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CENTRAL AMERICAN COMMISSION FOR MARITIME TRANSPORT

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Port Statistics

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C e n t r a l A m e r i c a n p o r t s t a t i s t i c a l s u m m a r y Y e a r 2 0 1 0


Statistical Summary

Year 2010

Network Members of

Central American Port Statistics


Credits Network members of Central American port statistics

Guatemala

COBIGUA/Puerto Barrios

Empres Portuaria Nacional Santo Tomás de Castilla

Daniel Humberto Lemus Calderón Ramiro Antonio Ortiz Flores [email protected] [email protected]

Empresa Portuaria Quetzal Comisión Portuaria Nacional Ana Luisa Mejía Jaime Rolando Rousselin Sandoval [email protected] [email protected]

El Salvador Autoridad Marítima Portuaria Puerto Corsain Jade Rivera Umaña Iris Lisseth Perla Conde

[email protected] [email protected]

CEPA - ACAJUTLA Marco Tulio Castillo Cornejo [email protected]

Honduras Empresa Nacional Portuaria Argentina Mejía Martínez [email protected]

Nicaragua Empresa Portuaria Nacional

Dirección General de Transporte Acuático DGTA - MTI

Filemón Bonilla Abarca Hugo López [email protected] [email protected]

Costa Rica INCOP JAPDEVA Gustavo Chavarría Valverde Rocio Valverde

[email protected] [email protected]

Panamá Autoridad Marítima de Panamá

Jacqueline Ulloa

[email protected]

COCATRAM

Otto Noack Sierra Director Ejecutivo

[email protected]

Jose Dopeso Aparicio Director de Asuntos Marítimos y

Portuarios [email protected]

Marli Ocampo Hernández Analista Estadística

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]





Index

Foreword ................................................................................................................................. 5

Conventional Signs ................................................................................................................. 7

Acronyms ............................................................................................................................... 7

1. Cargo movement ............................................................................................................... 9

1.1. Cargo handled by country and port .............................................................................. 9

1.2. Relation between foreign trade and port traffic ........................................................ 15

1.3 Cargo handeled by seaboard …… …………………………………………………16

1.4. Cargo handled by quarter .......................................................................................... 20

1.5. Cargo by type of handling ........................................................................................ 23

1.6. Cargo handled in the CACM ports ........................................................................... 30

1.7. Origin and destination of cargo................................................................................. 32

2. Vessels attended ............................................................................................................... 39

3. Containers and trailers ...................................................................................................... 41

Annexes…………………………………………………………………………………….43


TABLES

Table 1.1.1: Central American Isthmus: Annual growth rates of cargo handling between

2007 and 2010 and cargo handled at ports by Country .......................................................... 9

Table 1.1.2: Cargo throughput at Central American Ports, (In thousands of metric tons) .. 14

Table 1.2.1: Value and volume of foreign trade, Year 2010 .............................................. 15

Table 1.2.2: Volume of foreign trade and cargo handled, Year 2010 ................................. 16

Table 1.3.1: Cargo loaded / offloaded on the Caribbean seaboard by type of handling and

port, Year 2010 ..................................................................................................................... 18

Table 1.3.2: Cargo loaded / offloaded on the Pacific seaboard by type of handling and port,

Year 2010 ............................................................................................................................. 19

Table 1.5.1.: Cargo breakdown at Central American Ports by type of handling and

percentage ............................................................................................................................. 23

Table 1.5.2.: Comparative percentage distribution by type of cargo handling, .................. 29


CHARTS

Chart No. 1.1.1: Central America breakdown of cargo throughput by country ................. 10

Chart No. 1.1.2.: Cargo throughput at Central American Ports .............................................. 11

Chart No. 1.3.1: Cargo discharged and loaded by littoral in Central American Ports ........ 17

Chart No. 1.4.1. Evolution of cargo throughput by country ................................................ 20

Chart No. 1.4.2. Cargo offloaded in Central American Ports by quarter ............................... 21

Char No. 1.4.3. Cargo loaded in Central American Port by quarter ................................... 22

Chart No. 1.5.1.: Containerized cargo volume by littoral in Central American Ports ......... 24

Chart No. 1.5.2.: Traffic cargo breakdown by type of cargo at Central American ports ... 25

Chart No. 1.5.3.: Traffic discharged breakdown by type of cargo at Central American ports

.............................................................................................................................................. 26

Chart No. 1.5.4.: Traffic loaded breakdown by type of cargo at Central American Ports .. 27

Chart No. 1.5.5: Traffic throughput by type of cargo and by littoral of Central American

Ports ...................................................................................................................................... 28

Chart No. 1.6.1. : Cargo discharged and loaded breakdown by littoral at CACM ports ...... 30

Chart No. 1.6.2.: Cargo throughput at CACM ports by country ......................................... 31

Chart No. 1.6.3.: Traffic throughput by type of cargo at CACM ports ............................... 31


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CHARTS

Chart No. 1.7.1.:Origin and destination of the cargo handled at ports in Central America by

geographic regions ................................................................................................................ 33

Chart No. 1.7.2.: Central American Isthmus: Cargo handled in ports by geografhic regions

of the world by country ....................................................................................................... 34

Chart No. 1.7.3.: Central American isthmus: Origin of cargo handled in ports by geographic

regions in the world by countries ......................................................................................... 37

Chart No. 1.7.4.: Central American Isthmus: Origin of cargo handled at ports by country,

according to geografhical regions of rhe world .................................................................... 37

Chart No. 1.7.5.: Central American Isthmus: Cargo loaded in ports by country acordinng to

geographical regions of destination ...................................................................................... 38

Chart No. 1.7.6.: Central American Isthmus: Cargo loaded in ports by country according

to geographical regions of destination. ................................................................................. 38

Chart No. 2.1.: Distribution by type of vessel at Central America ...................................... 40

Chart No. 2.2.:Distribution by type of vessel at CACM Ports ............................................. 40

Chart No. 3.1.: Top Container ports throughput on Central America .................................. 42

Chart No. 3.2.: Container ports throughput on Central America by littoral ......................... 42



Foreword The Central American Maritime Transport Commission (COCATRAM) is pleased to present

to the maritime port community of the Central American isthmus this Summary of Maritime

Port Statistics for 2010 as a tool for support in decision-making and research in the subsector.

This Statistical Summary is structured in two parts, the first with three sections: Cargo,

Vessels, and Containers that briefly take up the main aspects of port performance in the

Central American region in 2010. The second part contains the annexes with statistical tables

that consolidate the regional information.

The main sources of information are the Port Companies and Authorities of the region that

compile national port statistics through the members of the Central American Network of

Maritime Port Statistics that has functioned since 2000, coordinated by COCATRAM.

Information is presented from the 40 ports for international service operated by State and

private companies in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and

Panama.

The three sections making up the first part of the Summary present in a general and

commented manner the information related to cargo, vessels, and container traffic in relation

to the ports, countries, total volume of foreign trade, type of handling, origin and destination

of the cargo by port and geographic region, type of vessel, and container size, among others.

For the second straight year, this issue includes the Origin and Destination of the cargo, as

well as a glossary of terms used that are related to the Statistical Summary, offering the users

other elements for consideration in decision-making.

COCATRAM, together with the port companies and authorities of the Central American

isthmus, has maintained its commitment to publishing this document, completely aware of its

great importance.



Conventional Signs

- : Data not applicable

… : Information not available

0 : Figure did not reach the first expressed unit

Acronyms

C : Caribbean Seaboard

C.C.T . : Colon Container Terminal

COCATRAM : Central American Commission of Maritime Transport.

C.P.T. : Colon Port Terminal

CACM : Central American Common Marked

MIT : Manzanillo International Terminal

PATSA : Petro America Terminal S.A

PPC : Panama Port Cristobal

PPB : Panama Port Balboa

P : Pacific Seaboard

TEU : Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit

MT : Metric Ton



1.Cargo movement

1.1. Cargo handled by country and port

The amount of cargo mobilized in Central American ports in 2010 rose to 104.2 million MT, 4.1 million MT more than in 2009, for a growth rate similar to that year of 4.1%.

Because of the worldwide economic crisis, in 2008 and 2009, most countries of the isthmus saw the movement of containerized cargo decline to a certain extent. From 2006 to 2007, cargo movement had a variation of 9.4%, while from 2007 to 2008, the increase was 1.9% and from 2008 to 2009, it was 4.2%. From 2008 to 2009, it rose 4.2% and from 2009 to 2010, the increase was similar (4.1%), with the difference being that in the latest period, the rate of increase applied to all the countries of the isthmus.

As shown in Table 1.1.1, these increases in cargo movement in Central America are the result of the cargo flow mainly from Panama, which handled close to half the cargo moved in the region during this period.

Table 1.1.1: Central American Isthmus: Annual growth rates of cargo handling between 2007 and

2010 and cargo handled at ports by Country

Year / Country Variation annual Average

Variation 2007-2010

Variation 2007-2010

Cargo 2010 (Miles de

Tm)

Distribution by Country

2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010

Guatemala 5.0% -6.0% 0.7% 5.6% 1.3% 0.0% 16,876.03 16.20%

El Salvador 3.2% -2.4% -18.0% 9.4% -1.9% -12.4% 5,392.76 5.18%

Honduras 4.5% 6.7% -9.8% 12.0% 3.4% 7.8% 10,582.59 10.16%

Nicaragua 8.5% -4.7% 1.2% 6.2% 2.8% 2.4% 3,009.15 2.89%

Costa Rica 6.6% 1.7% -13.2% 11.6% 1.7% -1.5% 13,474.09 12.94%

CACM 5.3% -0.8% -7.7% 9.0% 1.4% -0.3% 49,333.62 47.37%

Panamá 14.2% 5.0% 16.7% -0.1% 8.9% 22.3% 54,819.43 52.63%

Central America

9.4% 1.9% 4.2% 4.1% 4.9% 10.5% 104,152.05 100.00%

Source: Central American Port Companies and Panama Maritime Authority

Along this line, 2010 has been a year of recovery. The countries show increases; however, as seen in Table 1.1.1, countries like Guatemala, El Salvador, and Costa Rica have still not recovered to the cargo levels handled up till 2007, with negative or null growth rates in 2010 compared to that year.



In the case of Guatemala, during that period, cargo handling remained relatively constant, while El Salvador had negative growth of cargo volume handled (-12.4%), as did Costa Rica (-1.5%).

Panama, Honduras, and Nicaragua show effective progress in cargo handling during the same period (2007/2010), while Panama ended it with an accumulated rate of 22.3%, Honduras with 7.8%, and Nicaragua with 2.4%.

Despite the increases in 2010, there has been very little variation in terms of the percentage distribution of cargo handling. Likewise, cargo volume for Panama, like the year before, is higher than the CACM.

Chart 1.1.1 shows the percentage distribution of cargo by country from 2007 to 2010.

Chart No. 1.1.1

Central America breakdown of cargo throughput by country 2007- 2010

Chart 1.1.2 below shows cargo movement by port. As can be seen, cargo movement is concentrated in 12 main ports that represent 80.6% of the movement on the isthmus.

2007 2008 2009 2010

17.9% 16.5% 16.0% 16.2%

6.5% 6.3% 4.9% 5.2%

10.4% 10.9% 9.4% 10.2%

3.1% 2.9% 2.8% 2.9%

14.5% 14.5%

12.1% 12.9%

47.5% 49.0% 54.8% 52.6%


Panama

Costa Rica

Nicaragua

Honduras

El Salvador

Guatemala



Chart No. 1.1.2.: Cargo throughput at Central American, 2010

(In thousands of metric tons)


0.00 5,000.00 10,000.00 15,000.00 20,000.00 25,000.00

PPB

MIT

Limón-Moín

Puerto Cortés

Quetzal

PPC

Charco Azul

Acajutla

Sto To. de Castilla

Chiriquí Grande

CCT

Caldera

Barrios

T. Petrolero

Corinto

Boyas de San José

T. Decal

San Lorenzo

PATSA

Sandino

Puerto Castilla

Bocas Fruit Co.

Tela

T. Punta Morales

T. Granelera

T. Fertica

Corsain

Arlen Siu

T. Samba Bonita

El Bluff

CPT

Cabezas

La Ceiba

Puntarenas

20,137.97

10,808.55

9,943.07

8,383.23

7,483.41

5,647.21

5,426.02

5,343.20

4,745.50

3,366.35

3,359.75

3,274.54

2,714.90

2,496.24

2,090.61

1,932.23

1,574.84

1,174.32

1,118.06

849.97

717.72

644.36

295.67

198.90

187.13

55.93

48.56

32.16

31.66

23.13

21.30

13.28

10.66

1.65

Thousand Metric Ton



Cargo movement in ports by country in 2010 is described below:

Guatemala

It is in first place in the CACM and second in the isthmus in terms of cargo movement. From 2007

to 2010, the average growth rate was 1.3% and from 2007 to 2010, there was no growth.

The Port of Quetzal is in first place for cargo movement in the country with 7.5 million MT,

followed by Santo Tomas de Castilla with 4.7 million MT. Both ports had negative growth rates last

year but this year, they recovered from the drop with growth of 12.9% and 8.6%, respectively. The

Port of Barrios saw movement of 2.7 million MT for an increase of 8.0% and Boyas de San José

moved 535,500 MT less than in 2009.

El Salvador

It had growth in 2010 compared to 2009, with an increase of 9.4% after two consecutive years of

reduction in cargo volume with an average annual negative growth rate (-1.9%) from 2007 to 2010,

reflecting an accumulated decline of -12.4% (a reduction of cargo movement by 764.54 MT in the

period).

Acajutla, the main port, had a 17.5% reduction in 2009 compared to 2008, while it increased by

10.6% in 2010 compared to 2009. As in the previous period, Corsain handled less cargo with a

decline of -51.7%. This reduction, according to a source in the Port Company, is because bulk cargo

vessels have transferred operations to the Port of La Unión and a reduction in the shoals of fish.

Honduras

The main port of this country, Cortés, increased cargo movement in 2010 compared to 2009 by

12.0%. The Port of San Lorenzo had a growth rate over the previous period of 27.9%, while the

Ports of Tela and Castilla had negative growth rates of -7.2% and -14.8%, respectively.



Nicaragua

The port with the greatest increase in cargo volume in 2010 was El Bluff with a variation of 30.6%

compared to 2009. The Port of Corinto follows with a 7.3% increase and representing around 70’%

of the cargo the country handles. The other ports – Arlen Siu and Sandino – have growth rates of

4.0% and 3.3%, respectively. Puerto Cabezas had a -8.5% drop in cargo movement compared to last

year.

Costa Rica

In 2009, it had a reduction in cargo movement at all ports; however, in 2010, there was better

performance with its main ports, Limón-Moín and Caldera, seeing 10.9% and 13.3% increases,

respectively, compared to 2009. The Punta Morales Terminal had an increase of 39.4%, while the

Fertica and Puntarenas Terminals continued to decline with negative rates of -19.1% and -9.7%,

respectively.

Panamá

As mentioned above, Panama continues to lead the rest of the Central American countries in terms

of cargo volume handling and it is showing that over time, it is gradually gaining a larger share.

From 2007 to 2010, it has an accumulated growth rate of 22.3%. It is important to note that more

than 80% of the cargo handled in the Panamanian port system is from transshipping.

The increases in cargo in ports for the 2009 to 2010 period are led by the Samba Bonita Terminal,

which grew by 668.3% this year, going from 4,100 MT in 2009 to 31,700 MT in 2010. It is

followed by Colón Port Terminal with 76.22% growth in cargo movement. The Bocas Fruit Co. and

Decal Terminals also had major increases: 66.4% and 60.0%, respectively. PPB and PPC and

Chiriqui Grande had increases of 29.7%, 25.4%, and 6.6%, respectively. The Charco Azul

petroleum terminal, which had a 123% increase in 2009 over 2008, saw a drop of -61.6% in 2010.

The Granelera Terminal had a -72.5% decrease.

Table 1.1.2 shows cargo movements in ports in 2009 and 2010, as well as the absolute and

percentage variations between the two years.



Table 1.1.2: Cargo throughput at Central American Ports, (In thousands of metric tons)

Year 2009-2010

Ports Littoral 2010 2009 Differences

( Tm) Differences

(%)

Central American 104,152.05 100,143.54 4,009 4.00

PPB P 20,137.97 15,525.00 4,613 29.71

MIT C 10,808.55 9,447.80 1,361 14.40

Limón-Moín C 9,943.07 8,965.76 977 10.90

Puerto Cortés C 8,383.23 7,366.27 1,017 13.81

Quetzal P 7,483.41 6,629.64 854 12.88

PPC C 5,647.21 4,502.17 1,145 25.43

Charco Azul P 5,426.02 14,141.96 -8,716 -61.63

Acajutla P 5,343.20 4,830.16 513 10.62

Sto To. de Castilla C 4,745.50 4,368.84 377 8.62

Chiriquí Grande C 3,366.35 3,159.19 207 6.56

CCT C 3,359.75 2,962.17 398 13.42

Caldera P 3,274.54 2,889.57 385 13.32

Barrios C 2,714.90 2,512.07 203 8.07

T. Petrolero C 2,496.24 2,186.66 310 14.16

Corinto P 2,090.61 1,947.96 143 7.32

Boyas de San José P 1,932.23 2,467.80 -536 -21.70

T. Decal P 1,574.84 984.22 591 60.01

San Lorenzo P 1,174.32 918.33 256 27.88

PATSA P 1,118.06 889.20 229 25.74

Sandino P 849.97 822.48 27 3.34

Puerto Castilla C 717.72 842.35 -125 -14.80

Bocas Fruit Co. C 644.36 387.23 257 66.40

Tela C 295.67 318.48 -23 -7.16

T. Punta Morales P 198.90 142.69 56 39.39

T. Granelera C 187.13 679.54 -492 -72.46

T. Fertica P 55.93 69.16 -13 -19.13

Corsain p 48.56 100.59 -52 -51.72

Arlen Siu A 32.16 30.94 1 3.95

T. Samba Bonita C 31.66 4.12 28 668.26

El Bluff A 23.13 17.72 5 30.57

CPT C 21.30 12.09 9 76.22

Cabezas A 13.28 14.52 -1 -8.51

La Ceiba C 10.66 5.06 6 110.45

Puntarenas P 1.65 1.82 0 -9.67




1.2. Relation between foreign trade and

port traffic

The total volume of foreign trade in Central America in 2010 was 63.17 million MT ($76.26 million dollars), an increase of 19.26% in volume and 16.10% in monetary terms.

Table 1.2.1 gives detailed figures for each country. Of this value, 70.01% is for imports and 29.90% for exports. Imports were 65.0% of the volume and exports were the remaining 35.0%.

Table 1.2.1: Value and volume of foreign trade

(Thousands of U.S. dollars and thousand of metric tons) Year 2010

Country Import Export Total

Value Volume Value Volume Value Volume

Guatemala 12,040,055 9,906.84 5,812,322 7,297.01 17,852,377 17,203.85

El Salvador 7,476,837 6,874.29 2,734,076 2,245.28 10,210,913 9,119.57

Honduras 6,788,860 5,339.32 2,584,488 2,833.19 9,373,348 8,172.51

Nicaragua 4,500,734 4,08876 1,847,979 1,444.87 6,348,713 5,533.63

Costa Rica 13,440,463 8,619.25 9,164,832 7,272.30 22,605,295 15,891.55

C A C M 44,246,949 34,828.46 22,143,697 21,092.65 66,390,646 55,921.11

Panama 9,145,308 6,229.90 725,155 1,020.51 9,870,463 7,250.41

Total 53,392,257 41,058,36 22,868,852 22,113,16 76,261,109 63,171.52

Source: Trade Statistics System of Central-SEC-based on information supplied by the countries of Central and Comptroller General of the Republic of Panama Costa Rica: Central Bank of Costa Rica,, El Salvador: Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador, Guatemala: Bank of Guatemala, Honduras: National Statistics Institute of de Honduras, Nicaragua: Ministry of Industry and Trade of Nicaragua exports Expressed in FOB (free on board), not including insurance and freight Imports as CIF includes Cost, Insurance and Freight

Table 1.2.2 gives information comparing foreign trade movement in thousands of MT going through maritime ports and foreign trade as a whole in the countries of the isthmus.

Note that the figures for cargo mobilized in Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama are greater than those recorded for foreign trade. This is mainly because of cargo in transit that is loaded or offloaded in other countries. Nicaragua, for example, loads or offloads part of its cargo through the Port of Cortés and El Salvador loads or offloads through Honduras and Guatemala, and Costa Rica does so in Panama. Panama also has major transshipment activity in its ports, interoceanic



transshipping of fuel or from the Colón free zone and the Petroleum Free Zone, activities that generate port activity but that are considered as foreign trade for the country.

Table 1.2.2: Volume of foreign trade and cargo handled

(Thousand of metric tons), Year 2010

Country

Import Export Total

Foreign Trade

Maritime Ports

Foreign Trade

Maritime Ports

Foreign Trade

Maritime Ports

Guatemala 9,906.84 10,407.54 7,297.01 6,468.49 17,203.85 16,876.0

El Salvador 6,874.29 4,195.31 2,245.28 1,196.45 9,119.57 5,391.76

Honduras 5,339.32 6,798.48 2,833.19 3,783.10 8,172.51 10,581.59

Nicaragua 4,088.76 2,317.36 1,444.87 691.79 5,533.63 3,009.15

Costa Rica 8,619.25 7,623.06 7,272.30 5,851.03 15,891.55 13,474.09

CACM 34,828.46 31,341.77 21,092.65 17,990.86 55,921.11 49,332.62

Panama 6,229.90 30,397.87 1,020.51 24,421.55 7,250.41 54,819.43

Total 41,058.36 61,739.64 22,113.17 42,412.41 63,717.53 104,152.05

Source: Compiled from data from the SEC-SIECA, port companies in Central America and Panama Maritime Authority

1.3. Cargo handled by seaboard

The countries of the Central American Isthmus have ports on both seaboards, except for El Salvador which only has coast on the Pacific.

The Caribbean ports mobilize 51.3% of the total cargo on the isthmus, while the Pacific accounts for the remaining 48.7%. Compared to previous years, the Caribbean had a 3.6 percentage point increase in share, while the Pacific decreased by the same amount.

Of the 61.73 million MT that were disembarked in the period, 46.5% was on the Caribbean Seaboard and 53.5% was on the Pacific. This ratio has been the general tendency, except in 2009 when there was a significant increase at the Charco Azul Port in Panama that resulted in the Pacific Seaboard having more cargo movement. Likewise, of the 42.4 million MT of loaded, 58.3% was on the Caribbean and 41.7% was on the Pacific.

Chart 1.1.3.1 shows cargo volume totals and by seaboard in thousands of MT loaded and offloaded.



Chart No. 1.3.1: Cargo discharged and loaded by littoral in Central American Ports, 2010

(Thousands of metric tons)


There was a 14.8% increase of cargo offloaded and an 8.7% increase in cargo loaded on the Caribbean Seaboard.

Cargo movement on the Caribbean Seaboard increased 12.0% over 2009, equivalent to 5.75 million MT. The ports with the greatest volume of cargo mobilized on this seaboard in 2010 are MIT and PPC in Panama, Limón-Moín in Costa Rica, Puerto Cortés in Honduras, and Santo Tomas Castilla in Guatemala, which mobilized around 70% of the cargo.

Meanwhile, the Pacific Seaboard had a -3.2% drop in cargo movement, equivalent to 1.65 million MT. The ports with the greatest cargo volumes on this seaboard in 2010 are PPB, which moves 30% of the cargo for this seaboard, followed by Quetzal in Guatemala, Charco Azul in Panama, and Acajutla in El Salvador. Together they represent 70% of the total cargo.

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

Pacific seabord Caribbean seabord Botth seabord

33,029 28,710

61,740

17,681 24,732

42,412 50,710 53,442

104,152

Offloaded Loaded Total



Table 1.3.1: Cargo loaded offloaded on the Caribbean seaboard by type of handling and port,(Thousands of metric tons), Year 2010

Ports General Cargo Containerized RO - RO Dry Bulk Liquid Bulk Others Total

Total Cargo O L O L O L O L O L O L O L

Caribbean Total 827.68 899.03 14,225.15 20,625.37 310.96 269.50 2,138.97 470.95 10,577.88 1,899.05 629.56 567.75 28,710.20 24,731.65 53,441.85

CACM 709.67 584.14 6,064.12 10,166.51 113.50 103.93 1,578.57 372.52 5,169.63 819.41 629.56 567.75 14,265.05 12,614.26 26,879.31

Sto. Tomas de Castilla 56.95 412.56 1,479.59 1,400.62 17.36 32.59 150.95 - 596.59 598.28 - - 2,301.45 2,444.05 4,745.50

Barrios 121.56 49.62 1,013.16 1,334.41 - - 81.05 2.31 112.79 - - - 1,328.56 1,386.34 2,714.90

Puerto Cortés 122.71 43.07 1,738.61 1,883.30 1.65 0.44 1,346.56 370.22 1,721.60 116.34 547.82 490.92 5,478.95 2,904.28 8,383.23

Tela - - - - - - - - 295.67 - - - 295.67 - 295.67

La Ceiba 0.35 10.31 - - - - - - - - - - 0.35 10.31 10.66

Puerto Castilla 8.70 21.49 116.57 327.49 - - - - 1.85 83.05 81.73 76.84 208.85 508.87 717.72

Cabezas - - - - - - - - 12.74 0.54 - - 12.74 0.54 13.28

El Bluff 0.79 0.83 2.44 2.36 - - - - 12.30 4.41 - - 15.53 7.60 23.13

Arlen Siu 3.56 6.45 12.05 10.09 - - - - - - - - 15.62 16.54 32.16

Limón-Moín 395.05 39.81 1,701.69 5,208.24 94.49 70.90 - - 2,416.09 16.80 0.02 - 4,607.33 5,335.74 9,943.07

Bocas Fruit Co. 9.32 301.82 106.32 50.78 - - 153.51 - 22.61 - - - 291.76 352.60 644.36

Chiriquí Grande 50.69 7.33 - - - - - - 2,537.82 770.51 - - 2,588.51 777.84 3,366.35

CPT 2.82 2.92 - 15.56 - - - - - - - - 2.82 18.48 21.30

CCT - - 737.62 2,622.13 - - - - - - - - 737.62 2,622.13 3,359.75

MIT - - 5,230.47 5,249.89 180.91 147.28 - - - - - - 5,411.37 5,397.18 10,808.55

PPC 1.92 2.00 2,086.62 2,520.51 16.56 18.29 242.18 98.43 380.38 280.33 - - 2,727.66 2,919.55 5,647.21

T. Granelera 21.59 0.82 - - - - 164.72 - - - - - 186.31 0.82 187.13

T. Petrolero - - - - - - - - 2,467.45 28.79 - - 2,467.45 28.79 2,496.24

T. Samba Bonita 31.66 - - - - - - - - - - - 31.66 - 31.66




Table 1.3.2: Cargo loaded/offloaded on the Pacific seaboard by type of handling and port, (Thousands of metric tons) Year 2010

Ports General Cargo Containerized RO - RO

Dry Bulk

Liquid Bulk Others Total Total

Cargo O L O L O L O L O L O L O L

Pacific Total 761.28 228.72 13,379.06 10,716.15 180.03 0.22 7,162.07 1,835.22 11,397.67 4,836.97 139.28 73.55 33,019.38 17,690.83 50,710.21

CACM 761.19 228.72 2,810.44 2,221.33 96.54 0.18 6,882.43 1,760.48 6,386.85 1,092.33 139.28 73.55 17,076.72 5,376.60 22,453.32

Quetzal 365.64 170.92 923.56 965.01 47.00 0.18 2,962.16 963.93 830.58 65.33 115.54 73.55 5,244.48 2,238.93 7,483.41

Boyas de San José - - - - - - - - 1,533.05 399.17 - - 1,533.05 399.17 1,932.23

Acajutla 127.68 5.70 781.95 516.37 - - 1,338.80 322.45 1,898.33 351.94 - - 4,146.75 1,196.45 5,343.20

Corsain - - - - - - 14.69 - 10.14 - 23.73 - 48.56 - 48.56

San Lorenzo 28.87 14.05 - - - - 8.80 272.03 777.00 73.57 - - 814.67 359.65 1,174.32

Corinto 22.95 36.00 328.94 247.76 13.46 - 542.59 183.49 515.56 199.85 - - 1,423.50 667.11 2,090.61

Sandino 29.42 - - - - - 62.75 - 757.80 - - - 849.97 - 849.97

Caldera 186.63 1.66 775.99 492.19 36.08 - 1,763.91 14.83 3.25 - - - 2,765.85 508.69 3,274.54

Puntarenas - 0.38 - - - - - - 1.26 - - - 1.26 0.38 1.65

T. Punta Morales - - - - - - 132.81 3.75 59.89 2.46 - - 192.69 6.21 198.90

Terminal Fertica - - - - - - 55.93 - - - - - 55.93 - 55.93

Charco Azul - - - - - - - - 1,954.28 3,471.74 - - 1,954.28 3,471.74 5,426.02

PPB 0.09 - 10,568.62 8,494.82 83.49 0.04 279.64 74.74 363.64 272.90 - - 11,295.48 8,842.49 20,137.97

PATSA - - - - - - - - 1,118.06 - - - 1,118.06 - 1,118.06

T. Decal - - - - - - - - 1,574.84 - - - 1,574.84 - 1,574.84 Source: Central American Port Companies and Panama Maritime Authority



1.4. Cargo handled by quarter

In 2010, the average quarterly movement of cargo on the Central American Isthmus was 18.4 million MT, of which 12.3 million MT corresponded to movement of the CACM. The average quarterly movement of cargo by country was 4.2 million MT for Guatemala, 1.3 million MT for El Salvador, 2.6 million MT for Honduras, 0.8 million MT for Nicaragua, 3.4 million MT for Costa Rica, and 6.1 million MT for Panama.

The first quarter of 2010 had the greatest increase in cargo, 12.3% more than the same period in 2009. During this quarter, all countries increased cargo movement in their ports. Costa Rica had the greatest increase with 24.8% more than for the same period the year before. Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Honduras also had major increases that quarter: 17.2%, 15.3%, and 15.8%, respectively.

With regard to quarterly comparison in 2010, Chart 1.4.1 shows the variation in cargo movement for the Central American Isthmus and for the CACM and the countries making it up. The greatest variation happened in the 2nd and 3rd quarters of the year when there was a reduction in the CACM countries, mainly in Guatemala.

Chart No. 1.4.1. Evolution of cargo throughput by country

(Quarterly, Thousand of metric tons), Year 2010

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Central America




Between the 1st and 2nd quarters of the year, the variation in the isthmus was 10.9% and in the CACM, it reached 14.3%. The country with the greatest variation in this period was Guatemala with 32.0%, followed by Nicaragua with a percentage variation of 24.5%.

The greatest drops in cargo movement in the ports happened between the 2nd and 3rd quarters. All the countries of the CACM had lower cargo volumes, resulting in a variation of -11.2% for the Central American Isthmus and -19.1% for the CACM. Guatemala and Nicaragua had the greatest declines in cargo with -26.3% and -16.6%, respectively. Panama was the exception during this period. It had sustained increases between quarters all year, with the greatest percentage increase (7.2%) between the 2nd and 3rd quarters.

The quarterly average for movement of offloaded cargo in the Central American Isthmus was 15.4 million MT in 2010, with the average in the CACM reaching 7.8 million MT. Panama was the country with the greatest quarterly average for offloading, with 7.6 million MT, followed by Guatemala with 2.6 million MT and Costa Rica with a quarterly average of 1.9 million MT.

Chart 1.4.2 displays the tendency shown by offloaded cargo movement in the ports of the Central American Isthmus and its countries during the four quarters of 2010. As can be seen, the highest variation happened between the 1st and 2nd quarters.

Chart No. 1.4.2. Cargo offloaded in Central American Ports by quarter

(Thousand of metric tons) Year 2010

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Central America




In the 2nd quarter, Guatemala was the country with the highest variation with an increase of 52.1% with respect to the 1st, followed by Nicaragua with an increase in offloading of 45.7%, resulting in an incremental variation for the Central American Isthmus of 13.1% and 22.6% for the CACM. Meanwhile, the lowest variation between quarters was between the 2nd and 3rd quarters when Nicaragua saw a more pronounced drop of -19.9%, closely followed by El Salvador with -19.6% and Guatemala with -18.8%. Panama was the only country of the isthmus that had no negative variation in any quarter in 2010.

In terms of loaded cargo in 2010, there was a quarterly average of 10.6 million MT in the isthmus and of 4.5 million MT for the CACM. Panama, Guatemala, and Costa Rica had the highest quarterly averages of loaded cargo (6.1, 1.6, and 1.5 million MT, respectively).

Char No. 1.4.3. Cargo loaded in Central American Port by quarter (Thousand of metric tons), Year 2010

Chart 1.4.3 shows the quarterly behavior of loaded cargo in the isthmus as a whole, for the CACM, and for each country, showing the variations in loaded cargo behavior. The highest variation for the isthmus happened between the 1st and 2nd quarters with a variation of 3.0% and for the isthmus, it happened between the 3rd and 4th quarters with 2.9%. The biggest drop between quarters for loading was between the 2nd and 3rd quarters with -7.0% for the isthmus and -23.6% for the CACM.

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Central America




1.5. Cargo by type of handling

In 2010, cargo movement by type of handling increased compared to the year before, except for Bulk Liquids, which saw its percentage share drop from 38.87% in 2009 to 27.57% in 2010.

Containerized cargo, which dropped 4.4 percentage points in 2009, increased by 9.3 percentage points in 2010. It represents 56.6% of the total, while Bulk Solids rose 1.4 percentage points with 11.14%. General Cargo (2.61%) and Ro-Ro Cargo (0.78%) had slight increases in their share compared to 2009.

Table 1.5.1 shows the percentage share for the different types of cargo handling over the last five years.

Table 1.5.1.: Cargo breakdown at Central American Ports by type of handling and percentage

Years (2006 - 2010)

Period General Cargo

Containerized Ro-Ro Dry Bulk Liquid Bulk Others Total Cargo (Thousand

metric tons)

2006 5.59% 42.11% 1.72% 14.00% 35.13% 1.25% 86,213.50

2007 3.76% 47.39% 1.60% 12.99% 32.77% 1.48% 97,288.80

2008 3.44% 51.74% 1.33% 10.07% 31.82% 1.59% 96,100.30

2009 2.26% 47.33% 0.56% 9.71% 38.87% 1.27% 100,143.50

2010 2.61% 56.60% 0.78% 11.14% 27.57% 1.35% 104,152.05

Source: Central American Port Companies and Panama Maritime Authority.

The volume of containerized cargo rose in 2010 to 58.95 million MT, 11.64 million MT more than in 2009. 77.4% of this increase was in Panamanian ports, 9.6% in Costa Rican ports, and 6.2% in Guatemalan ports.

Containerized cargo represented 56.60% of the total cargo movement in the Central American Isthmus with 46.83% of offloaded and 53.17% loaded. On the Pacific Seaboard, 24.1 million MT was mobilized (55.5% offloaded, 44.5% loaded), while on the Caribbean Seaboard, 34.9 million MT was mobilized (40.82% offloaded, 59.18% loaded).

The Panamanian ports of MIT on the Caribbean and PPB on the Pacific led in loading and offloading containerized cargo. PPB mobilized 78% of the offloading and 79% of the loading.



Chart 1.5.1 shows the total volume of containerized cargo loaded and offloaded by seaboard, expressed in MT and percentages.

Chart No. 1.5.1.: Containerized cargo volume by littoral in Central American Ports


The volume of General Cargo in 2010 was 2.71 million MT, a 19.95% increase compared to 2009. The most important variations were in El Salvador with a 147.3% increase because of major offloading of iron and iron products, followed by Nicaragua with a 101.8% increase. Panama dropped by 10.6%. Guatemala accounted for 43.33% and Costa Rica for 23.0% of this type of cargo in the Central American region.

Ro-Ro Cargo handling, which had been dropping in previous years, rose 34.8% in 2010, mainly because of Nicaragua and Panama increasing this type of cargo by 92.9% and 101.2%, respectively. On the other hand, Guatemala and Honduras continued to see drops of -41-4% and -46.3%, respectively.

Bulk Solids increased by 19.35% while Bulk Liquids dropped by 26.24%. Both the increase for Bulk Solids and the decrease for Bulk Liquids happened in all the countries.

0

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Offloaded 13,379 14,225 27,604

Loaded 10,716 20,625 31,342

Total 24,095 34,851 58,946

55.5% 40.8%

46.8%

44.5%

59.2%

53.17%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%




The share of Bulk Liquids, which was 38.87% in 2009, dropped to 27.54% in 2010, while the share of Bulk Solids rose 1.42%, even though the volume of this cargo handled dropped.

Chart 1.5.2 gives information about the distribution of total cargo movement by type of handling.

Chart No. 1.5.2.: Traffic cargo breakdown by type of cargo at Central

American ports for 2010


The distribution of offloaded cargo was 44.72% as Containerized (equivalent to 27.61 million MT, an increase of 6.39 million MT compared to last year), 35.60% was Bulk Liquids (equivalent to 21.97 million MT for a 5.04 million MT reduction compared to last year), 15.07% was Bulk Solids (a 1% increase compared to 2009), 2.57% was General Cargo, and 0.80% was Ro-Ro Cargo (a slight increase for the latter two types).

The Caribbean ports mobilized 46.51% of the offloading in the isthmus, of which 49.55% was Containerized Cargo and 36.84% was Bulk Liquids. The other types of cargo were offloaded in lesser proportions: 2.88% General Cargo, 1.08% Ro-Ro Cargo, and 7.45% Bulk Liquids.

Chart 1.5.3 shows the share of each type of handling for offloaded cargo in the ports of the isthmus.

General Cargo 2,716.70 2.61%

Containerized 58,945.72 56.60%

Ro-Ro 760.72 0.73%

Dry Bulk 11,607.21 11.14%

Liquid Bulk 28,711.57 27.57%

Others 1,410.14

1.35%



Chart No. 1.5.3.: Traffic discharged breakdown by type of cargo at Central American ports for 2010


In terms of loaded cargo movement in the region, in 2010 containerized cargo accounted for close to three-quarters of the cargo moved in the Central American ports with a 73.93% share, equivalent to 31.34 million MT, an increase of 5.33 million MT over 2009. Distribution by seaboard was 65.91% on the Caribbean Seaboard and 34.09% through Pacific ports.

In terms of loaded Bulk Liquids, they account for 15.88% on the isthmus, equivalent to 6.74 million MT, mainly loaded at Pacific ports (71.81%). General Cargo, Ro-Ro, and Bulk Dry had slight increases in their share of loading on the isthmus, going from 2.40% to 2.65%, 0.50% to 0.63%, and 4.10% to 5.42%, respectively.

General Cargo 1,588.95 2.57%

Containerized 27,604.20 44.71%

Ro-Ro 490.99 0.80%

Dry Bulk , 9,301.04 15.06%

Liquid Bulk 21,985.61 35.61%

Others 768.84 1.25%



Chart No. 1.5.4.: Traffic loaded breakdown by type of cargo at Central American Ports for 2010

Source: Central America Port Companies and Panama Maritime Authority

General Cargo on the Caribbean Seaboard represented 63.53%, equivalent to 1.73 million MT, of which 47.93% was offloaded and 52.07% was loaded. Meanwhile on the Pacific, 990.0 million MT was mobilized, or 36.44% of the total, with 76.90% of this offloaded and 23.10% loaded. Puerto Quetzal, Santo Tomas de Castilla, and Limón-Moín were the ports with the greatest volumes of General Cargo.

In terms of Containerized Cargo, on the Caribbean Seaboard, 40.71% was offloaded and 59.29% was loaded, while on the Pacific, offloading was 55.53% and loading was 44.47%. The Caribbean ports with the highest volumes were MIT with 10.57 million MT, followed by Limón-Moín with 6.90 million MT and PPC with 4.6 million MT. On the Pacific, this segment of cargo handling was concentrated in PPB with 19.07 million MT, followed by Quetzal and Caldera with 1.88 and 1.27 million MT, respectively.

Of the Ro-Ro Cargo mobilized, 76.31% was on the Caribbean Seaboard and 23.69% was on the Pacific. Most of this cargo on the Pacific was offloaded (99.88%). The ports of PPB, Quetzal, Caldera, and Corinto (in that order) mobilized all this cargo on the Pacific Seaboard. On the Caribbean, 53.57% of the Ro-Ro Cargo was offloaded and 46.43% was loaded. The ports mobilizing that cargo were MIT in first place, followed by PPC, Santo Tomas de Castilla, Limón-Moín, and Cortés.

General Cargo 1,127.75

2.66%

Containerized 31,341.52

73.90%

Ro-Ro 269.72 0.64%

Dry Bulk , 2,306.17

5.44%

Liquid Bulk 6,725.95 15.86%

Others 641.30 1.51%



Bulk Solids cargo movement is mainly done at the Pacific ports, which handled 77.51% of this cargo (equivalent to 9.00 million MT) in 2010, divided into 79.60% offloaded and 20.40% loaded. The ports with the greatest volumes of this cargo were Quetzal and Acajutla. On the Caribbean Seaboard, 2.6 million MT were mobilized, equivalent to 22.49% of the total (79.60% offloaded and 20.40% loaded). The most representative port for this type of cargo is Cortés with a volume of 1.71 million MT.

Bulk Liquid cargo during this period amounted to 12.48 million MT with 56.54% handled on the Pacific and 43.46% on the Caribbean. On the Pacific Seaboard, the volume offloaded was greater than that loaded (70.20% vs 29.30%). The Port of Charco Azul continued to lead this year with 5.43 million MT, despite having an overall reduction of around 2 million MT. Acajutla followed with 2.25 million MT and then came T Decal with 1.5 million MT and PATSA with 1.12 million MT. On the Caribbean, the offloaded volume accounted for 84.78% of the total and 15.22% was loaded. The ports that handled the greatest volumes of Bulk Liquids on this seaboard were Chiriquí Grande with 3.31 million MT, T. Petrolera with 2.76 million MT, Limón-Moín with 2.4 million MT, Cortés with 1.84 million MT, and Santo Tomas de Castilla with 1.19 million MT.

Chart 1.5.5 and Table 1.5.2 give detailed information about the distribution of cargo by type of handling by seaboard and 2009 and 2010 comparative percentages by country.

Chart No. 1.5.5: Traffic throughput by type of cargo and by littoral of Central American Ports of 2010

(Thousands of metric tons)


0.00 10,000.00 20,000.00 30,000.00 40,000.00 50,000.00 60,000.00

General Cargo

Containerized

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Liquid Bulk

Others

989.99

24,095.20

180.25

8,997.29

16,234.64

212.82

50,710.21

1,726.71

34,850.52

580.46

2,609.92

12,476.93

1,197.31

53,441.85

Caribbean Pacific



Table 1.5.2.: Comparative percentage distribution by type of cargo handling, 2009-2010

Type of Cargo General Cargo Containerized Ro-Ro Dry Bulk Liquid Bulk Others Total Cargo

(Thousand Metric Tons)

Country/Year 2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010

Guatemala 6.4% 7.0% 40.0% 42.2% 1.0% 0.6% 21.7% 24.7% 30.8% 24.5% 0.0% 1.1% 15,978.35 16,876.03

El Salvador 1.1% 2.5% 22.2% 24.1% 0.0% 0.0% 29.7% 31.1% 46.1% 41.9% 1.0% 0.4% 4,930.75 5,391.76

Honduras 2.1% 2.4% 38.0% 38.4% 0.0% 0.0% 18.0% 18.9% 30.1% 29.0% 11.8% 11.3% 9,450.49 10,581.59

Nicaragua 1.7% 3.3% 17.4% 20.1% 0.2% 0.4% 19.9% 26.2% 60.7% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2,833.61 3,009.15

Costa Rica 3.8% 4.6% 58.5% 60.7% 1.4% 1.5% 13.7% 14.6% 21.8% 18.6% 0.9% 0.0% 12,069.00 13,474.09

CACM 3.9% 4.6% 41.2% 43.1% 0.8% 0.6% 19.6% 21.5% 31.8% 27.3% 2.8% 2.9% 45,262.19 49,332.62

Panama 0.9% 0.8% 52.4% 68.7% 0.4% 0.8% 1.6% 1.8% 44.7% 27.8% 0.0% 0.0% 54,881.35 54,819.43

Central American 2.3% 2.6% 47.3% 56.6% 0.6% 0.7% 9.7% 11.1% 38.9% 27.6% 1.2% 1.4% 100,143.54 104,152.05




1.6. Cargo handled in the CACM ports

The ports of the Central American Common Market (CACM) in 2010 absorbed 47.32% of the cargo mobilized in the isthmus, equivalent to 49.33 million MT. This was an 8.99% recovery over the year before. The percentage distribution of offloading and loading and by seaboard did not vary much compared to the previous year with 63.53% and 36.47% for offloading and loading, respectively, and 54.49% and 45.51% on the Caribbean and Pacific, respectively.

Chart No. 1.6.1. : Cargo discharged and loaded breakdown by littoral at CACM ports for 2010

In terms of cargo distribution by country, there were no significant variations in the CACM countries.

For cargo distribution by type of handling, General and Ro-Ro Cargo continued to decline as in the previous period, although this time the reduction was less marked with share percentages of 4.63% and 0.64%, respectively. For General Cargo, the reduction in its share did not have a direct influence in the CACM. Ro-Ro Cargo did not suffer severe effects as happened last year. The variation for these from 2009 to 2010 was 28.2% and -8.3%, respectively. The share of Bulk Liquids dropped by close to three percentage points, reflecting the tendency in most countries, with a decrease of -6.3% between 2009 and 2010.

The distribution of Containerized Cargo and Bulk Solids was not affected in terms of its percentage share in the CACM. They increased by 3.1% and 2.47%, respectively. The increased volume of these kinds of cargo was 14.1% for Containerized and 19.5% for Bulk Solids.

Caribbean Pacific MCCA

28.9% 34.6%

63.5%

25.6%

10.9%

36.5%

Offloaded Loaded

54.5% 45.5%




Chart No. 1.6.2.: Cargo throughput at CACM ports by country for 2010

(Thousands of metric tons and percentage)

Source: Central American Port Companies

Chart No. 1.6.3.: Traffic throughput by type of cargo at CACM ports for 2010

(Thousands of metric tons and percentage)

Source: Central American Port Companies

Guatemala 16,876

34.21%

El Salvador 5,392

10.93%

Honduras 10,582

21.45%

Nicaragua 3,009

6.10%

Costa Rica 13,474

27.31%

General Cargo 2,283.73

4.63%

Containerized 21,262.40

43.10%

Ro-Ro 314.15 0.64%

Dry Bulk 10,594.00

21.47%

Lquid Bulk 13,468.22

27.30%

Others 1,410.14

2.86%



1.7. Origin and destination of cargo

For the second year running, the new section of Origin and Destination of cargo is presented to offer users other elements for making decisions. This year, it is possible to report the information for Panama that was not included last year because the source did not have this information.

Nevertheless in this publication, there is no breakdown by geographic region of the figures for origin and destination for the Ports of Tela and La Ceiba in Honduras or the Ports of Puntarenas, Punta Morales Terminal, and Fertica Terminal in Costa Rica, as well as for the PATSA and T DECAL port in Panama because the corresponding sources did not have this information available.

In addition, the information for origin and destination of cargo by geographic regions of the world for Port Caldera of Costa Rica is based on estimates generated by COCATRAM because the sources did not have the necessary information. COCATRAM thanks the National Institute for Statistics and Census of Costa Rica, INEC, for supplying the statistical information necessary to generate this information.

It is also important to note that the cargo volumes for transshipping at the CCT, MIT, PPB, and PPC ports are not included.

The performance of Central American international maritime commerce in 2010 was very similar to the previous period. The North American market is still the main region for trade with Central America with a 47.50% share, equivalent to 37.28 million MT. South America also continues in second place with a 13.18% share of cargo movement in the region. Asia took over from Europe in third place with a 9.80% share and Central America and Europe accounted for 7.22% and 5.37%, respectively, and the Caribbean region had a 3.43% share of cargo movements on the isthmus.

In regards to origin, in 2010 North America accounted for 24.44 million MT or 31.14% of the total cargo going to Central America. Of this, 57.62% was offloaded at Caribbean ports. South America took second place for offloading with 7.96 million MT or 10.14%, of which 75.27% entered along the Pacific Seaboard.

In terms of destination, North America and South America were also in first and second place with 12.83 and 2.39 million MT, equivalent to 16.35% and 3.04%, respectively. Cargo from North America was mostly exported along the Caribbean Seaboard (62.19%), while that from South America was through ports on the Pacific Seaboard (75.27%). Europe represented 2.92%, Central America 2.71%, and Asia 2.01%. The Caribbean islands represented 1.27%.



North America was the main foreign trade market for all countries through their ports. For Honduras and Guatemala, this region represented 68.53% and 62.39%, respectively. For El Salvador and Costa Rica, the percentage of cargo to and from that region was 44.87% and 44.75%, and for Nicaragua and Panama, it was 34.95% and 34.29%, respectively.

The second most important place for cargo traffic from Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama was South America. For Costa Rica, it was Central America, for Honduras it was Europe, and for El Salvador it was Asia.

Charts 1.7.1 and 1.7.2 give information about the origin and destination by country with their corresponding percentage shares in the geographic regions of the world.

Chart No. 1.7.1.: Origin and destination of the cargo handled at ports in Central America

by geographic regions 2010


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Europe Central America

Asia Caribbean

Others

Total 47.50% 13.18% 5.37% 7.14% 9.80% 3.43% 13.58%

Destination 31.14% 10.14% 2.45% 4.51% 7.79% 2.15% 10.50%

Total 16.35% 3.04% 2.92% 2.63% 2.01% 1.27% 3.08%



Chart No. 1.7.2.: Central American Isthmus: Cargo handled in ports by geographic regions of the

world by country (percentages), Year 2010


Guatemala

For Guatemala, the main region for cargo origin was North America with a 59.87% share, corresponding to 6.23 million MT. The United States was the main market with 5.37 million MT, of 86.20%. South America is the second most important region of origin with 12.82%, equivalent to 1.33 million MT, with Colombia standing with imports from there amounting to 810,910 MT. Asia is in third place with 769,100 MT offloaded, of which 446,410 MT came from China. The Caribbean follows with 437,210 MT, of which 63.02% (equivalent to 275,780 MT) came from the ports of the Dutch Antilles. Next was Europe with 417,000 MT coming from several countries (Holland, Norway, Estonia, Spain, Germany, among others) and lastly was Central America with 3.23% of the offloaded cargo. Panama was the main country of origin by sea with 220,150 MT.

Regarding cargo destination from Guatemala, North America was also in first with 4.30 million MT (66.46%), of which 3.74 million MT correspond to the United States. Asia is second with 393,390

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South America

Europe Central America

Asia Caribbean Others

Guatemala 62.39% 10.14% 4.52% 2.68% 6.89% 3.98% 9.38%

El Salvador 44.84% 2.97% 3.92% 5.46% 9.76% 2.37% 30.68%

Honduras 68.53% 6.63% 8.12% 3.20% 4.81% 3.59% 5.13%

Nicaragua 34.95% 31.74% 0.64% 0.00% 7.11% 10.87% 14.69%

Costa Rica 44.75% 9.80% 7.35% 17.95% 3.60% 0.34% 16.21%

Panama 34.29% 18.86% 4.71% 7.20% 16.46% 3.90% 14.58%



MT (6.08%). The main destination countries were Korea with 34.21% and India with 27.35%. South America and Europe both represented around 5% of the cargo shipped. In Europe, Holland and the United Kingdom were the main destinations with 101,240 MT and 97,540 MT, respectively. In South America, the main destinations were Chile, Venezuela, and Peru, which amounted to 86.26% of the shipments.

El Salvador

The United States accounted for 42.11% of the cargo originating in El Salvador, equivalent to 1.77 million MT, followed by Asia with 8.58%. Europe is in third place with 4.13%, followed by South America (2.66%), the Caribbean (2.00%), and Central America (1.52%).

The main destination for cargo from El Salvador was North America with 640,050 MT (53.50%), followed by Asia with 13.91%, Central America with 11.38%, South America with 4.05%, the Caribbean with 3.66%, Europe with 3.17%), and 10% going to unspecified destinations.

Honduras

For Honduras, the main region of cargo origin was North America with 70.60%, equivalent to 4.80 million MT. The United States accounted for 4.69 million MT, followed by South America with 9.0% where Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia represented 81.00%. Europe was the origin of 5.34% of the cargo, followed by the Caribbean (3.12%), Central America (2.85%), Asia (2.54%), and other unspecified countries of origin (6.54%).

Cargo from Honduran ports went mainly to North America (64.82%), equivalent to 2.45 million MT, with the United States receiving 2.28 million MT. Europe was in second with 496,010 MT (13.11%), with Germany, Belgium, and Holland accounting for 60.07% of the shipments.

Nicaragua

For Nicaragua, South America was the main point of origin of cargo with 925,030 MT (40.09%), with Venezuela standing out with 903,090 MT. North America follows with 31.08%, equivalent to 720,180 MT, with the United States representing almost the entirety of this traffic.

Cargo from the Caribbean region accounted for 291,000 MT, of which 288,120 MT came from Curacao. Asia represented 4.27% and China was the main country of origin from that continent.

Most of the cargo from Nicaraguan ports went to North America (331,540 MT), of which 242,100 MT went to the United States. The second most important destination was Asia with 114,000 MT (16.66%) and cargo shipped to the Caribbean accounted for 5.22%.



Costa Rica

The main origin of cargo for Costa Rica is North America with 3.82 million MT (mainly from the United States), followed by Central America with 1.14 million MT and South America with 906,170 MT, Asia with 316,520 MT, and Europe with 243,090 MT. The Caribbean region accounted for 10,990 MT.

Exports from Costa Rican ports went to North America, Central America, and Europe in that order of importance, with North America accounting for 37.72% (2.21 million MT), Central America 21.91% (1.28 million MT), and Europe 12.77% (747,100 MT).

Panama

The main origin of cargo offloaded at Panamanian ports in 2010 was North America with 7.09 million MT (31.43%). The United States accounted for 81.10% of that, equivalent to 5.75 million MT. Asia (China, Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan) came in second place with 19.50%, equivalent to 4.40 million MT and third place went to South America with 18.02%, equivalent to 4.07 million MT. The main countries from that region were Ecuador, Chile, and Colombia in that order. They accounted for 96.68% of the cargo from that region. The other regions of Central America (mainly Guatemala), Europe (Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Holland, and Sweden), and the Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Cuba, Aruba, among others) represented 7.59%, 3.21%, and 2.90%, respectively.

In terms of the destination from Panamanian ports, North America represented 44.09% with 2, 90 million MT (mainly the United States with 92.6% of the total for that region), followed by South America with 1.43 million MT shipped, equivalent to 21.74%. Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, and Chile were the most important destinations. Europe was in third place, receiving 648,500 MT (9.84%) and the Caribbean was in fourth with 7.32%. Asia and Central America took up 6.04% and 5.89%, respectively.



Chart No. 1.7.3.: Central American isthmus: Origin of cargo handled in ports by geographic regions in

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Chart No. 1.7.4. Central American Isthmus: Origin of cargo handled at ports by country, according to

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South America 1,333.96 111.62 612.08 929.04 906.17 4,065.84

Central America 335.79 158.07 193.89 - 1,136.98 1,711.46

Asia 769.10 360.08 172.90 98.90 316.52 4,398.86

Caribbean 437.24 83.90 212.37 290.99 10.99 655.09

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Central America 3.23% 3.77% 2.85% 0.00% 14.92% 7.59%

South America 12.82% 2.66% 9.00% 40.09% 11.89% 18.02%

North America 59.87% 42.38% 70.60% 31.08% 50.15% 31.43%



Chart No. 1.7.5.: Central American Isthmus: cargo loaded in ports by country according to geographical regions of destination (Thousand of metric tons) Year 2010


Chart No. 1.7.6.: Central American Isthmus: Cargo loaded in ports by country according to

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South America 377.83 48.46 89.02 26.10 414.92 1,432.28

Central America 116.63 136.18 144.93 - 1,281.72 388.08

Asía 393.39 166.40 335.78 114.99 168.61 398.23

Caribbean 235.23 43.80 167.51 36.12 34.57 482.11

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Caribbean 3.64% 3.66% 4.43% 5.22% 0.59% 7.32%

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North America 66.46% 53.50% 64.82% 47.93% 37.72% 44.09%

Central America 1.80% 11.38% 3.83% 0.00% 21.91% 5.89%



2. Vessels attended

The movement of vessels arriving at Central American ports was on the rise during the first seven years since 2000, with annual growth rates of between 2% and 6%. In 2008, this trend was reversed and there was negative growth of -1.65% that continued in 2009 with -5.13%. In 2010, there was some recovery with growth of 7.08% over 2009.

During this period, 17,537 vessels arrived in the region’s ports. Of these, container ships

represented 58.34% of the total, increasing their share by 12.01% over 2009. The shares for conventional and petroleum vessels also increased. They had declined the previous year, but increased by 18.99%, and 3.05%, respectively, in 2010. Refrigerator and bulk solid vessels had increases of 6.11% and 2.62%, respectively.

The greatest decreases were for gas carrier (-22.14%) and barges (-21.86%). Bulk liquid vessels also decreased (-13.68%), as did cruise ships (-11.39%) and Ro-Ro vessels, which saw a slight decline. Chart 2.1 shows the distribution of vessels by type in the region in 2010.

Panama had 12.5% more vessels arrive, Guatemala and Nicaragua each had a 7.4% increase, while Honduras had 44 more vessels than it did in 2009 (an increase of 0.6%). El Salvador had 10 fewer vessels arrive.

At the regional level, the increased arrival of vessels happened mainly at the MIT port (14.1%), Limón-Moín (13.5%), PPB (10.1%), Port Cortés (9.7%), and PPC (9.2%).

The region had 703 cruise ships arrive with Costa Rica receiving 34.28% of the total, followed by Panama with 33.14%. The main ports where these vessels anchored were Colón 2000 (18.35%), Puerto Limón (16.22%), Roatán, Honduras (12.80%), and Puntarenas (10.38%).

At the CACM ports, as in previous years, container ships accounted for the greatest volume (52.95%) although their share dropped slightly compared to 2009 (54.5%).

Charts 2.1 and 2.2 show the distribution of vessels by type in 2010.



Chart No. 2.1. Distribution by type of vessel at Central America


Chart No. 2.2.: Distribution by type of vessel at CACM Ports, 2010


Conventional 8.05%

Reefer 7.85%

Containership 58.34%

Ro-Ro 5.05%

Dry Bulk carrier 3.72%

Liquid Bulk carrier 4.03%

Oil tanker 5.13%

Gas carrier 0.80%

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Ro-Ro 4.97%

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Liquid bulk carrier 5.08%

Oil tanker 3.18%

Gas carrier 1.38%

Barge 0.34%

Cruises 4.63%

Others 1.61%



3. Containers and trailers

Container movement in Central America was increasing in the past decade, except for 2009 when it dropped by 8.8% compared to 2008. In 2010, container movement recovered with an increase of 1.7 million TEU over the year before, an increase of 24.7%.

The region’s ports handled 4,912,775 million containers and trailers of different types and sizes, equivalent to 8,480,396 TEU, and of these 72.15% were full.

Forty-foot containers were the ones most moved at the CACM ports (70.28%) and twenty-foot containers were the second most with 19.90%.

PPB led in container movement with 32.5% of the total for the region, followed by MIT with 18.9% and Limón-Moín with 10.4%. Although the region has 21 container ports, movement is concentrated in 10 main ones: PPB, MIT, Limón-Moín, PPC, Cortés, CCT, Santo Tomás de Castilla, Barrios, Quetzal, and Caldera. Together they account for 96.2% of the movement in the region.

In regards to the rates of variation between 2009 and 2010 for each port, PPC stands out as the port with the greatest increase (94.1%), followed by PPB (37.1%), and Quetzal and Santo Tomás de Castilla (22.5% and 20.2%, respectively). The rest of the port, which had increased container movement, had variations of less than 20%. Ports with declines in container movement compared to 2009 were Bluff (-7.6%), Castilla (-7.5%), Caldera (-3.8%), and El Rama (-2.1%).

The general ratio between full and empty was 2.68 and is more frequent in 43´, 40´, and 20´ containers. The ratio for larger containers is greater (5.57 for 48´and 45´). For 52´ containers, the ratio rose to 29.11 full for one empty.



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Port traffic in Central America by country, (Thousand of metric tons), 2001-2010 ............ 46

Vessel Arrivals in Central America by country, (Units), 2001-2010 ................................... 47

Container throughput at Central America by country, (TEU), 2001-2010 .......................... 48

Summary Table: Central America: Traffic by port, 2010 ................................................... 49

Table No. 1.Central America: Cargo by country and port, Year 2010................................. 51 Table No. 2.Central America: Vessel arrivals by country and ports, Quarterly, Year 2010 . 53

Table No. 3.Central America: Vessel arrivals by ship type.................................................. 55

Table No. 4.Central America: Traffic by cargo type, Year 2010 ......................................... 57

Table No. 4-A.Central America: Traffic offloaded by cargo type, Year 2010 ..................... 59

Table No. 4-B. Central America: Traffic loaded by cargo type, Year 2010 ........................ 61

Table No. 5. Central America: Origin y destination of cargo by ports by geographic regions,

Year 2010 .............................................................................................................................. 63

Table No. 6. Central America: Container throughput, (Units), Year 2010, ......................... 65

Table No. 7. Central America: Container throughput, (TEU), Year 2010 ........................... 68

Table No. 8. Central America: Cruise vessel and passenger arrivals by port, Year 2010 ..... 70

GLOSSARY OF TERMS ..................................................................................................... 71

List of countries by region of the world…………………………………………………. 74



Port traffic in Central America by country, (Thousand of metric tons), 2001-2010

Country/Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Guatemala 11,246 12,217 14,640 14,678 15,753 16,080 16,876 15,860 15,978 16,876

El Salvador 4,592 4,546 4,698 4,686 5,098 5,965 6,156 6,010 4,931 5,392

Honduras 6,882 7,083 7,658 8,732 9,273 9,393 9,819 10,476 9,450 10,582

Nicaragua 2,363 2,094 2,146 2,328 2,505 2,707 2,938 2,799 2,834 3,009

Costa Rica 9,078 9,760 10,439 10,915 11,334 12,824 13,674 13,909 12,069 13,474

CACM 34,161 35,699 39,581 41,338 43,964 46,969 49,463 49,054 45,262 49,333

Panama 23,139 21,291 24,626 34,795 36,699 39,245 44,826 47,047 54,881 54,819

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Guatemala 2,534 2,637 2,912 3,055 3,112 3,366 3,546 3,370 3,261 3,501

El Salvador 445 451 546 590 610 718 855 729 630 620

Honduras 2,154 2,212 2,293 2,324 2,309 2,377 2,547 2,456 2,238 2,252

Nicaragua 544 422 432 421 449 621 676 673 596 640

Costa Rica 2,386 2,642 2,732 2,737 2,779 3,042 3,215 3,078 2,999 3,136

CACM 8,063 8,364 8,915 9,127 9,259 10,124 10,839 10,306 9,724 10,149

Panama 4,911 4,823 5,140 5,479 5,998 6,159 6,570 6,821 6,567 7,388

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Country/year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Guatemala 597,775 681,078 725,976 750,343 770,363 835,253 876,653 905,705 887,322 1,022,994

El Salvador 17,721 42,221 66,216 93,647 104,370 124,331 144,458 156,323 126,369 146,819

Honduras 397,659 413,842 470,340 555,854 591,697 593,800 636,433 669,802 571,720 612,844

Nicaragua 10,933 10,447 12,328 16,983 18,951 47,948 61,457 63,234 59,932 68,326

Rica Costa 616,900 646,971 676,438 734,088 778,651 880,436 968,559 1,004,975 909,442 1,036,214

CACM 1,640,988 1,794,559 1,951,298 2,150,915 2,264,032 2,481,768 2,687,560 2,800,039 2,554,785 2,887,197

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

Central America 3,232,460 3,339,333 3,942,958 4,579,714 5,038,602 5,509,329 6,762,040 7,451,965 6,799,525 8,480,396


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Central America 104,152.05 17,537 4,912,775 8,480,396

GUATEMALA 16,876.03 3,501 553,599 1,022,994 Santo Tomas de Castilla C 4,745.50 1,547 225,808 a/ 430,999

Barrios C 2,714.90 514 162,292 326,836

Quetzal P 7,483.41 1,323 165,499 265,159

Boyas de San José P 1,932.23 117 - -

EL SALVADOR 5,391.76 620 87,046 146,819 Acajutla P 5,343.20 572 87,046 146,819

Corsain P 48.56 48 - -

HONDURAS 10,581.59 2,252 321,534 612,844 Puerto Cortés C 8,383.23 1,705 281,027 531,830

Tela C 295.67 41 - -

La Ceiba C 10.66 90 - -

Puerto Castilla C 717.72 193 40,507 81,014

Roatan C - 90 - -

San Lorenzo P 1,174.32 133 - -

NICARAGUA 3,009.15 640 43,091 68,326 Corinto P 2,090.61 449 41,194 64,918

San Jaun del Sur P - 24 - -

Sandino P 849.97 35 - -

Cabezas C 13.28 12 - -

El Bluff C 23.13 50 106 185

Arlen Siu C 32.16 70 1,791 3,223

COSTA RICA 13,474.09 3,136 563,193 1,036,214 Caldera P 3,274.54 669 94,658 155,307

Puntarenas P 1.65 73 - -

Terminal Punta Morales P 198.90 21 - -

Terminal Fertica P 55.93 8 - -

Limón-Moín C 9,943.07 2,365 468,535 880,907

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Summary Table: Central America: Traffic by port, 2010

Aguadulce P - 1 - -

Armuelles P - - - -

Bocas Fruit Co. (Almirante) C 644.36 167 11,815 24,016

Amador & Resort P - 59 - -

Charco Azul P 5,426.02 79 - -

Chiriquí Grande C 3,366.35 72 - -

COLON 2000 C - 129 - -

Colon Port Terminal C 21.30 185 2,119 2,173

Colon Container Terminal (C.C.T.) C 3,359.75 487 316,657 519,770

Manzanillo Int´l Terminal (M.I.T) C 10,808.55 2,469 939,530 1,599,676

Panama Port Co.Balboa (PPB) P 20,137.97 1,778 1,638,544 2,758,506

Panama Port Co.Cristobal (PPC) C 5,647.21 1,614 435,647 689,058

Pedregal P - - - -

Petro America Terminal, S.A. (PATSA) P 1,118.06 102 - -

T. Decal P 1,574.84 92 - -

T. Granelera C 187.13 27 - -

T. Petrolero C 2,496.24 121 - -

T. Samba Bonita C 31.66 6 - -

Guatemala 16,876.03 3,501 553,599 1,022,994

El Salvador 5,391.76 620 87,046 146,819

Honduras 10,581.59 2,252 321,534 612,844

Nicaragua 3,009.15 640 43,091 68,326

Costa Rica 13,474.09 3,136 563,193 1,036,214

Panama 54,819.43 7,388 3,344,312 5,593,199

Source: Central american Ports and Panama Maritime Authority

a/: The port of Santo Tomas de Castilla does not include transfer Container Mov units

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Table No. 1. Central America: Cargo by country and port

(Thousand of metric ton), Year 2010

O L Total O L Total O L Total O L Total O L Total

14,614.89 10,634.73 25,249.62 16,534.54 11,036.74 27,571.27 15,183.13 10,272.44 25,455.57 15,407.08 10,468.51 25,875.59 61,739.64 42,412.41 104,152.05

2,041.32 1,815.09 3,856.41 3,105.65 1,983.85 5,089.51 2,520.90 1,228.23 3,749.12 2,739.68 1,441.32 4,181.00 10,407.54 6,468.49 16,876.03

C 555.34 701.37 1,256.71 620.35 650.41 1,270.75 557.95 524.12 1,082.06 567.81 568.16 1,135.97 2,301.45 2,444.05 4,745.50

C 288.39 342.37 630.76 366.10 380.88 746.98 326.47 323.33 649.80 347.61 339.76 687.37 1,328.56 1,386.34 2,714.90

P 1,090.52 752.55 1,843.07 1,642.88 747.77 2,390.65 1,225.27 310.64 1,535.91 1,285.81 427.98 1,713.79 5,244.48 2,238.93 7,483.41

P 107.07 18.81 125.88 476.32 204.80 681.12 411.21 70.15 481.36 538.45 105.42 643.87 1,533.05 399.17 1,932.23

1,067.73 382.79 1,450.52 1,181.40 273.44 1,454.85 950.14 295.63 1,245.77 996.04 244.59 1,240.63 4,195.31 1,196.45 5,391.76

P 1,047.81 382.79 1,430.60 1,162.81 273.44 1,436.25 943.23 295.63 1,238.86 992.91 244.59 1,237.50 4,146.75 1,196.45 5,343.20

P 19.93 0.00 19.93 18.59 0.00 18.59 6.91 0.00 6.91 3.13 0.00 3.13 48.56 0.00 48.56

1,709.70 1,015.80 2,725.49 1,851.93 1,071.39 2,923.32 1,615.84 888.62 2,504.46 1,621.03 807.29 2,428.31 6,798.48 3,783.10 10,581.59

C 1,378.66 814.36 2,193.02 1,465.02 819.53 2,284.55 1,340.21 709.68 2,049.89 1,295.06 560.71 1,855.77 5,478.95 2,904.28 8,383.23

C 60.35 0.00 60.35 80.89 0.00 80.89 69.46 0.00 69.46 84.98 0.00 84.98 295.67 0.00 295.67

C 0.08 1.26 1.33 0.07 3.23 3.30 0.12 3.67 3.78 0.09 2.15 2.24 0.35 10.31 10.66

C 49.46 121.44 170.91 58.97 122.10 181.08 52.97 130.07 183.04 47.45 135.25 182.70 208.85 508.87 717.72

P 221.15 78.73 299.89 246.98 126.53 373.51 153.08 45.21 198.29 193.45 109.18 302.63 814.67 359.65 1,174.32

484.49 219.34 703.83 705.90 170.64 876.54 565.12 166.33 731.45 561.85 135.48 697.33 2,317.36 691.79 3,009.15

P 279.97 214.71 494.69 444.48 164.97 609.45 318.21 159.40 477.61 380.84 128.03 508.86 1,423.50 667.11 2,090.61

P 196.27 0.00 196.27 249.92 0.00 249.92 235.23 0.00 235.23 168.55 0.00 168.55 849.97 0.00 849.97

C 2.69 0.00 2.69 4.50 0.00 4.50 3.29 0.54 3.83 2.27 0.00 2.27 12.74 0.54 13.28

C 2.50 0.76 3.26 3.21 0.83 4.04 4.60 2.63 7.22 5.23 3.38 8.61 15.53 7.60 23.13

C 3.07 3.86 6.93 3.80 4.84 8.64 3.79 3.76 7.55 4.96 4.08 9.04 15.62 16.54 32.16

1,981.97 1,558.62 3,540.59 2,084.88 1,599.72 3,684.60 1,810.79 1,314.40 3,125.19 1,745.42 1,378.29 3,123.72 7,623.06 5,851.03 13,474.09

P 679.33 154.35 833.68 745.58 113.05 858.64 659.58 123.51 783.09 681.36 117.78 799.14 2,765.85 508.69 3,274.54

P 0.49 0.26 0.75 0.33 0.06 0.39 0.04 0.00 0.04 0.40 0.07 0.47 1.26 0.38 1.65

P 97.21 3.75 100.96 70.31 2.46 72.77 25.17 0.00 25.17 0.00 0.00 0.00 192.69 6.21 198.90

P 12.97 0.00 12.97 35.75 0.00 35.75 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.22 0.00 7.22 55.93 0.00 55.93

C 1,191.98 1,400.26 2,592.24 1,232.90 1,484.15 2,717.06 1,126.00 1,190.89 2,316.89 1,056.45 1,260.44 2,316.89 4,607.33 5,335.74 9,943.07

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Table No. 1. Central America: Cargo by country and port

(Thousand of metric ton), Year 2010

O L Total O L Total O L Total O L Total O L Total

7,329.67 5,643.10 12,972.77 7,604.78 5,937.69 13,542.46 7,720.35 6,379.23 14,099.58 7,743.07 6,461.54 14,204.61 30,397.87 24,421.56 54,819.43

C 49.21 93.44 142.65 61.92 73.01 134.93 92.47 94.78 187.25 88.15 91.37 179.52 291.76 352.60 644.36

P 1,033.37 1,328.78 2,362.14 690.82 834.88 1,525.71 113.35 579.30 692.65 126.80 718.73 845.53 1,964.34 3,461.68 5,426.02

C 609.21 188.22 797.43 532.22 53.89 586.11 646.88 271.64 918.53 800.20 264.09 1,064.29 2,588.51 777.84 3,366.35

C 0.87 2.50 3.37 1.78 2.26 4.04 0.17 11.13 11.30 0.00 2.58 2.58 2.82 18.48 21.30

C 128.97 627.78 756.75 154.21 614.52 768.73 238.09 667.98 906.07 216.34 711.85 928.19 737.62 2,622.13 3,359.75

C 1,221.74 1,021.76 2,335.26 1,387.85 1,485.30 2,873.15 1,441.38 1,327.93 2,769.31 1,360.41 1,562.19 2,922.59 5,411.37 5,397.18 10,808.55

P 2,304.95 1,876.46 4,181.40 2,721.93 2,147.39 4,869.33 3,185.53 2,389.93 5,575.46 3,083.07 2,428.71 5,511.78 11,295.48 8,842.49 20,137.97

C 473.90 497.65 971.55 731.48 704.17 1,435.65 875.16 1,035.74 1,910.90 647.11 682.00 1,329.11 2,727.66 2,919.55 5,647.21

P 313.75 0.00 313.75 253.36 0.00 253.36 208.00 0.00 208.00 342.96 0.00 342.96 1,118.06 0.00 1,118.06

P 313.92 0.00 313.92 384.86 0.00 384.86 401.31 0.00 401.31 474.75 0.00 474.75 1,574.84 0.00 1,574.84

C 102.08 0.00 102.08 16.12 0.00 16.12 54.05 0.79 54.84 14.06 0.03 14.08 186.31 0.82 187.13

C 773.67 6.53 780.20 660.87 22.27 683.14 453.01 0.00 453.01 579.90 0.00 579.90 2,467.45 28.79 2,496.24

C 4.04 0.00 4.04 7.35 0.00 7.35 10.95 0.00 10.95 9.33 0.00 9.33 31.66 0.00 31.66


O: Offloaded L: Loaded

PANAMA

Bocas Fruit Co. (Almirante)

Charco Azul

Contry/Ports

Chiriquí Grande

Colon Port Terminal

Colon Container Terminal (C.C.T.)

Manzanillo Int´l Terminal (M.I.T)

Panamá Port Co.Balboa (PPB)

T. Samba Bonita

Panamá Port Co.Cristóbal (PPC)

Petro America Terminal, S.A. (PATSA)

T. Decal

T. Granelera

T. Petrolero

TotalLitoral

Quarter I Quarter I Quarter I Quarter I



Table No. 2. Central America: Vessel arrivals by port, Quarterly

(Units), Year 2010

Continue

Seaboard Quarter I Quarter II Quarter III Quarter IV Total

4,312 4,339 4,338 4,548 17,537

859 910 851 881 3,501

Santo Tomás de Castilla C 402 389 375 381 1,547

Barrios C 123 136 117 138 514

Puerto Quetzal P 322 350 327 324 1,323

San José P 12 35 32 38 117

EL SALVADOR 161 156 151 152 620

Acajutla P 140 141 143 148 572

Corsain P 21 15 8 4 48

578 572 556 546 2,252

Puerto Cortés C 434 436 423 412 1,705

Tela C 9 12 9 11 41

La Ceiba C 21 24 23 22 90

Puerto Castilla C 45 45 54 49 193

Roatán C 38 19 17 16 90

San Lorenzo P 31 36 30 36 133

163 156 154 167 640

Corinto P 109 116 113 111 449

Sandino P 5 7 8 4 24

San Juan del Sur P 23 1 0 11 35

Cabezas C 2 3 4 3 12

El Bluff C 10 11 12 17 50

El Rama (Arlen Siu) C 14 18 17 21 70

832 787 729 788 3,136

Caldera P 182 163 150 174 669

Terminal Puntarenas P 29 17 1 26 73

Terminal de Punta Morales P 9 7 5 0 21

Terminal Fertica P 2 5 0 1 8

Limón-Moín C 610 595 573 587 2,365

Country/Ports

Central America

COSTA RICA

NICARAGUA

HONDURAS

GUATEMALA



Table No. 2. Central America: Vessel arrivals by port, Quarterly (Units), 2010

Seaboard Quarter I Quarter II Quarter III Quarter IV Total

1,719 1,759 1,897 2,014 7,388

Aguadulce P 0 1 0 0 1

Bocas Fruit Co. (Almirante) C 40 37 45 45 167

AMADOR & RESORTS P 33 8 1 17 59

Armuelles P 0 0 0 0 0

Panamá Port Co.Balboa (PPB) P 395 419 482 482 1,778

Panamá Port Co.Cristóbal (PPC) C 389 402 419 404 1,614

Charco Azul P 36 20 12 11 79

Chiriquí Grande C 13 21 17 21 72

COLON 2000 C 47 11 6 65 129

Colon Port Terminal C 27 17 56 85 185

Colon Container Terminal (C.C.T.) C 102 107 132 146 487

Manzanillo Int´l Terminal (M.I.T) C 546 631 646 646 2,469

Pedregal P 0 0 0 0 0

Petro America Terminal, S.A. (PATSA) P 25 27 23 27 102

T. Decal P 17 20 25 30 92

T. Petrolero C 41 4 24 25 94

T. GRANELERA C 8 31 7 8 54

T. Samba Bonita C 0 2 2 2 6

859 910 851 881 3,501

161 156 151 152 620

578 572 556 546 2,252

163 156 154 167 640

832 787 729 788 3,136

1,719 1,758 1,897 2,014 7,388


Panamá

Nicaragua

El Salvador

Honduras

Guatemala

Costa Rica

S u m m a r y t a b l e b y c o u n t r y

Country/Ports

PANAMA



Table No. 3. Central America: Vessel arrivals by ship type

(Units), Year 2010

Seabo

ardConventi

onal Reefer

Constain

ership Ro-Ro

Dry Bulk

carrier

Liquid

Bulk

carrier Oil tanker

Gas

carrier/

tanker Barge Cruises Others Total

1,412 1,377 10,231 891 653 707 899 140 361 703 163 17,537GUATEMALA 399 344 1,938 127 218 307 14 5 7 83 59 3,501

Santo Tomás de Castilla C 265 139 918 58 6 109 14 - - 38 - 1,547Barrios C 52 20 401 - 15 20 - - 6 - - 514Puerto Quetzal P 82 185 619 69 197 61 - 5 1 45 59 1,323San José P - - - - - 117 - - - - - 117

EL SALVADOR 79 - 303 - 112 92 - 2 - - 32 620Acajutla P 79 - 303 - 109 81 - - - - - 572Corsain P - - - - 3 11 - 2 - - 32 48

HONDURAS 127 54 1,392 105 143 74 173 19 2 101 62 2,252Puerto Cortés C 47 12 1,272 62 130 48 70 19 2 10 33 1,705Tela C - - - - - - 41 - - - - 41La Ceiba C 62 - - - - - - - - - 28 90Puerto Castilla C 10 42 120 - - 20 - - - 1 - 193Roatán C - - - - - - - - - 90 - 90San Lorenzo P 8 - - 43 13 6 62 - - - 1 133

NICARAGUA 200 - 224 58 - - 112 - 1 45 - 640Corinto P 83 - 224 58 - - 73 - 1 10 - 449Sandino P 10 - - - - - 14 - - - - 24San Juan del Sur P - - - - - - - - - 35 - 35Cabezas C - - - - - - 12 - - - - 12El Bluff C 37 - - - - - 13 - - - - 50El Rama (Arlen Siu) C 70 - - - - - - - - - - 70

COSTA RICA* 183 798 1,385 214 99 43 24 114 25 241 10 3,136Caldera P 20 48 355 71 75 12 1 - 24 54 9 669Terminal Puntarenas P - - - - - - - - - 73 - 73Terminal de Punta Morales P - - - - 16 5 - - - - - 21Terminal Fertica P - - - - 8 - - - - - - 8Limón-Moín C 163 750 1,030 143 - 26 23 114 1 114 1 2,365

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Total Centroamérica

Country/Ports



Table No. 3. Central America: Vessel arrivals by ship type

(Units), Year 2010

Seabo

ardConventi

onal Reefer

Constain

ership Ro-Ro

Dry Bulk

carrier

Liquid

Bulk

carrier Oil tanker

Gas

carrier/

tanker Barge Cruises Others Total

PANAMA 424 181 4,989 387 81 191 576 - 326 233 - 7,388Aguadulce P 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1Bocas Fruit Co. (Almirante) C - 167 - - - - - - - - - 167AMADOR & RESORTS P - - - - - - - - - 59 - 59Armuelles P - - - - - - - - - - - -Panamá Port Co.Balboa (PPB) P 10 5 1,535 73 23 67 63 - 2 - - 1,778Panamá Port Co.Cristóbal (PPC) C 91 9 893 25 35 114 86 - 316 45 - 1,614Charco Azul P - - - - - - 79 - - - - 79Chiriquí Grande C 28 - - - - - 44 - - - - 72COLON 2000 C - - - - - - - - - 129 - 129Colon Port Terminal C 185 - - - - - - - - - - 185Colon Container Terminal (C.C.T.) C 3 - 484 - - - - - - - - 487Manzanillo Int´l Terminal (M.I.T) C 102 - 2,077 289 - - 1 - - - - 2,469Pedregal P - - - - - - - - - - - -Petro America Terminal, S.A. (PATSA) P - - - - - - 102 - - - - 102T. Decal P - - - - - - 92 - - - - 92T. Petrolero C - - - - - 10 109 - 2 - - 121T. GRANELERA C 4 - - - 23 - - - - - - 27T. Samba Bonita C - - - - - - - - 6 - - 6Yacth Club-Cristobal P - - - - - - - - - - - -

399 344 1,938 127 218 307 14 5 7 83 59 3,50179 - 303 - 112 92 - 2 - - 32 620

127 54 1,392 105 143 74 173 19 2 101 62 2,252200 - 224 58 - - 112 - 1 45 - 640183 798 1,385 214 99 43 24 114 25 241 10 3,136424 181 4,989 387 81 191 576 - 326 233 - 7,388

Note: * / do not include 16 Ships crecerors Quepos

Country/Ports

Costa Rica

Panamá



Guatemala

El Salvador

Honduras

Nicaragua



Table No. 4. Central America: Traffic by cargo type (Thousand of metric tons), Year 2010

2,716.70 58,945.72 760.72 11,607.21 28,711.57 1,410.14 104,152.05

GUATEMALA 1,177.25 7,116.36 97.13 4,160.40 4,135.80 189.09 16,876.03

Santo Tomas de Castilla C 469.51 2,880.21 49.95 150.95 1,194.87 - 4,745.50

Barrios C 171.18 2,347.57 - 83.36 112.79 - 2,714.90

Quetzal P 536.56 1,888.57 47.19 3,926.09 895.91 189.09 7,483.41

Boyas de San José P - - - - 1,932.23 - 1,932.23

EL SALVADOR 133.37 1,298.32 - 1,675.93 2,260.41 23.73 5,391.76

Acajutla P 133.37 1,298.32 - 1,661.25 2,250.27 - 5,343.20

Corsain p - - - 14.69 10.14 23.73 48.56

HONDURAS 249.55 4,065.97 2.10 1,997.61 3,069.07 1,197.30 10,581.59

Puerto Cortés C 165.78 3,621.90 2.10 1,716.78 1,837.93 1,038.74 8,383.23

Tela C - - - - 295.67 - 295.67

La Ceiba C 10.66 - - - - - 10.66

Puerto Castilla C 30.19 444.06 - - 84.90 158.56 717.72

San Lorenzo P 42.92 - - 280.83 850.56 - 1,174.32

NICARAGUA 100.01 603.65 13.46 788.83 1,503.20 - 3,009.15

Corinto P 58.95 576.70 13.46 726.08 715.42 - 2,090.61

Sandino P 29.42 - - 62.75 757.80 - 849.97

Cabezas A - - - - 13.28 - 13.28

El Bluff A 1.62 4.81 - - 16.71 - 23.13

Arlen Siu A 10.01 22.14 - - - - 32.16

COSTA RICA 623.54 8,178.11 201.47 1,971.22 2,499.74 0.02 13,474.09

Caldera P 188.30 1,268.18 36.08 1,778.74 3.25 - 3,274.54

Puntarenas P 0.38 - - - 1.26 - 1.65

Terminal Punta Morales P - - - 136.56 62.35 - 198.90

Terminal Fertica P - - - 55.93 - - 55.93

Limón-Moín C 434.86 6,909.92 165.39 - 2,432.89 0.02 9,943.07

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CENTRAL AMERICAN

Líquido Bulk carrier Others Total

Contry/PortsSeaboard

General cargo

Containerized Ro Ro

Dry Bulk carrier



Table No. 4. Central America: Traffic by cargo type (Thousand of metric tons), Year 2010

PANAMA 432.97 37,683.33 446.57 1,013.21 15,243.35 - 54,819.43

Bocas Fruit Co. (Almirante) C 311.14 157.10 - 153.51 22.61 - 644.36

Charco Azul P - - - - 5,426.02 - 5,426.02

Chiriquí Grande C 58.02 - - - 3,308.33 - 3,366.35

Colon Port Terminal C 5.74 15.56 - - - - 21.30

Colon Container Terminal (C.C.T.) C - 3,359.75 - - - - 3,359.75

Manzanillo Int´l Terminal (M.I.T) C - 10,480.36 328.19 - - - 10,808.55

Panama Port Co.Balboa (PPB) P 0.09 19,063.43 83.53 354.38 636.54 - 20,137.97

Panama Port Co.Cristobal (PPC) C 3.92 4,607.13 34.85 340.61 660.71 - 5,647.21

Petro America Terminal, S.A. (PATSA) P - - - - 1,118.06 - 1,118.06

T. Decal P - - - - 1,574.84 - 1,574.84

T. Granelera C 22.41 - - 164.72 - - 187.13

T. Petrolero C - - - - 2,496.24 - 2,496.24

T. Samba Bonita C 31.66 - - - - - 31.66

Guatemala 1,177.25 7,116.36 97.13 4,160.40 4,135.80 189.09 16,876.03

El Salvador 133.37 1,298.32 - 1,675.93 2,260.41 23.73 5,391.76

Honduras 249.55 4,065.97 2.10 1,997.61 3,069.07 1,197.30 10,581.59

Nicaragua 100.01 603.65 13.46 788.83 1,503.20 - 3,009.15

Costa Rica 623.54 8,178.11 201.47 1,971.22 2,499.74 0.02 13,474.09

Panama 432.97 37,683.33 446.57 1,013.21 15,243.35 - 54,819.43


Dry Bulk carrier


S u m m a r y t a b l e b y c o u n t r y C u a d r o R e s u m e n


0 : Figure did not reach the firs expressed unit


General cargo

Containerized Ro Ro



Table No. 4-A. Central America: Traffic offloaded by cargo type


1,588.95 27,604.20 490.99 9,301.04 21,985.61 768.84 61,739.64

GUATEMALA 544.15 3,416.32 64.36 3,194.16 3,073.02 115.54 10,407.54

Santo Tomas de Castilla C 56.95 1,479.59 17.36 150.95 596.59 - 2,301.45

Barrios C 121.56 1,013.16 - 81.05 112.79 - 1,328.56

Quetzal P 365.64 923.56 47.00 2,962.16 830.58 115.54 5,244.48

Boyas de San José P - - - - 1,533.05 - 1,533.05

EL SALVADOR 127.68 781.95 - 1,353.49 1,908.47 23.73 4,195.31

Acajutla P 127.68 781.95 - 1,338.80 1,898.33 - 4,146.75

Corsain P - - - 14.69 10.14 23.73 48.56

HONDURAS 160.64 1,855.18 1.65 1,355.36 2,796.11 629.55 6,798.48

Puerto Cortés C 122.71 1,738.61 1.65 1,346.56 1,721.60 547.82 5,478.95

Tela C - - - - 295.67 - 295.67

La Ceiba C 0.35 - - - - - 0.35


San Lorenzo P 28.87 - - 8.80 777.00 - 814.67

NICARAGUA 56.72 343.44 13.46 605.34 1,298.40 - 2,317.36

Corinto P 22.95 328.94 13.46 542.59 515.56 - 1,423.50

Sandino P 29.42 - - 62.75 757.80 - 849.97

Cabezas C - - - - 12.74 - 12.74

El Bluff C 0.79 2.44 - - 12.30 - 15.53

Arlen Siu C 3.56 12.05 - - - - 15.62

COSTA RICA 581.68 2,477.67 130.57 1,952.64 2,480.49 0.02 7,623.06

Caldera P 186.63 775.99 36.08 1,763.91 3.25 - 2,765.85

Puntarenas P - - - - 1.26 - 1.26


Terminal Fertica P - - - 55.93 - - 55.93

Limón-Moín C 395.05 1,701.69 94.49 - 2,416.09 0.02 4,607.33

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CENTRAL AMERICA

TotalContry/Ports

SeaboardGeneral cargo

Containerized Ro Ro

Dry Bulk carrier

Líquido Bulk carrier Others



Table No. 4-A. Central America: Traffic offloaded by cargo type


PANAMA 118.09 18,729.65 280.96 840.05 10,429.13 - 30,397.87

Bocas Fruit Co. (Almirante) C 9.32 106.32 - 153.51 22.61 - 291.76

Charco Azul P - - - - 1,964.34 - 1,964.34

Chiriquí Grande C 50.69 - - - 2,537.82 - 2,588.51

Colon Port Terminal C 2.82 - - - - - 2.82

Colon Container Terminal (C.C.T.) C - 737.62 - - - - 737.62


Panamá Port Co.Balboa (PPB) P 0.09 10,568.62 83.49 279.64 363.64 - 11,295.48

Panamá Port Co.Cristóbal (PPC) C 1.92 2,086.62 16.56 242.18 380.38 - 2,727.66

Petro America Terminal, S.A. (PATSA) P - - - - 1,118.06 - 1,118.06

T. Decal P - - - - 1,574.84 - 1,574.84

T. Granelera C 21.59 - - 164.72 - - 186.31

T. Petrolero C - - - - 2,467.45 - 2,467.45

T. Samba Bonita C 31.66 - - - - - 31.66

544.15 3,416.32 64.36 3,194.16 3,073.02 115.54 10,407.54

127.68 781.95 - 1,353.49 1,908.47 23.73 4,195.31

160.64 1,855.18 1.65 1,355.36 2,796.11 629.55 6,798.48

56.72 343.44 13.46 605.34 1,298.40 - 2,317.36

581.68 2,477.67 130.57 1,952.64 2,480.49 0.02 7,623.06

118.09 18,729.65 280.96 840.05 10,429.13 - 30,397.87


Others TotalGeneral cargo

Containerized Ro Ro

Dry Bulk carrier

Líquido Bulk carrier



Guatemala

El Salvador

Honduras

Nicaragua

Costa Rica

Panama





Table No. 4-B. Central America: Traffic loaded by cargo type


1,127.75 31,341.52 269.72 2,306.17 6,725.95 641.30 42,412.41

GUATEMALA 633.11 3,700.04 32.77 966.24 1,062.78 73.55 6,468.49

Santo Tomas de Castilla C 412.56 1,400.62 32.59 - 598.28 - 2,444.05

Barrios C 49.62 1,334.41 - 2.31 - - 1,386.34

Quetzal P 170.92 965.01 0.18 963.93 65.33 73.55 2,238.93

Boyas de San José P - - - - 399.17 - 399.17

EL SALVADOR 5.70 516.37 - 322.45 351.94 - 1,196.45

Acajutla P 5.70 516.37 - 322.45 351.94 - 1,196.45

Corsain P - - - - - - -

Honduras 88.91 2,210.79 0.44 642.25 272.96 567.75 3,783.10

Puerto Cortés C 43.07 1,883.30 0.44 370.22 116.34 490.92 2,904.28

Tela C - - - - - - -

La Ceiba C 10.31 - - - - - 10.31


San Lorenzo P 14.05 - - 272.03 73.57 - 359.65

NICARAGUA 43.29 260.21 - 183.49 204.80 - 691.79

Corinto P 36.00 247.76 - 183.49 199.85 - 667.11

Sandino P - - - - - - -

Cabezas C - - - - 0.54 - 0.54

El Bluff C 0.83 2.36 - - 4.41 - 7.60

Arlen Siu C 6.45 10.09 - - - - 16.54

COSTA RICA 41.86 5,700.43 70.90 18.58 19.26 - 5,851.03

Caldera P 1.66 492.19 0.00 14.83 - - 508.69

Puntarenas P 0.38 - - - - - 0.38


Terminal Fertica P - - - - - - -

Limón-Moín C 39.81 5,208.24 70.90 - 16.80 - 5,335.74

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General cargo

Containerized Ro Ro

Dry Bulk carrier


CENTRAL AMERICA



Table No. 4-B. Central America: Traffic loaded by cargo type


PANAMA 314.89 18,953.68 165.61 173.17 4,814.21 - 24,421.56

Bocas Fruit Co. (Almirante) C 301.82 50.78 - - - - 352.60

Charco Azul P - - - - 3,461.68 - 3,461.68

Chiriquí Grande C 7.33 - - - 770.51 - 777.84

Colon Port Terminal C 2.92 15.56 - - - - 18.48

Colon Container Terminal (C.C.T.) C - 2,622.13 - - - - 2,622.13


Panamá Port Co.Balboa (PPB) P - 8,494.82 0.04 74.74 272.90 - 8,842.49

Panamá Port Co.Cristóbal (PPC) C 2.00 2,520.51 18.29 98.43 280.33 - 2,919.55

Petro America Terminal, S.A. (PATSA) P - - - - - - -

T. Decal P - - - - - - -

T. Granelera C 0.82 - - - - - 0.82

T. Petrolero C - - - - 28.79 - 28.79

T. Samba Bonita C - - - - - - -

633.11 3,700.04 32.77 966.24 1,062.78 73.55 6,468.49

5.70 516.37 - 322.45 351.94 - 1,196.45

88.91 2,210.79 0.44 642.25 272.96 567.75 3,783.10

43.29 260.21 - 183.49 204.80 - 691.79

41.86 5,700.43 70.90 18.58 19.26 - 5,851.03

314.89 18,953.68 165.61 173.17 4,814.21 - 24,421.56


Others TotalGeneral cargo

Containerized Ro Ro

Dry Bulk carrier

Líquido Bulk carrier




Guatemala

El Salvador

Honduras

Nicaragua

Costa Rica

Panama




Table No. 5. Central America: Origin y destination of cargo by ports geographic regions,

(Thousand of metric tons de Tm), Year 2010

Litoral Origen Destino Origen Destino Origin Destination Origin Destination Origin Destination Origin Destination Origin Destination Origin Destination

3,536.20 2,067.53 24,442.00 12,834.46 7,958.71 2,388.61 1,690.60 999.34 1,920.37 2,295.13 6,116.39 1,577.41 8,237.82 2,416.78 53,902.09 24,579.26 78,481.35

335.79 116.62 6,230.84 4,298.97 1,333.96 377.83 437.25 235.23 417.00 346.46 769.11 393.39 883.61 699.99 10,407.56 6,468.49 16,876.05

Santo Tomás de Castilla C 54.57 15.51 1,665.87 1,871.26 251.74 76.91 74.94 235.23 199.89 151.10 10.11 23.80 44.33 70.24 2,301.45 2,444.05 4,745.50

Barrios C 33.11 12.73 1,267.20 1,373.61 18.97 - - - 9.29 - - - - 0.00 1,328.57 1,386.34 2,714.91

Quetzal P 220.15 84.58 2,443.77 947.83 889.61 300.91 - - 112.35 - 739.31 285.95 839.28 619.65 5,244.47 2,238.92 7,483.39

Boyas de San José P 27.96 3.80 854.00 106.27 173.64 - 362.31 - 95.47 195.36 19.69 83.64 - 10.10 1,533.07 399.17 1,932.24

158.07 136.18 1,777.84 640.05 111.62 48.46 83.90 43.80 173.18 37.94 360.08 166.40 1,530.62 123.62 4,195.31 1,196.45 5,391.76

Acajutla P 145.03 136.18 1,766.57 640.05 105.78 48.46 83.90 43.80 166.23 37.94 360.08 166.40 1,519.15 123.62 4,146.74 1,196.45 5,343.19

Corsain P 13.04 - 11.27 - 5.84 - - - 6.95 - - - 11.47 0.00 48.57 - 48.57

193.89 144.93 4,799.42 2,452.17 612.08 89.02 212.37 167.51 362.94 496.01 172.91 335.78 444.92 97.69 6,798.53 3,783.11 10,581.64

Cortes C 135.80 127.65 4,382.76 1,999.03 240.81 62.04 101.20 119.38 320.83 397.53 149.69 114.83 147.88 83.82 5,478.97 2,904.28 8,383.25

Tela C ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 295.67 0.00 295.67 - 295.67

La Ceiba C ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0.35 10.31 0.35 10.31 10.66

Castilla C 26.99 15.60 163.76 414.55 5.67 21.17 1.32 3.84 6.63 44.61 3.64 5.53 0.86 3.56 208.87 508.86 717.73

San Lorenzo P 31.10 1.68 252.90 38.59 365.60 5.81 109.85 44.29 35.48 53.87 19.58 215.42 0.16 0.00 814.67 359.66 1,174.33

- - 720.19 331.55 929.03 26.10 290.99 36.12 - 19.12 98.91 114.99 278.26 163.92 2,317.38 691.79 3,009.15

Corinto P - - 637.87 317.91 157.99 20.00 264.53 36.12 - 19.12 84.87 114.99 278.26 158.97 1,423.52 667.11 2,090.63

Sandino P - - 60.61 - 771.04 - 4.28 - - - 14.04 - - 0.00 849.97 - 849.97

Cabezas C - - - - - - 12.74 - - - - - - 0.54 12.74 0.54 13.28

El Bluff C - - 6.09 3.20 - - 9.44 - - - - - - 4.41 15.53 7.61 23.14

Arlen Siu C - - 15.62 10.44 - 6.10 - - - - - - - 0.00 15.62 16.54 32.16

1,136.98 1,281.72 3,823.10 2,206.81 906.17 414.92 10.99 34.57 243.09 747.10 316.52 168.61 1,186.22 997.30 7,623.06 5,851.03 13,474.09

Caldera d/ P 6.96 40.56 1,825.82 230.63 201.83 9.19 10.99 34.57 126.36 13.22 316.52 168.61 277.38 11.91 2,765.86 508.69 3,274.55

Puntarenas P ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1.26 0.38 1.26 0.38 1.64

Terminal Punta Morales P ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 192.69 6.21 192.69 6.21 198.90

Terminal Fertica P ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 55.93 0.00 55.93 - 55.93

Limon&Moin C 1,130.02 1,241.16 1,997.28 1,976.18 704.34 405.73 - - 116.73 733.88 - - 658.96 978.80 4,607.33 5,335.75 9,943.08

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Table No. 5. Central America: Origin y destination of cargo by ports geographic regions,

(Thousand of metric tons de Tm), Year 2010

Litoral Origen Destino Origen Destino Origin Destination Origin Destination Origin Destination Origin Destination Origin Destination Origin Destination

1,711.47 388.08 7,090.61 2,904.91 4,065.85 1,432.28 655.10 482.11 724.16 648.50 4,398.86 398.24 3,914.19 334.26 22,560.24 6,588.38 29,148.62 Bocas Fruit Co. (Almirante) C 14.09 25.39 252.10 90.62 0.22 0.70 - 15.60 49.13 219.26 - - - 1.03 315.54 352.60 668.14

Charco Azul P - 104.10 139.39 2,502.22 1,814.89 580.33 - - - - - 169.14 - 115.95 1,954.28 3,471.74 5,426.02

Chiriquí Grande C 6.05 46.56 1,818.00 156.59 298.09 - 3.53 138.40 327.74 408.71 - - 135.11 27.59 2,588.52 777.85 3,366.37

Colon Port Terminal C 2.74 1.35 - - 0.09 17.13 - - - - - - - 0.00 2.83 18.48 21.31

Colon Container Terminal (C.C.T.) C 1.76 8.48 35.98 7.27 39.52 227.68 2.25 149.87 - - 71.45 56.62 6.91 16.96 157.87 466.88 624.75

Manzanillo Int´l Terminal (MIT) C - 19.73 297.02 18.94 148.62 96.88 35.02 46.26 109.02 20.53 234.25 - 258.34 67.51 1,082.27 269.85 1,352.12

Panama Port Co.Balboa P 1,677.36 67.39 2,366.31 69.17 1,504.46 163.61 - - 199.64 - 4,038.27 172.48 811.10 74.04 10,597.14 546.69 11,143.83

Panama Port Co.Cristobal C 9.47 115.08 301.85 60.10 77.67 328.47 29.76 119.84 - - 54.89 - 9.83 31.18 483.47 654.67 1,138.14

Petroamerica Terminal (PATSA) P ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,118.06 0.00 1,118.06 - 1,118.06

T. Decal P ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,574.84 0.00 1,574.84 - 1,574.84

T Granelera C - - - - 82.08 0.82 104.23 - - - - - - 0.00 186.31 0.82 187.13

T Petrolera Bahia las Minas C - - 1,879.96 - 100.21 16.66 448.65 12.14 38.63 - - - - 0.00 2,467.45 28.80 2,496.25

T Samba Bonita C - - - - - - 31.66 - - - - - - 0.00 31.66 - 31.66

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Europe Asia Others Ports Regions

Central America North America South America Caribbean

d /: Estimated figures based on information from foreign trade database INEC Costa Rica

e /: Information on movement of cargo by origin and destination ports DECAL Pats and not available.

Panamá e/


a /: No figures inclueye ports of Tela and La Ceiba Honduras, Puntarenas, Terminal and Terminal Fertica Punta Morales, Costa Rica and Panama Ports Container

b /: Information cargo movement by source and destination ports of Tela and La Ceiba are not available

c /: Information cargo movement by source and destination ports of Puntarenas, Punta Morales and Terminal Terminal Fertica not available



Table No. 6. Central America: Container throughput, (Units), Year 2010,

Offloaded Loaded Transit Total Modules

Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Total

GUATEMALA 165,211 71,122 180,910 63,182 11,955 - 2,339 - 57,147 1,733 417,562 136,037 553,599

Santo Tomás de Castilla C 85,764 27,419 84,669 27,956 - - - - … … 170,433 55,375 225,808

Contenedores 45' 11,891 409 9,901 3,477 - - - - … … 21,792 3,886 25,678

Contenedores 40' 49,132 21,731 55,111 14,906 - - - - … … 104,243 36,637 140,880

Contenedores 20' 23,246 4,049 17,401 8,536 - - - - … … 40,647 12,585 53,232

Total contenedores 84,269 26,189 82,413 26,919 - - - - … … 166,682 53,108 219,790

Furgones 1,495 1,230 2,256 1,037 - - - - … … 3,751 2,267 6,018

Puerto Barrios C 24,941 27,212 48,543 7,038 7,023 - 2,101 - 45,430 4 128,038 34,254 162,292

Contenedores 45' 971 1 103 646 61 - 72 - - - 1,207 647 1,854

Contenedores 43' 5,758 3,310 9,392 745 1,053 - 15 - 2,073 - 18,291 4,055 22,346

Contenedores 40' 17,496 23,811 38,999 5,138 5,820 - 1,982 - 43,276 4 107,573 28,953 136,526

Contenedores 20' 716 90 49 509 89 - 32 - 81 - 967 599 1,566

Puerto Quetzal P 54,506 16,491 47,698 28,188 4,932 - 238 - 11,717 1,729 119,091 46,408 165,499

Contenedores 45' 776 34 668 958 9 - - - 149 2 1,602 994 2,596

Contenedores 40' 33,128 7,525 23,080 19,931 4,610 - 233 - 6,653 1,252 67,704 28,708 96,412

Contenedores 20' 20,602 8,932 23,950 7,299 313 - 5 - 4,915 475 49,785 16,706 66,491

Total contenedores 54,506 16,491 47,698 28,188 4,932 - 238 - 11,717 1,729 119,091 46,408 165,499

Furgones*

EL SALVADOR 42,455 1,838 20,846 21,907 - - - - - - 63,301 23,745 87,046

Acajutla P 42,455 1,838 20,846 21,907 - - - - - - 63,301 23,745 87,046

Contenedores 45' 2,154 59 1,212 747 - - - - - - 3,366 806 4,172

Contenedores 40' 25,722 1,633 14,472 12,729 - - - - - - 40,194 14,362 54,556

Contenedores 20' 14,579 146 5,162 8,431 - - - - - - 19,741 8,577 28,318

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HONDURAS 116,112 44,377 130,485 30,560 - - - - - - 246,597 74,937 321,534

Cortés C 109,524 30,234 113,320 27,949 - - - - - - 222,844 58,183 281,027

Contenedores 48' 193 7 69 2 - - - - - - 262 9 271

Contenedores 45' 32,364 1,780 28,908 3,803 - - - - - - 61,272 5,583 66,855

Contenedores 43' 5,595 736 5,609 504 - - - - - - 11,204 1,240 12,444

Contenedores 40' 53,548 21,862 60,080 17,054 - - - - - - 113,628 38,916 152,544

Contenedores 20' 17,824 5,849 18,654 6,586 - - - - - - 36,478 12,435 48,913

Total contenedores 109,524 30,234 113,320 27,949 - - - - - - 222,844 58,183 281,027

Furgones - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Castilla C 6,588 14,143 17,165 2,611 - - - - - - 23,753 16,754 40,507

Contenedores 40' 6,588 14,143 17,165 2,611 - - - - - - 23,753 16,754 40,507

San Lorenzo P - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Contenedores 40' - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Contenedores 20' - - - - - - - - - - - - -

NICARAGUA 20,174 1,359 10,881 9,611 777 143 3 143 - - 31,835 11,256 43,091

Corinto P 19,241 1,333 10,617 8,937 777 143 3 143 - - 30,638 10,556 41,194

Contenedores 45' 190 15 34 122 - - - - - - 224 137 361

Contenedores 40' 11,372 752 6,174 4,794 51 63 2 63 - - 17,599 5,672 23,271

Contenedores 20' 7,679 566 4,409 4,021 726 80 1 80 - - 12,815 4,747 17,562

Puerto Cabezas C - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Contenedores 40' - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Contenedores 20' - - - - - - - - - - - - -

El Bluff C 49 1 10 46 - - - - - - 59 47 106

Contenedores 40' 35 1 9 34 - - - - - - 44 35 79

Contenedores 20' 14 - 1 12 - - - - - - 15 12 27

EL Rama C 884 25 254 628 - - - - - - 1,138 653 1,791

Contenedores 40' 727 3 209 493 - - - - - - 936 496 1,432

Contenedores 20' 157 22 45 135 - - - - - - 202 157 359

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COSTA RICA 159,648 117,006 214,063 61,002 5,744 - 5,730 - - - 385,185 178,008 563,193

Caldera P 47,186 3,026 20,275 24,171 - - - - - - 67,461 27,197 94,658

Contenedores 40' 29,411 3,013 17,229 10,996 - - - - - - 46,640 14,009 60,649

Contenedores 20' 17,775 13 3,046 13,175 - - - - - - 20,821 13,188 34,009

Total contenedores 47,186 3,026 20,275 24,171 - - - - - - 67,461 27,197 94,658

Furgones - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Limón-Moín C 112,462 113,980 193,788 36,831 5,744 - 5,730 - - - 317,724 150,811 468,535

Contenedores 52' 2 - 2 - - - - - - - 4 - 4

Contenedores 45' 4,623 4,090 5,684 2,003 50 - 40 - - - 10,397 6,093 16,490

Contenedores 43' 30 2 304 3 - - - - - - 334 5 339

Contenedores 40' 80,891 107,631 168,791 23,353 5,094 - 5,095 - - - 259,871 130,984 390,855

Contenedores 20' 26,900 2,020 18,990 11,295 563 - 571 - - - 47,024 13,315 60,339

Total contenedores 112,446 113,743 193,771 36,654 5,707 - 5,706 - - - 317,630 150,397 468,027

Furgones 16 237 17 177 37 - 24 - - - 94 414 508

PANAMA 203,931 43,439 120,531 110,531 - - - - 2,109,092 756,788 2,433,554 910,758 3,344,312

Bocas Frult Co. (Almirante) C 6,974 696 2,611 1,534 - - - - - - 9,585 2,230 11,815

Chiriquí Grande C - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Colon Port Terminal C - 1,028 1,091 - - - - - - - 1,091 1,028 2,119

Colon Container Terminal (C.C.T.) C 46,214 30 8,814 44,436 - - - - 161,948 55,215 216,976 99,681 316,657

Manzanillo Int´l Terminal (M.I.T) C 65,481 30,539 69,593 22,276 - - - - 540,299 211,342 675,373 264,157 939,530

Panamá Port Co.Balboa (PPB) P 65,572 1,293 18,552 28,037 - - - - 1,126,189 398,901 1,210,313 428,231 1,638,544

Panamá Port Co.Cristóbal (PPC) C 19,690 9,853 19,870 14,248 - - - - 280,656 91,330 320,216 115,431 435,647

T. Samba Bonita ( Bahía Las Mina ) P - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Guatemala 165,211 71,122 180,910 63,182 11,955 - 2,339 - 57,147 1,733 417,562 136,037 553,599

El Salvador 42,455 1,838 20,846 21,907 - - - - - - 63,301 23,745 87,046

Honduras 116,112 44,377 130,485 30,560 - - - - - - 246,597 74,937 321,534

Nicaragua 20,174 1,359 10,881 9,611 777 143 3 143 - - 31,835 11,256 43,091

Costa Rica 112,462 113,980 193,788 36,831 5,744 - 5,730 - - - 385,185 178,008 563,193

Panamá 203,931 43,439 120,531 110,531 - - - - 2,109,092 756,788 2,433,554 910,758 3,344,312

660,345 276,115 657,441 272,622 18,476 143 8,072 143 2,166,239 758,521 3,578,034 1,334,741 4,912,775





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Table No. 7. Central America: Container throughput, (TEU), Year 2010



GUATEMALA 290,108 129,786 324,443 111,259 23,683 - 4,661 - 132,945 6,109 775,840 247,154 1,022,994

Santo Tomás de Castilla C 151,230 50,896 154,356 48,102 - - - - 23,298 3,117 328,884 102,115 430,999

Barrios C 50,274 54,831 98,473 13,840 14,130 - 4,190 - 91,090 8 258,157 68,679 326,836

Puerto Quetzal P 88,604 24,059 71,614 49,317 9,553 - 471 - 18,557 2,984 188,799 76,360 265,159

EL SALVADOR 70,870 3,545 36,834 35,570 - - - - - - 107,704 39,115 146,819

Acajutla P 70,870 3,545 36,834 35,570 - - - - - - 107,704 39,115 146,819

Corsain P - - - - - - - - - - - - -

HONDURAS 223,408 83,463 250,411 55,562 - - - - - - 473,819 139,025 612,844

Cortés C 210,232 55,177 216,081 50,340 - - - - - - 426,313 105,517 531,830

Castilla C 13,176 28,286 34,330 5,222 - - - - - - 47,506 33,508 81,014

San Lorenzo P - - - - - - - - - - - - -

NICARAGUA 32,546 2,134 17,316 15,085 828 206 5 206 - - 50,695 17,631 68,326

Corinto P 30,851 2,104 16,834 13,884 828 206 5 206 - - 48,518 16,400 64,918

El Bluff C 84 2 19 80 - - - - - - 103 82 185

El Rama C 1,611 28 463 1,121 - - - - - - 2,074 1,149 3,223

Cabezas C - - - - - - - - - - - - -

COSTA RICA 275,783 233,002 407,558 98,035 10,938 - 10,898 - - - 705,177 331,037 1,036,214

Caldera P 76,597 6,039 37,504 35,167 - - - - - - 114,101 41,206 155,307

Limón-Moín C 199,186 226,963 370,054 62,868 10,938 - 10,898 - - - 591,076 289,831 880,907

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PANAMA 349,798 74,635 209,480 193,181 - - - - 3,446,080 1,320,025 4,005,358 1,587,841 5,593,199

Bocas Frult Co. (Almirante) C 14,098 1,390 5,281 3,247 - - - - - - 19,379 4,637 24,016

Chiriquí Grande C - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Colon Port Terminal C - 1,051 1,122 - - - - - - - 1,122 1,051 2,173

Colon Container Terminal (C.C.T.) C 77,644 60 14,935 77,839 - - - - 261,078 88,214 353,657 166,113 519,770

Manzanillo Int´l Terminal (M.I.T) C 110,115 52,801 118,429 38,590 - - - - 914,177 365,564 1,142,721 456,955 1,599,676

Panamá Port Co.Balboa (PPB) P 115,717 2,384 34,791 44,756 - - - - 1,853,011 707,847 2,003,519 754,987 2,758,506

Panamá Port Co.Cristóbal (PPC) C 32,224 16,949 34,922 28,749 - - - - 417,814 158,400 484,960 204,098 689,058

T. Granalera ( Bahía Las Mina ) C - - - - - - - - - - - - -

T. Samba Bonita ( Bahía Las Mina ) P - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Guatemala 290,108 129,786 324,443 111,259 23,683 - 4,661 - 132,945 6,109 775,840 247,154 1,022,994

El Salvador 70,870 3,545 36,834 35,570 - - - - - - 107,704 39,115 146,819

Honduras 223,408 83,463 250,411 55,562 - - - - - - 473,819 139,025 612,844

Nicaragua 32,546 2,134 17,316 15,085 828 206 5 206 - - 50,695 17,631 68,326

Costa Rica 275,783 233,002 407,558 98,035 10,938 - 10,898 - - - 705,177 331,037 1,036,214

Panamá 349,798 74,635 209,480 193,181 - - - - 3,446,080 1,320,025 4,005,358 1,587,841 5,593,199

1,242,513 526,565 1,246,042 508,692 35,449 206 15,564 206 3,579,025 1,326,134 6,118,593 2,361,803 8,480,396

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Table No. 8 Central America: Cruise vessel and passenger arrivals by port

(Units), Year 2010

Cruises Sailboats Cultural Yacht Total Arriving Disembark Departure

83 - - - 83 53,160 59,651 59,651 51,042

Santo Tomás de Castilla C 38 - - 38 … 59,651 59,651 27,964

Barrios C - - - - - - - - -

Quetzal P 45 - - - 45 53,160 … … 23,078

- - - - - - - - -

Acajutla P - - - - - - - - -

Corsain P - - - - - - - - -

101 - - - 101 318,657 … … 128,692

Cortés C 10 - - - 10 8,227 … … 3,876

Castilla C 1 - - - 1 178 … … 66

Roatán C 90 - - - 90 310,252 … … 124,750

45 - - - 45 37,048 37,390 37,286 17,850

Corinto P 10 - - - 10 10,382 10,857 10,739 4,225

San Juan del Sur P 35 - - - 35 26,666 26,533 26,547 13,625

257 - - - 257 146,295 217,879 4,629 66,514

Caldera P 54 - - - 54 29,767 4,097 4,339 …

Puntarenas P 73 - - - 127 114,464 383 290 …

Quepos p 16 - - - 16 2,064 - - …

Limón-Moín C 114 - - - 114 … 213,399 … …

233 - - - 233 - 300,133 316,723 …

AMADOR & RESORTS C 59 - - - 59 … 321 17,579 …

COLON 2000 P 129 - - - 188 … 247,283 247,222 …

CRISTOBAL P 45 - - - 174 … 52,529 51,922 …

Guatemala 83 - - - 83 53,160 59,651 59,651 172,628

El Salvador - - - - - - - - -

Honduras 101 - - - 101 318,657 - - 318,859

Nicaragua 45 - - - 45 37,048 37,390 37,286 111,814

Costa Rica 257 - - - 233 - 217,879 316,723 617,346

Panamá 233 - - - 233 - 300,133 316,723 617,322

719 - - - 695 408,865 615,053 730,383 1,837,969


NICARAGUA

CO STA RICA

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Country/Ports SeaboardVessel Arrivals Passengers

Crew



Glossary of Terms

Arrival: Arrival of a vessel at a port to load or offload or to avoid some danger.

Barge Ship: Shallow draft vessels without their own propulsion system for the transport of different cargo.

Cargo: Shipment or effects and merchandise to be transported from one port to another that is loaded or stowed on a vessel.

Coastal Traffic Port: A port used for commercial operations between national ports.

Containership: Specialized vessel for the transport of containers.

Container: Box or structure specially built to move cargo with a re-usable character. In it merchandise could be packed to be transported from point-to-point as a unit.

Containerized Cargo: Cargo handled in containers that are loaded or offloaded with a crane.

Conventional Vessel: 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 running, administration, maintenance, and services of it.

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: Commerce for export and import of merchandise and services from one country to other countries.

General Cargo: Cargo in solid, liquid, or gaseous form that is packed or not packed and that can be treated as a unit and that 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.

Lift on Lift off (Lo–Lo): Loading or offloading cargo with a crane.

Liquid Bulk Cargo: Liquid loaded or offloaded using pipes and/or hoses.

Liquid Bulk Vessel: Specialized vessel for the transport of liquid products like

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 shore of the sea that have the natural or artificial physical conditions and organization for carrying out port traffic operations and that is used by the competent administration for carrying out these activities.

Metric tons: is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kg (2,205 lb).

Multimodal Transport: Uses at least two modes of transport under a single contract and single responsibility.

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: Vessel exclusively for the transport of bulk crude.

Oil Terminal: Maritime port facility dedicated mostly to handling products related to the petroleum industry.

Other Cargo: Cargo that is not classified in the other definitions and that does not represent a significant volume.

Passenger: A person traveling on a vessel that is not part of the crew.

Port: Geographic locality and economic unit of a locality where there are terminals, 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: 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 tractor trailers on their own wheels or wheels added for this purpose, loaded or offloaded using a maritime-overland transport ramp.

Ro-Ro Vessel: Ship designed for transport of tractor trailers and vehicles that is loaded and offloaded using a ramp for rolling on.

Seaboard: Coast of sea, country, or territory.



Solid Bulk Cargo: Solid product moved without containers or packing and loaded or offloaded with a crane.

Solid Bulk Vessel: Specialized vessel for the transport of solid bulk products.

Terminal: The unit established in or outside of a port made up by works, facilities, and surfaces and included in its water zone that allows for the full carrying out of the port operations it was designed for.

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.

Tourism Terminal: Port facility dedicated mostly to attending to cruise ships, passengers, yachts, and water recreation activities.

Tourist Vessel (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, this vessel does not normally take on or disembark other passengers, nor load or offload any cargo.

Tractor 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.

Transit: Passage of foreign merchandise through a country when this is part of the total trajectory begun abroad and ending outside of its borders by a means of transport that is not maritime mode.

Transshipping: Comprises the transfer of offloaded cargo (especially containers and tractor trailers) at a port terminal and then loaded on a different vessel; however, in those places where the geography or infrastructure permit it, this operation can be complemented by a model of overland transport (e.g. railroad) that will move the cargo to another port that is sometimes a long distance from the first in order to be transported further.

Type of Cargo: Category of merchandise moved at the ports according to its form and physical characteristics (General, Containerized, Ro-Ro, Bulk Liquid, Bulk Solid, Others).

Unloading: Action of taking the merchandise from the vessel on land.



LIST OF COUNTRIES BY REGION OF THE WORLD

ASIA

1. Afghanistan 2. Armenia 3. Azerbaijan 4. Bangladesh 5. Bhutan 6. Brunei 7. Darussalam 8. Cambodia 9. North Korea 10. South Korea 11. China 12. Philippines 13. Georgia 14. Hong Kong 15. India 16. Indonesia 17. Japan 18. Kazakhstan 19. Kyrgyzstan 20. Laos 21. Macao 22. Malaysia 23. Maldives 24. Mongolia 25. Myanmar

(Burma) 26. Nepal 27. Pakistan 28. Singapore 29. Sri Lanka 30. Thailand 31. Taiwan 32. Tajikistan 33. East Timor 34. Turkmenistan 35. Uzbekistan 36. Vietnam

NORTH AMERICA

1. Canada 2. Unites Estates 3. Greenland 4. Mexico

SOUTH AMERICA

1. Argentina 2. Bolivia 3. Brazil 4. Chile 5. Colombia 6. Ecuador 7. French Guiana 8. Guyana 9. Falkland Islands 10. Paraguay 11. Peru 12. Suriname 13. Uruguay 14. Venezuela

CENTRAL AMERICA

1. Belize 2. Costa Rica 3. El Salvador 4. Guatemala 5. Honduras 6. Nicaragua 7. Panama

CARIBBEAN

1. Antilles Holiness 2. Antigua y Barbuda 3. Aruba 4. Bahamas 5. Barbados 6. Bermuda 7. Cuba 8. Dominica 9. Grenade 10. Guadeloupe 11. Haiti 12. Cayman Islands 13. Virgins Islands

(UK) 14. Virgins Islands

(US) 15. Jamaica 16. Martinique 17. Puerto Rico 18. Dominican

Republican 19. Saint Kitts and

Nevis 20. Saint Vincent and

The Grenadines 21. Saint Lucia 22. Trinidad & Tobago 23. Curacao



EUROPE

1. Albania 2. Andorra 3. Belarus 4. Bosnia 5. Bulgaria 6. Croatia 7. Cyprus 8. Slovenia 9. Estonia 10. Guernsey 11. Hungary 12. Iceland 13. Faroe Islands 14. Jersey 15. Latvia 16. Liechtenstein

17. Lithuania 18. Macedonia 19. Malta 20. Moldova 21. Monaco 22. Norway 23. Poland 24. Czech Republic 25. Slovak Republic 26. Romania 27. Russia 28. San Marino 29. Vatican City State 30. Switzerland 31. Ukraine 33. Yugoslavia

24. Germany 25. Austria 26. Belgium 27. Denmark 28. Spain 29. Finland 30. France 31. Greece 32. Netherland 33. Ireland 34. Italy 35. Luxembourg 36. Portugal 37. United Kingdom 38. Sweden

OTHERS

AFRICA

1. Angola 2. Algeria 3. Benin 4. Botswana 5. Burkina Faso 6. Burundi 7. Cameron 8. Cape Verde 9. Chad 10. Comoros 11. Congo 12. Ivory Coast 13. Djibouti 14. Egypt 15. Eritrea 16. Ethiopia 17. Gabon

18. Gambia 19. Ghana 20. Guinea 21. Guinea-Bissau 22. Equatorial Guinea 23. Kenya 24. Lesotho 25. Liberia 26. Libya 27. Madagascar 28. Malawi 29. Mali 30. Morocco 31. Mauritius 32. Mauritania 33. Mozambique 34. Namibia 35. Niger 36. Nigeria

37. Central African Republic

38. Democratic Republic of the Congo

39. Reunion islands 40. Rwanda 41. Sahara 42. Santa Helena 43. Sao Tome &

Principe 44. Senegal 45. Seychelles 46. Sierra Leone 47. Somalia 48. South Affric 49. Sudan 50. Swaziland 51. Tanzania



52. OTHERS (continuation)

53. Togo 54. Tunisia 55. Uganda 56. Zambia 57. Zimbabwe

MIDDLE EAST

1. Saudi Arabia 2. Bahrain 3. United Arabs Emirates 4. Iraq 5. Iran 6. Israel 7. Jordan 8. Kuwait 9. Lebanon 10. Oman 11. Palestine 12. Qatar 13. Syria 14. Turkey 15. Yemen

OCEANIA

1. Australia 2. Fiji 3. Guam 4. Marshall Islands 5. Salomon Islands 6. Kiribati 7. Micronesian 8. New Caledonia 9. New Zealand 10. New Papua 11. Guinea 12. French Polynesia 13. Samoa 14. Tonga 15. Vanuatu

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