto P 41 - 189 66 20 43 68 - - 7 1 435
Sandino P 21 - - - - - 14 - - - - 35
San Juan del sur P - - - - - - - - - 26 - 26
Arlen Siu A 88 - - - - - - - - - - 88
Cabezas A 4 - - - - - 12 - - - - 16
El Bluff A 28 - - - - - 12 - - - - 40
Total Country 182 - 189 66 20 43 106 - - 33 1 640
COSTA RICA
Caldera P 45 31 265 69 10 110 - - 21 49 6 606
Golfito P 23 - - - 11 4 - - 33 15 36 122
Punta Morales P 2 - - - 7 5 - - - - - 14
Puntarenas P - - - - - - - - - 64 - 64
Quepos P - - 3 - - 1 - - - 36 192 232
Terminal Fertica P 2 - - - - 5 - - - - - 7
Limón-Moín A 187 586 1,134 22 23 22 1 113 - 60 3 2,151
Total Country 259 617 1,402 91 51 147 1 113 54 224 237 3,196
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Table No. 3. Central America: Vessel calls by ship type, 2013
Country/Port Coast Conventional Reefer Container Ships Ro-Ro Liquid Bulk
Carrier Dry Bulk Carrier Oil Tanker
Gas Carrier Tanker
Barge Cruises Others Total
PANAMA
Aguadulce P 25 - - - - - - - - - - 25
Amador & Resorts P - - - - - - - - - 28 - 28
Armuelles - - - - - - - - - - - -
Balboa P 11 5 1,540 87 62 28 38 - 1 - - 1,772
Charco Azúl P - - - - - - 95 - - - - 95
Home Port (Terminal de Cruceros) A - - - - - - - - - 91 - 91
Pedregal P - - - - - - - - - - - -
Petro America Terminal P - - - - - - 92 - 63 - - 155
PPIT (Panama International Terminal) P 19 2 351 4 - - 2 - 1 - - 379
Puertos Melones Oil Terminal Inc P - - - - - - 24 - - - - 24
T. DECAL P - - - - - - 95 - - - - 95
Yacth club Cristobal P - - - - - - - - - - - -
Almirante A - 99 - - - - - - - - - 99
Chiriquí Grande A 10 - - - - - 153 - - - - 163
COLON 2000 A - - - - - - - - - 85 - 85
Colon Container Terminal A 32 11 791 - - - - - - - - 834
Colon Port Terminal A - - - - - - 18 - - - - 18
Cristobal A 96 3 856 15 100 40 37 55 134 1 - 1,337
Manzanillo-Panama A 73 3 2,213 275 1 1 - - 14 - - 2,580
T. Granelera A 61 - - - 8 18 1 - - - - 88
T. Petrolera A - - - - 3 - 92 5 - - - 100
T. Samba Bonita A 5 - - - - - - - 20 - - 25
Total Country 332 123 5,751 381 174 87 647 60 233 205 - 7,993
Summary table by country
Guatemala 323 273 1,831 84 390 269 13 7 13 60 71 3,334
El Salvador 54 25 350 50 202 110 - - - 2 17 810
Honduras 93 3 1,369 62 103 214 107 47 - 250 33 2,281
Nicaragua 182 - 189 66 20 43 106 - - 33 1 640
Costa Rica 259 617 1,402 91 51 147 1 113 54 224 237 3,196
Panama 332 123 5,751 381 174 87 647 60 233 205 - 7,993
Central America 1,243 1,041 10,892 734 940 870 874 227 300 774 359 18,254
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
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Table No. 4. Central America: Cargo throughput by type, (Thousands of MT), 2013 Country/Port Coast General Cargo Containerized Ro-Ro Dry Bulk Liquid Bulk Others Total
GUATEMALA
Boyas de San José P - - - - 1,788.09 - 1,788.09
Quetzal P 686.89 2,271.07 45.94 4,838.39 1,313.08 235.70 9,391.07
Puerto Barrios A 131.96 2,962.72 - 51.44 104.27 - 3,250.39
Santo Tomas de Castilla A 470.39 3,239.05 1.43 940.45 1,295.55 - 5,946.87
Total Country 1,289.24 8,472.84 47.37 5,830.28 4,500.99 235.70 20,376.42
EL SALVADOR
La Unión P 0.38 - - 30.06 - - 30.44
Acajutla P 231.18 1,508.77 41.07 1,572.42 757.89 1.83 4,113.16
Corsain P 28.33 - - - - - 28.33
Boyas Alba Petróleos, Cenergica y RASA P - - - - 1,563.00 - 1,563.00
Total Country 259.89 1,508.77 41.07 1,602.48 2,320.89 1.83
5,734.93
HONDURAS
San Lorenzo P 91.18 30.22 - 1,832.70 814.37 7.62 2,776.09
Tela A - - - 79.28 196.76 - 276.04
La Ceiba A 0.28 - - - - - 0.28
Puerto Castilla A 9.38 544.44 - 132.94 182.68 191.75 1,061.19
Puerto Cortes A 292.23 3,845.99 3.20 2,534.17 2,167.86 1,160.29 10,003.74
Total Country 393.07 4,420.65 3.20 4,579.09 3,361.67 1,359.66 14,117.34
NICARAGUA
Corinto P 154.04 747.60 22.06 871.72 890.33 - 2,685.75
Sandino P - - - 159.68 653.81 - 813.49
Cabezas A 0.05 0.01 - - 13.45 - 13.51
El Bluff A 40.43 6.12 - - 15.20 - 61.75
Arlen Siu A 27.10 20.73 - - - - 47.83
Total 221.62 774.46 22.06 1,031.40 1,572.79 - 3,622.33
COSTA RICA
Caldera P 308.42 1,539.89 53.48 1,895.57 181.11 - 3,978.47
Puntarenas P 0.23 - - 0.09 0.60 - 0.92
Punta Morales P - - - 149.25 76.49 - 225.74
Terminal Fertica P 11.75 - - 34.71 - - 46.46
Golfito P 6.23 - - - 163.17 - 169.40
Limón-Moín A 500.07 7,847.03 23.17 76.28 2,063.94 0.11 10,510.60
Total Country 826.70 9,386.92 76.65 2,155.90 2,485.31 0.11 14,931.59
PANAMA
Charco Azúl P - - - - 8,692.07 - 8,692.07
Aguadulce P 0.20 - - - - - 0.20
T. DECAL P - - - - 1,604.33 - 1,604.33
Petro America Terminal (PATSA) P - - - - 1,157.01 - 1,157.01
PUERTOS MELONES OIL TERMINAL INC P - - - - 473.51 - 473.51
PPIT (Panama International Terminal) P 3.26 1,089.41 - 29.96 - - 1,122.63
Panam Port Balboa (PPB) P 13.08 21,399.87 98.88 81.79 648.87 - 22,242.49
Colon Port Terminal P - - - 422.13 - 422.13
T. Granelera P 477.82 - - 518.86 85.88 - 1,082.56
Colon Container Terminal A - 3,805.36 - - - - 3,805.36
T. Petrolera A - - - - 2,552.25 - 2,552.25
T. Samba Bonita A 7.83 - - - - - 7.83
Chiriquí Grande A 9.03 - - 12.00 12,338.73 - 12,359.76
Bocas Fruit Co. (Almirante) A 214.20 90.16 - - - - 304.36
Panama Port Cristobal (PPC) A 21.81 5,043.50 2.61 759.35 465.06 - 6,292.33
Manzanillo Int. Terminal (MIT) A - 13,596.85 238.82 - - - 13,835.67
Total Country 747.23 45,025.15 340.31 1,401.96 28,439.84 - 75,954.49
Summary table by country
Guatemala 1,289.24 8,472.84 47.37 5,830.28 4,500.99 235.70 20,376.42
El Salvador 259.89 1,508.77 41.07 1,602.48 2,320.89 1.83 5,734.93
Honduras 393.07 4,420.65 3.20 4,579.09 3,361.67 1,359.66 14,117.34
Nicaragua 221.62 774.46 22.06 1,031.40 1,572.79 - 3,622.33
Costa Rica 826.70 9,386.92 76.65 2,155.90 2,485.31 0.11 14,931.59
Panama 747.23 45,025.15 340.31 1,401.96 28,439.84 - 75,954.49
Central America 3,737.75 69,588.79 530.66 16,601.11 42,681.49 1,597.30 134,737.10
Source: Central American Port Companies and Panama Maritime Authority
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Table No. 4-A. Central America: Throughput offloaded by cargo type, (Thousands of MT), 2013
Country/Port Coast General
Cargo Containerized Ro-Ro Dry Bulk Liquid Bulk Others Total
GUATEMALA
Boyas de San José P - - - - 1,531.27 - 1,531.27
Quetzal P 656.11 1,126.20 44.88 3,369.56 1,148.00 34.02 6,378.77
Puerto Barrios A 20.93 1,263.66 - 51.44 104.27 - 1,440.30
Santo Tomas de Castilla (SANTOCAS) A 43.44 1,558.95 1.43 287.03 606.97 - 2,497.82
Total Country 720.48 3,948.81 46.31 3,708.03 3,390.51 34.02 11,848.16
EL SALVADOR
La Unión P 0.38 - - 30.06 - - 30.44
Acajutla P 209.32 939.47 40.23 1,193.55 437.11 1.83 2,821.51
Corsain P 28.33 - - - - - 28.33
Boyas Alba Petróleos, Cenergica y RASA P - - - - 1,550.76 - 1,550.76
Total Country 238.03 939.47 40.23 1,223.61 1,987.87 1.83 4,431.04
HONDURAS
San Lorenzo P 91.18 20.79 - 30.00 741.69 3.85 887.51
Tela A - - - 79.28 196.76 - 276.04
La Ceiba A 0.01 - - - - -
0.01
Puerto Castilla A - 113.84 - - 4.00 92.95 210.79
Puerto Cortes A 210.95 1,783.97 1.76 1,584.82 2,011.81 575.98 6,169.29
Total Country 302.14 1,918.60 1.76 1,694.10 2,954.26 672.78 7,543.64
NICARAGUA
Corinto P 16.07 450.24 22.06 675.38 694.57 - 1,858.32
Sandino P - - - 159.68 653.81 - 813.49
Cabezas A - - - - 13.45 - 13.45
El Bluff A 22.17 5.66 - - 15.20 - 43.03
Arlen Siu A 13.24 10.12 - - - - 23.36
Total Country 51.48 466.02 22.06 835.06 1,377.03 - 2,751.65
COSTA RICA
Caldera P 253.96 896.50 53.44 1,895.57 179.96 - 3,279.43
Puntarenas P - - - 0.08 0.38 -
0.46
Punta Morales P - - - -
16.94 - 16.94
Terminal Fertica P 11.75 - - 34.71 - - 46.46
Golfito P 0.49 - - - 1.05 -
1.54
Limón-Moín A 452.36 1,923.17 16.74 45.75 2,063.94 0.11 4,502.07
Total Country 718.56 2,819.67 70.18 1,976.11 2,262.27 0.11 7,846.90
PANAMA
Charco Azul P - - - - 989.95 - 989.95
Aguadulce P - - - - - - -
T. DECAL P - - - - 1,604.33 - 1,604.33
Petro America Terminal (PATSA) P - - - - 1,157.01 - 1,157.01
PUERTOS MELONES OIL TERMINAL INC P - - - - 473.51 - 473.51
PPIT (Panama International Terminal) P 1.93 586.61 - 29.96 - - 618.50
Panam Port Balboa (PPB) P 13.08 12,038.37 98.85 81.79 326.79 - 12,558.88
Colon Port Terminal A - - - - 288.07 - 288.07
T. Granelera A 477.82 - - 518.86 85.88 - 1,082.56
Colon Container Terminal A - 828.38 - - - - 828.38
T. Petrolera A - - - - 2,552.25 - 2,552.25
T. Samba Bonita A 7.83 - - - - - 7.83
Chiriquí Grande A 9.03 - - - 9,316.22 - 9,325.25
Bocas Fruit Co. (Almirante) A 9.03 37.36 - - - - 46.39
Panama Port Cristobal (PPC) A 15.33 2,288.75 1.58 759.29 257.58 - 3,322.53
Manzanillo Int. Terminal (MIT) A - 6,423.74 142.34 - - - 6,566.08
Total Country 534.05 22,203.21 242.77 1,389.90 17,051.59 - 41,421.52
Summary table by country
Guatemala 720.48 3,948.81 46.31 3,708.03 3,390.51 34.02 11,848.16
El Salvador 238.03 939.47 40.23 1,223.61 1,987.87 1.83 4,431.04
Honduras 302.14 1,918.60 1.76 1,694.10 2,954.26 672.78 7,543.64
Nicaragua 51.48 466.02 22.06 835.06 1,377.03 - 2,751.65
Costa Rica 718.56 2,819.67 70.18 1,976.11 2,262.27 0.11 7,846.90
Panama 534.05 22,203.21 242.77 1,389.90 17,051.59 - 41,421.52
Central America 2,564.74 32,295.78 423.31 10,826.81 29,023.53 708.74 75,842.91
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
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Table No. 4-B. Central America: Throughput loaded by cargo type, (Thousands of MT), 2013
Country/Port Coast General
Cargo Containerized Ro-Ro Dry Bulk Liquid Bulk Others Total
GUATEMALA
Boyas de San José P - - - - 256.82 - 256.82
Quetzal P 30.78 1,144.87 1.06 1,468.83 165.08 201.68 3,012.30
Puerto Barrios A 111.03 1,699.06 - - - - 1,810.09
Santo Tomas de Castilla A 426.95 1,680.10 - 653.42 688.58 - 3,449.05
Total Country 568.76 4,524.03 1.06 2,122.25 1,110.48 201.68 8,528.26
EL SALVADOR
La Unión P - - - - - - -
Acajutla P 21.86 569.30 0.84 378.87 320.78 - 1,291.65
Corsain P - - - - - - -
Boyas Alba Petróleos, Cenergica y RASA P - - - - 12.24 - 12.24
Total Country 21.86 569.30 0.84 378.87 333.02 - 1,303.89
HONDURAS
San Lorenzo P - 9.43 - 1,802.70 72.68 3.77 1,888.58
Tela A - - - - - - -
La Ceiba A 0.27 - - - - - 0.27
Puerto Castilla A 9.38 430.60 - 132.94 178.68 98.80 850.40
Puerto Cortes A 81.28 2,062.02 1.44 949.35 156.05 584.31 3,834.45
Total Country 90.93 2,502.05 1.44 2,884.99 407.41 686.88 6,573.70
NICARAGUA
Corinto P 137.97 297.36 - 196.34 195.76 - 827.43
Sandino P - - - - - - -
Cabezas A 0.05 0.01 - - - - 0.06
El Bluff A 18.26 0.46 - - - - 18.72
Arlen Siu A 13.86 10.61 - - - - 24.47
Total Country 170.14 308.44 - 196.34 195.76 - 870.68
COSTA RICA
Caldera P 54.46 643.39 0.04 - 1.15 - 699.04
Puntarenas P 0.23 - - 0.01 0.22 - 0.46
Punta Morales P - - - 149.25 59.55 - 208.80
Terminal Fertica P - - - - - - -
Golfito P 5.74 - - - 162.12 - 167.86
Limón-Moín A 47.71 5,923.86 6.43 30.53 - - 6,008.53
Total Country 108.14 6,567.25 6.47 179.79 223.04 - 7,084.69
PANAMA
Charco Azul P - - - - 7,702.12 - 7,702.12
Aguadulce P 0.20 - - - - - 0.20
T. DECAL P - - - - - - -
Petro America Terminal (PATSA) P - - - - - - -
PUERTOS MELONES OIL TERMINAL INC P - - - - - - -
PPIT (Panama International Terminal) P 1.33 502.80 - - - - 504.13
Panam Port Balboa (PPB) P - 9,361.50 0.03 - 322.08 - 9,683.61
Colon Port Terminal P - - - - 134.06 - 134.06
T. Granelera P - - - - - - -
Colon Container Terminal A - 2,976.98 - - - - 2,976.98
T. Petrolera A - - - - - - -
T. Samba Bonita A - - - - - - -
Chiriquí Grande A - - - 12.00 3,022.51 - 3,034.51
Bocas Fruit Co. (Almirante) A 205.17 52.80 - - - - 257.97
Panama Port Cristobal (PPC) A 6.48 2,754.75 1.03 0.06 207.48 - 2,969.80
Manzanillo Int. Terminal (MIT) A - 7,173.11 96.48 - - - 7,269.59
Total Country 213.18 22,821.94 97.54 12.06 11,388.25 - 34,532.97
Summary table by country
Guatemala 568.76 4,524.03 1.06 2,122.25 1,110.48 201.68 8,528.26
El Salvador 21.86 569.30 0.84 378.87 333.02 - 1,303.89
Honduras 90.93 2,502.05 1.44 2,884.99 407.41 686.88 6,573.70
Nicaragua 170.14 308.44 - 196.34 195.76 - 870.68
Costa Rica 108.14 6,567.25 6.47 179.79 223.04 - 7,084.69
Panama 213.18 22,821.94 97.54 12.06 11,388.25 - 34,532.97
Central America 1,173.01 37,293.01 107.35 5,774.30 13,657.96 888.56 58,894.19
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
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Table No. 5. Central America: Container throughput, (Units), 2013
Ports / Modules Coast
Offloaded Loaded Offloaded Transit Loaded Transit Transshipment
Loaded Transshipment
Offloaded Total Modules
Total Modules
Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty
GUATEMALA
QUETZAL P 68,145 25,853 57,981 33,215 2,754 - 2,148 - 2,489 312 2,410 180 135,927 59,560 195,487
Container 45' 1,177 102 921 911 3 - - - 9 - 9 - 2,119 1,013 3,132
Container 40' 39,791 19,481 34,663 21,115 2,706 - 2,139 - 1,566 139 1,612 76 82,477 40,811 123,288
Container 20' 27,177 6,270 22,397 11,189 45 - 9 - 914 173 789 104 51,331 17,736 69,067
PUERTO BARRIOS A 34,586 32,257 65,191 7,255 10,848 - 7,630 - 22,619 168 20,901 229 161,775 39,909 201,684
Container 45' 201 22 53 238 127 - 43 - 176 5 169 7 769 272 1,041
Container 43' 3 1 5 58 - - 1 - 7 - 6 - 22 59 81
Container 40' 30,423 30,314 59,999 6,153 10,245 - 7,103 - 22,436 163 18,974 222 149,180 36,852 186,032
Container 20' 3,959 1,920 5,134 806 476 - 483 - - - 1,752 - 11,804 2,726 14,530
SANTO TOMAS DE CASTILLA A 90,909 30,836 92,682 30,650 - - - - 9,904 771 10,042 2,562 203,537 64,819 268,356
Container 45' 15,339 696 11,351 3,542 - - - - 736 316 746 1,047 28,172 5,601 33,773
Container 40' 55,523 29,250 68,350 18,351 - - - - 7,956 379 8,090 1,289 139,919 49,269 189,188
Container 20' 20,047 890 12,981 8,757 - - - - 1,184 76 1,191 226 35,403 9,949 45,352
Box/trailer 40' - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - 1
Box/trailer 20' - - - - - - - - 27 - 15 - 42 - 42
EL SALVADOR
ACAJUTLA P 51,856 3,025 22,578 28,541 - - - - 534 172 536 172 75,504 31,910 107,414
Container 45' 2,377 83 1,636 1,158 - - - - 35 - 35 - 4,083 1,241 5,324
Container 40' 31,482 2,640 15,744 15,511 - - - - 426 169 424 169 48,076 18,489 66,565
Container 20' 17,997 302 5,198 11,872 - - - - 73 3 77 3 23,345 12,180 35,525
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Table No. 5. Central America: Container throughput, (Units), 2013
Ports / Modules Coast
Offloaded Loaded Offloaded Transit Loaded Transit Transshipment
Loaded Transshipment
Offloaded Total Modules
Total Modules
Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty
HONDURAS
SAN LORENZO P 1,138 67 430 746 - - - - - - - - 1,568 813 2,381
Container 40' 544 67 203 426 - - - - - - - - 747 493 1,240
Container 20' 594 - 227 320 - - - - - - - - 821 320 1,141
PUERTO CASTILLA A 6,544 17,144 23,692 839 - - - - - - - - 30,236 17,983 48,219
Container 40' 6,544 17,144 23,692 839 - - - - - - - 30,236 17,983 48,219
PUERTO CORTES A 114,881 38,022 125,324 30,247 - - - - - - - - 240,205 68,269 308,474
Container 48' 13 1 - - - - - - - - - - 13 1 14
Container 45' 30,608 1,497 27,724 3,917 - - - - - - - - 58,332 5,414 63,746
Container 43' 11 122 9 1 - - - - - - - - 20 123 143
Container 40' 63,464 26,641 75,182 17,454 - - - - - - - - 138,646 44,095 182,741
Container 20' 20,678 9,673 22,285 8,873 - - - - - - - - 42,963 18,546 61,509
Box/trailer 45' 10 6 1 - - - - - - - - - 11 6 17
Box/trailer 48' 19 17 1 - - - - - - - - - 20 17 37
Box/trailer 40' 70 65 116 2 - - - - - - - - 186 67 253
Box/trailer 20' 8 - 6 - - - - - - - - - 14 - 14
NICARAGUA
CORINTO P 26,997 2,880 12,254 15,346 574 - - - 1 1 - - 39,826 18,227 58,053
Container 45' 105 88 69 61 - - - - - - - - 174 149 323
Container 40' 16,219 1,219 7,537 8,349 82 - - - 1 1 - - 23,839 9,569 33,408
Container 20' 10,673 1,573 4,648 6,936 492 - - - - - - - 15,813 8,509 24,322
ARLEN SIU A 1,521 1 303 1,063 - - - - - - - - 1,824 1,064 2,888
Container 45' 136 - 21 94 - - - - - - - - 157 94 251
Container 40' 1,172 - 224 832 - - - - - - - - 1,396 832 2,228
Container 20' 213 1 58 137 - - - - - - - - 271 138 409
EL BLUFF A 218 20 4 203 - - - - - - - - 222 223 445
Container 40' 200 16 - 197 - - - - - - - - 200 213 413
Container 20' 18 4 4 6 - - - - - - - - 22 10 32
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Table No. 5. Central America: Container throughput, (Units), 2013
Ports / Modules Coast Offloaded Loaded Offloaded Transit Loaded Transit Transshipment Loaded Transshipment Offloaded Total Modules Total
Modules Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty
COSTA RICA
CALDERA P 55,822 4,198 28,237 27,927 - - - - - - - - 84,059 32,125 116,184
Container 40' 35,804 4,196 25,497 11,414 - - - - - - - - 61,301 15,610 76,911
Container 20' 20,018 2 2,740 16,513 - - - - - - - - 22,758 16,515 39,273
LIMÓN-MOÍN A 121,647 149,251 236,247 46,566 - - - - - - - - 357,894 195,817 553,711
Container 52' 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - 4
Container 45' 8,989 17,557 17,024 2,603 - - - - - - - - 26,013 20,160 46,173
Container 40' 84,809 128,643 199,866 28,888 - - - - - - - - 284,675 157,531 442,206
Container 20' 27,837 3,014 19,308 15,050 - - - - - - - - 47,145 18,064 65,209
Box/trailer 45' - 1 3 3 - - - - - - - - 3 4 7
Box/trailer 40' 7 36 24 19 - - - - - - - - 31 55 86
Box/trailer 20' 1 - 22 3 - - - - - - - - 23 3 26
PANAMA
PPIT (PANAMA INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL)
P 2,577 11 1,260 1,277 - - - - 36,328 1,593 32,944 2,604 73,109 5,485 78,594
Container 45' 14 - 2 - - - - - 34 - 52 - 102 - 102
Container 40' 1,716 5 801 903 - - - - 20,683 1,296 17,412 2,270 40,612 4,474 45,086
Container 20' 847 6 457 374 - - - - 15,611 297 15,480 334 32,395 1,011 33,406
PANAM PORT BALBOA P 72,329 370 68,855 73,454 - - - - 650,215 144,079 573,715 258,469 1,365,114 476,372 1,841,486
Container 45' 1,016 - 306 1,470 - - - - 1,634 777 1,207 1,446 4,163 3,693 7,856
Container 40' 51,909 353 47,308 46,297 - - - - 413,348 103,151 369,740 180,177 882,305 329,978 1,212,283
Container 20' 19,404 17 21,241 25,687 - - - - 235,233 40,151 202,768 76,846 478,646 142,701 621,347
BOCAS FRUIT CO. (ALMIRANTE) A 4,175 1,115 3,371 313 - - - - - - - - 7,546 1,428 8,974
Container 43' 1 - - 5 - - - - - - - - 1 5 6
Container 40' 4,174 1,115 3,371 308 - - - - - - - - 7,545 1,423 8,968
COLON CONTAINER TERMINAL A 43,270 460 11,046 40,936 - - - - 4,497 - 155,198 80,698 214,011 122,094 336,105
Container 40' 35,921 287 8,630 30,504 - - - - 3,812 - 110,477 59,385 158,840 90,176 249,016
Container 20'
7,349 173 2,416 10,432 - - - - 685 - 44,721 21,313 55,171 31,918 87,089
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Table No. 5. Central America: Container throughput, (Units), 2013
Ports / Modules Coast Offloaded Loaded Offloaded Transit Loaded Transit Transshipment Loaded Transshipment Offloaded Total Modules Total
Modules Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty
MANZANILLO INT. TERMINAL A 81,801 11,407 39,824 51,721 - - - - 319,584
202,255 408,032 86,883 849,241 352,266 1,201,507
Container 45' 1,877 200 1,235 442 - - - - 2,930 1,527 3,248 948 9,290 3,117 12,407
Container 40' 53,378 7,551 28,787 33,198 - - - - 215,401 136,985 272,817 60,660 570,383 238,394 808,777
Container 20' 26,546 3,656 9,802 18,081 - - - - 101,253 63,743 131,967 25,275 269,568 110,755 380,323
PANAMA PORT CRISTOBAL A 21,395 5,717 13,552 8,694 - - - - 130,899 57,705 172,321 56,684 338,167 128,800 466,967
Container 45' 887 299 917 137 - - - - 202 48 1 84 2,007 568 2,575
Container 40' 12,699 3,484 8,853 5,305 - - - - 74,501 25,672 94,252 26,863 190,305 61,324 251,629
Container 20' 7,809 1,934 3,782 3,252 - - - - 56,196 31,985 78,068 29,737 145,855 66,908 212,763
Summary table by country
Guatemala 193,640 88,946 215,854 71,120 13,602 - 9,778 - 35,012 1,251 33,353 2,971 501,239 164,288 665,527
El Salvador 51,856 3,025 22,578 28,541 - - - - 534 172 536 172 75,504 31,910 107,414
Honduras 122,563 55,233 149,446 31,832 - - - - - - - - 272,009 87,065 359,074
Nicaragua 28,736 2,901 12,561 16,612 574 - - - 1 1 - - 41,872 19,514 61,386
Costa Rica 177,469 153,449 264,484 74,493 - - - - - - - - 441,953 227,942 669,895
Panama 225,547 19,080 137,908 176,395 - - - - 1,141,523 405,632 1,342,210 485,338 2,847,188 1,086,445 3,933,633
Central America 799,811 322,634 802,831 398,993 14,176 - 9,778 - 1,177,070 407,056 1,376,099 488,481 4,179,765 1,617,164 5,796,929
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
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Table No. 6. Central America: Container throughput, (TEU), 2013
Ports / Modules Coast Offloaded Loaded Offloaded Transit Loaded Transit Transshipment Loaded Transshipment Offloaded Total Modules
Total Modules Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty
GUATEMALA
QUETZAL P 68,145 25,853 57,981 33,215 2,754 - 2,148 - 2,489 312 2,410 180 135,927 59,560 195,487
Container 45' 1,177 102 921 911 3 - - - 9 - 9 - 2,119 1,013 3,132
Container 40'
39,791
19,481
34,663
21,115 2,706 - 2,139 - 1,566 139 1,612 76 82,477 40,811 123,288
Container 20'
27,177 6,270
22,397
11,189
45 - 9 - 914 173 789 104 51,331 17,736 69,067
BARRIOS A 34,586 32,257 65,191 7,255 10,848 - 7,630 - 22,619 168 20,901 229 161,775 39,909 201,684
Container 45' 201 22 53 238 127 - 43 - 176 5 169 7 769 272 1,041
Container 43' 3 1 5 58 - - 1 - 7 - 6 - 22 59 81
Container 40'
30,423
30,314
59,999 6,153 10,245 - 7,103 - 22,436 163 18,974 222 149,180 36,852 186,032
Container 20' 3,959 1,920 5,134 806 476 - 483 - - - 1,752 - 11,804 2,726 14,530
SANTOCAS A 90,909 30,836 92,682 30,650 - - - - 9,904 771 10,042 2,562 203,537 64,819 268,356
Container 45' 15,339 696 11,351 3,542 - - - - 736 316 746 1,047 28,172 5,601 33,773
Container 40' 55,523 29,250 68,350
18,351 - - - - 7,956 379 8,090 1,289 139,919 49,269 189,188
Container 20' 20,047 890 12,981 8,757 - - - - 1,184 76 1,191 226 35,403 9,949 45,352
Box/trailer 40' - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - 1
Box/trailer 20' - - - - - - - - 27 - 15 - 42 - 42
EL SALVADOR
ACAJUTLA P 51,856 3,025 22,578 28,541 - - - - 534 172 536 172 75,504 31,910 107,414
Container 45' 2,377 83 1,636 1,158 - - - - 35 - 35 - 4,083 1,241 5,324
Container 40'
31,482 2,640
15,744
15,511
- - - - 426 169 424 169 48,076 18,489 66,565
Container 20'
17,997 302 5,198
11,872
- - - - 73 3 77 3 23,345 12,180 35,525
HONDURAS
SAN LORENZO P 1,138 67 430 746 - - - - - - - - 1,568 813 2,381
Container 40' 544 67 203 426 - - - - - - - - 747 493 1,240
Container 20' 594 - 227 320 - - - - - - - - 821 320 1,141
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Table No. 6. Central America: Container throughput, (TEU), 2013
Ports / Modules Coast Offloaded Loaded Offloaded Transit Loaded Transit
Transshipment Loaded
Transshipment Offloaded Total Modules Total Modules
Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty
PUERTO CASTILLA A 6,544 17,144 23,692 839 - - - - - - - - 30,236 17,983 48,219
Container 40' 6,544 17,144 23,692 839 - - - - - - - - 30,236
17,983 48,219
PUERTO CORTES A 114,881 38,022 125,324 30,247 - - - - - - - - 240,205 68,269 308,474 Container 48' 13 1 - - - - - - - - - - 13 1 14
Container 45' 30,608 1,497 27,724 3,917 - - - - - - - - 58,332
5,414 63,746
Container 43' 11 122 9 1 - - - - - - - - 20
123 143
Container 40' 63,464 26,641 75,182 17,454 - - - - - - - - 138,646
44,095 182,741
Container 20' 20,678 9,673 22,285 8,873 - - - - - - - - 42,963
18,546 61,509
Box/trailer 45' 10 6 1 - - - - - - - - - 11 6 17
Box/trailer 48' 19 17 1 - - - - - - - - - 20
17 37
Box/trailer 40' 70 65 116 2 - - - - - - - - 186
67 253
Box/trailer 20' 8 - 6 - - - - - - - - - 14 - 14
NICARAGUA
CORINTO P 26,997 2,880 12,254 15,346 574 - - - 1 1 - - 39,826 18,227 58,053
Container 45' 105 88 69 61 - - - - - - - - 174
149 323
Container 40' 16,219 1,219 7,537 8,349 82 - - - 1 1 - - 23,839
9,569 33,408
Container 20' 10,673 1,573 4,648 6,936 492 - - - - - - - 15,813
8,509 24,322
ARLEN SIU A 1,521 1 303 1,063 - - - - - - - - 1,824 1,064 2,888
Container 45' 136 - 21 94 - - - - - - - - 157
94 251
Container 40' 1,172 - 224 832 - - - - - - - - 1,396
832 2,228
Container 20' 213 1 58 137 - - - - - - - - 271
138 409
EL BLUFF A 218 20 4 203 - - - - - - - - 222 223 445
Container 40' 200 16 - 197 - - - - - - - - 200 213 413 Container 20' 18 4 4 6 - - - - - - - - 22 10 32
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Table No. 6. Central America: Container throughput, (TEU), 2013
Ports / Modules Coast Offloaded Loaded Offloaded Transit Loaded Transit
Transshipment Loaded
Transshipment Offloaded
Total Modules Total Modules
Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty
COSTA RICA
CALDERA P 55,822 4,198 28,237 27,927 - - - - - - - - 84,059 32,125 116,184
Container 40' 35,804 4,196 25,497 11,414 - - - - - - - - 61,301 15,610 76,911
Container 20' 20,018 2 2,740 16,513 - - - - - - - - 22,758 16,515 39,273
LIMÓN-MOÍN A 121,647 149,251 236,247 46,566 - - - - - - - - 357,894
195,817 553,711
Container 52' 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - 4
Container 45' 8,989 17,557 17,024 2,603 - - - - - - - - 26,013 20,160 46,173
Container 40' 84,809 128,643 199,866 28,888 - - - - - - - - 284,675
157,531 442,206
Container 20' 27,837 3,014 19,308 15,050 - - - - - - - - 47,145 18,064 65,209
Box/trailer 45' - 1 3 3 - - - - - - - - 3 4 7
Box/trailer 40' 7 36 24 19 - - - - - - - - 31 55 86
Box/trailer 20' 1 - 22 3 - - - - - - - - 23 3 26
PANAMA
PPIT P 2,577 11 1,260 1,277 - - - - 36,328 1,593 32,944 2,604 73,109 5,485 78,594
Container 45' 14 - 2 - - - - - 34 - 52 - 102 - 102
Container 40' 1,716 5 801 903 - - - - 20,683 1,296 17,412 2,270 40,612 4,474 45,086
Container 20' 847 6 457 374 - - - - 15,611 297 15,480 334 32,395 1,011 33,406
PPB P 72,329 370 68,855 73,454 - - - - 650,215 144,079
573,715 258,469 1,365,114
476,372
1,841,486
Container 45' 1,016 - 306 1,470 - - - - 1,634 777 1,207 1,446 4,163 3,693 7,856
Container 40' 51,909 353 47,308 46,297 - - - - 413,348 103,151
369,740 180,177 882,305
329,978
1,212,283
Container 20' 19,404 17 21,241 25,687 - - - - 235,233 40,151
202,768 76,846 478,646
142,701
621,347
ALMIRANTE A 4,175 1,115 3,371 313 - - - - - - - - 7,546 1,428 8,974
Container 43' 1 - - 5 - - - - - - - - 1 5 6
Container 40' 4,174 1,115 3,371 308 - - - - - - - - 7,545 1,423 8,968
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Table No. 6. Central America: Container throughput, (TEU), 2013
Ports / Modules Coast Offloaded Loaded
Offloaded Transit
Loaded Transit Transshipment
Loaded Transshipment
Offloaded Total Modules
Total Modules
Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty
COLON CONTAINER TERMINAL A
43,270
460
11,046
40,936
-
-
-
-
4,497
-
155,198
80,698
214,011
122,094
336,105
Container 40'
35,921
287
8,630
30,504
-
-
-
-
3,812
-
110,477
59,385
158,840
90,176
249,016
Container 20'
7,349
173
2,416
10,432
-
-
-
-
685
-
44,721
21,313
55,171
31,918
87,089
MANZANILLO INT. TERMINAL A
81,801
11,407
39,824
51,721
-
-
-
-
319,584
202,255
408,032
86,883
849,241
352,266
1,201,507
Container 45'
1,877
200
1,235
442
-
-
-
-
2,930
1,527
3,248
948
9,290
3,117
12,407
Container 40'
53,378
7,551
28,787
33,198
-
-
-
-
215,401
136,985
272,817
60,660
570,383
238,394
808,777
Container 20'
26,546
3,656
9,802
18,081
-
-
-
-
101,253
63,743
131,967
25,275
269,568
110,755
380,323
PANAMA PORT CRISTOBAL A
21,395
5,717
13,552
8,694
-
-
-
-
130,899
57,705
172,321
56,684
338,167
128,800
466,967
Container 45'
887
299
917
137
-
-
-
-
202
48
1
84
2,007
568
2,575
Container 40'
12,699
3,484
8,853
5,305
-
-
-
-
74,501
25,672
94,252
26,863
190,305
61,324
251,629
Container 20'
7,809
1,934
3,782
3,252
-
-
-
-
56,196
31,985
78,068
29,737
145,855
66,908
212,763
Summary table by country
Guatemala
193,640
88,946
215,854
71,120
13,602
-
9,778
-
35,012
1,251
33,353
2,971
501,239
164,288
665,527
El Salvador
51,856
3,025
22,578
28,541
-
-
-
-
534
172
536
172
75,504
31,910
107,414
Honduras
122,563
55,233
149,446
31,832
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
272,009
87,065
359,074
Nicaragua
28,736
2,901
12,561
16,612
574
-
-
-
1
1
-
-
41,872
19,514
61,386
Costa Rica
177,469
153,449
264,484
74,493
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
441,953
227,942
669,895
Panama
225,547
19,080
137,908
176,395
-
-
-
-
1,141,523
405,632
1,342,210
485,338
2,847,188
1,086,445
3,933,633
Central America
799,811
322,634
802,831
398,993
14,176
-
9,778
-
1,177,070
407,056
1,376,099
488,481
4,179,765
1,617,164
5,796,929
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
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Table No. 7. Central America: Cruise vessel calls and passengers arrivals by port, 2013
Country / Ports Coast Vessel Arrivals Passengers
Crew Cruise Sailboats Cultural Yacht Total Arriving Disembarked Embarked
GUATEMALA
Quetzal A 35 - - - 42 52,157 - - -
Santo Tomas de Castilla
A 25 - - - 17 - 13,556 13,556 8,193
Total Country 60 - - - 59 52,157 13,556 13,556 8,193
EL SALVADOR
Acajutla p 2 - - - 2 707 707 707 580
Total Country 2 - - - 2 707 707 707 580
HONDURAS
Roatan T. Coxen Hole A 81 - - - 97 233,314 - - -
Roatan T. Mahogany Bay
A 166 - - - … … …. … …
Puerto Cortes A 3 - - - 2 668 668 668 505
Total Country 250 - - - 99 233,982 668 668 505
NICARAGUA
Corinto P 7 - - - 15 19,860 19,388 19,388 8,991
San Juan del sur P 26 - - - 26 18,567 21,129 21,137 9,354
Total Country 33 - - - 41 38,427 40,517 40,525 18,345
COSTA RICA
Limón-Moín C 60 - - - 60 98,751 - - -
Caldera P 49 - - - 51 - - - -
Puntarenas P 64 - - - 62 - - - -
Quepos P 36 - - - 19 - - - -
Golfito P 15 - - - 27 - - - -
Total Country 224 - - - 219 98,751 - - -
PANAMA
Panama Port Cristobal P 1 - - - 5 6,676 6,219 6,219 3,035
Amador & Resorts A 28 - - - 38 12,226 59 111 -
COLON 2000 P 85 - - - 105 176,209 176,639 173,621 -
Home Port (Terminal of Cruises
C 91
- - - 18 30,157 30,157 30,773 -
Total Country 205 - - - 166 225,268 213,074 210,724 3,035
Summary table by country
Guatemala 60 - - - 59 52,157 13,556 ,556 8,193
El Salvador 2 - - - 2 707 707 707 580
Honduras 250 - - - 99 233,982 668 668 505
Nicaragua 33 - - - 41 38,427 40,517 40,525 18,345
Costa Rica 224 - - - 219 98,751 - - -
Panama 205 - - - 166 225,268 213,074 210,724 3,035
Central America 774 - - - 586 649,292 268,522 266,180 30,658
Source: Central American Port Company and Panama Maritime Authority
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Glossary of Terms
Arrival: Coming of a vessel at a port to load or offload cargo or passengers or to avoid some danger.
Berthing: Bring a ship to dock.
Box/Trailer: Large transport vehicle with a box or structure for moving cargo on wheels and without its own means of propulsion and designed to be towed by a truck or tractor.
Call: Arriving of a vessel at a port to load or offload cargo or passengers.
Cargo: Shipment or effects and merchandise to be transported from one port to another that is loaded and stowed on a vessel.
Coast: The line or zone where the land meets the sea or some other large expanse of water.
Coastal Traffic Port: A port used for commercial operations between national ports.
Containership: Specialized vessel transporting containers.
Container: Box or structure specially built to move cargo with a re-usable character where merchandise is packed and transported from point-to-point as a unit and is loaded and offloaded with a crane.
Containerized Cargo: Cargo loaded and offloaded in containers.
Conventional Vessel: Non specialized ship that mainly transports general cargo and occasionally transports other types of cargo.
Crew: Traveler on board a vessel or aircraft that carries out activities directly related to the operation, administration, maintenance, and services of it.
Cruise Ship: Vessel for international crossings with passengers lodged on board participating in a group program and with temporary stopovers at one or more different ports. During the crossing, the vessel does not normally take on or disembark other passengers, nor load or offload any cargo.
Cruise Terminal: Port facility dedicated to attend cruise ships and their passengers.
Docking: Pulling a vessel alongside a dock.
Draught: Draft. It is the submerged depth of a vessel in the water. In a port, it is the height of the water surface over the bottom.
Foreign Trade: Exchange of goods across maritime transportation mode from one country to another.
General Cargo: Cargo in solid, liquid or gaseous form that is packed or not packed and that can be treated as a unit and is loaded or offloaded using a crane.
Intermodal Transport: Uses at least two modes of transport and there is no single responsibility to the user who can take action against one or another of the transporters.
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Lift on Lift off (Lo–Lo): Loading or offloading cargo with a crane.
Liquid Bulk Cargo: Liquid cargo loaded or offloaded using pipes and/or hoses.
Liquid Bulk Vessel: Specialized vessel for the transport of liquid products like chemicals, mineral oil and vegetable oil.
Liquefied Natural Gas Carrier: Specialized vessel for the transport of liquid gas.
Loading: Action of taking the merchandise from land onto the vessel.
Maritime Port: Set of land, maritime waters and facilities on the sea shore having the natural or artificial physical conditions and organization for carrying out port traffic operations used by the competent administration for carrying out these activities.
Metric tons: A unit of mass equal to 1,000 kg (2,205 lb).
Multimodal Transport: A single contract and responsibility for the carriage of goods by at least two different modes of transport.
National Port System: The set of natural and legal persons, goods, infrastructure, ports, terminals, and port facilities (public and/or private) that is located in the territory of a country.
Offloading: Action of taking the merchandise from a vessel to land. It also applies to persons.
Oil Tanker: A merchant vessel designed exclusively for the bulk transport of oil.
Oil Terminal: Maritime port facility dedicated mostly to throughput products related to the petroleum industry.
Other Cargo: Cargo not classified in the other definitions and does not represent a significant volume.
Passenger: A person traveling on a vessel that is not part of the crew.
Port: Geographic and economic unit of a locality with land or water-based natural or artificial infrastructure and facilities for the carrying out of port activities.
Port Operations: The entry, leaving, anchoring, casting off, mooring, unmooring and stay of vessels in the territory of a port.
Port Terminal: Operative units of a port designed to propitiate modal exchange and port services which includes the infrastructure, temporary deposits, and internal transport routes.
Reefer Vessel: Ship conditioned for the transport of merchandise in storerooms with low temperatures for preserving it.
Roll on roll off (Ro –Ro): Operation of transfer on wheels.
Ro-Ro Cargo: Cargo that is loaded or offloaded on a rolling surface by highway vehicles, trailers or box/trailer on their own wheels or wheels added for this purpose using a maritime-overland transport ramp.
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Ro-Ro Vessel: Ship designed for transport of box/trailers and vehicles loaded and offloaded using a maritime-overland transport ramp.
Solid Bulk Cargo: Solid material loaded directly into the cargo spaces of a ship without any intermediate form of containment or packing and is loaded or offloaded with a crane or in combination with conveyors.
Solid Bulk Vessel: Specialized vessel for the transport of solid bulk products.
Terminal: Facility established in or outside of a port made up by infrastructure, facilities and surfaces included in its water zone that allows for the full carrying out of port operations.
TEU: Normalized unit based on a 20-foot long ISO container (6.10 meters) that is used as a statistical measure of traffic flows or capacities. A normalized 40-foot Series 1 ISO container is equivalent to 2 TEU. Mobile boxes less than 20 feet correspond to 0.75 TEU, those longer than 20 but shorter than 40 feet are 1.5 TEU, and those longer than 40 feet are 2.25 TEU.
Transit: Goods onboard, which upon their arrival at a certain port are to be offloaded at port, loaded in another transportation mode and ending outside the country borders.
Transshipping: Comprises the transfer of offloaded containers and box/trailers from a ship and then loaded on a different vessel. However, in those places where geography or infrastructure allow it, this operation can be complemented by another overland transport mode (e.g. railroad) that will move the cargo to another port that is sometimes a long distance from the first, in order to be shipped further.
Type of Cargo: Segment of merchandise moved at ports according to its form and physical characteristics (General, Containerized, Ro-Ro, Bulk Liquid, Bulk Solid, Others).
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