Statistical summary 2012 english

COMISIÓN CENTROAMERICANA DE TRANSPORTE MARÍTIMO

Network Members of Central American Port Statistics

StatisticalSummaryyear 2012

Central American Commission on Maritime Transport (COCATRAM)

Credits Network Members of Central American Port Statistics

Guatemala

Daniel Humberto Lemus Calderón COBIGUA, Puerto Barrios [email protected]

Ramiro Antonio Ortiz Flores Empresa Portuaria Nacional Santo Tomas de Castilla

[email protected]

Stuardo Dangel Navas Comisión Portuaria Nacional [email protected]

Ana Luisa Mejía Empresa Portuaria Quetzal [email protected]

El Salvador

Iris Lissette Perla Conde Puerto Corsain [email protected]

Jade Rivera Autoridad Marítima Portuaria de El Salvador [email protected]

Salvador Ernesto Maya Sánchez CEPA – ACAJUTLA [email protected]

Honduras

Argentina Mejía Martínez Empresa Nacional Portuaria de Honduras [email protected]

Nicaragua

Filemón Bonilla Empresa Portuaria Nacional de Nicaragua [email protected]

Jerlin Úbeda Dirección General de Transporte Acuático (DGTA-MTI)

[email protected]

Costa Rica

Rocío Valverde Rojas Junta Administrativa de Puertos de la Vertiente del Atlántico, JAPDEVA

[email protected]

Gustavo Chavarría Valverde Instituto Costarricense de Puertos del Pacífico, INCOP

[email protected]

Panamá

Jacqueline Ulloa Autoridad Marítima de Panamá [email protected]

COCATRAM

Otto Guillermo Noack Sierra

Director Ejecutivo COCATRAM José Dopeso Aparicio

Director de Asuntos Marítimos y Portuarios Marli Ocampo Hernández

Analista Estadística

[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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Central American Port Statiscal Summary, Year 2012

1 Central American Commission on Maritime Transport (COCATRAM)

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.

Cargo volumes reflected in the origin and destination information, described in this summary does not include transshipment cargo movements.

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.



INDEX

Conventional Signs ...................................................................................................................... 1

Acronyms .................................................................................................................................... 1

1.Cargo movement ...................................................................................................................... 2

1.1 Cargo handled by country and port ............................................................................................ 2

Chart No.1. Percentage of cargo handled by country (Thousands of MT and Percentages)……..…………..…...…………. 2

Table 1: Cargo handled in ports by country (Thousands of MT), 2011-2012 ................................................................2

Chart No.2: Central American Isthmus: Cargo handled by port, (Thousands of MT), Year 2012 ..................................5

Table 2: Central American Isthmus: Cargo handled by port, (Thousands of MT), Year 2011 - 2012 ............................6

1.2. Foreign trade and port traffic ..................................................................................................... 7

Table 3. Isthmus Central American: Value and volume of foreign trade by country, (Thousands of US $ and

Thousands of MT), Year 2012 ........................................................................................................................................7

Table 4. Isthmus Central American: Volume of foreign trade and cargo handled at seaports, (Thousands of

MT), Year 2012 ..............................................................................................................................................................7

1.3 Cargo handled by seaboard ........................................................................................................ 8

Chart No.3: Central American Isthmus: Cargo offloaded and loaded by seaboard, (Thousands of MT) Year

2012 ...............................................................................................................................................................................8

Table 5: Cargo offloaded and loaded on the Caribbean seaboard by port (thousands of MT), Year 2012 ..................9

Table 6: Cargo offloaded and loaded on the Pacific seaboard by port (thousands of MT), Year 2012 .......................10

1.4 Cargo handled by quarter ........................................................................................................ 11

Chart No. 4: Cargo handled in ports by quarter and by country (thousands of MT), Year 2012 ...............................11

Chart No. 5: Cargo offloaded in ports by quarter by country, (Thousands of MT), Year 2012 ..................................12

Chart No. 6: Cargo loaded in ports by quarter by country,(Thousands of MT), Year 2012 ........................................13

1.5 Cargo handled by type of handling ........................................................................................... 13

Table 7: Distribution of cargo handled in ports by year by type of handling (Percentages), Year 2008 - 2012 .........13

Chart No.7. Central American Isthmus: Total cargo moved in ports by type of handling ………………………...........….…14

Chart No.8. Central American Isthmus: Volume of containerized cargo by seaboard……………………………………..……. 14

Chart No.9. Central American Isthmus: Cargo offloaded in ports by type of handling ……………….………………………… 15

Chart No.10. Central American Isthmus: Cargo loaded in ports by type of handling ……………………………………….…… 15

Chart No.11. Central American Isthmus: Cargo moved in ports by type of handling by seaboard (thousands of

MT), Year 2012 ............................................................................................................................................................16

Table 8. Comparative percentage distribution of cargo by country by type of handling (Percentages), Year:

2012 ............................................................................................................................................................................16

1.6 Cargo handled in the MCCA ports .................................................................................................. 17

Chart No.12. Distribution of cargo offloaded and loaded in the CACM by seaboard ………………………………………….…17

Chart No.13. Cargo throughputat CACM ports by country ..........…………………………………………………………………..……. 17

Chart No.14. Total cargo by type of handling handled in CACM ports ………………………………………………………….………17

1.7 Origen y destino de la carga .......................................................................................................... 18

Chart No.15. Central American Isthmus: Origin and destination of cargo handled in ports by geographic region

of the world (percentages), Year 2012 ........................................................................................................................20



Chart No.16. Central American: Total of cargo handled in ports by country by geographic region of the world

(thousands of MT), Year 2012 .....................................................................................................................................20

Chart No.17. Central American Isthmus: Origin of cargo handled in ports by country by geographic region of

the world (thousands of MT), Year 2012.....................................................................................................................21

Chart No.18. Central American Isthmus: Destination of cargo handled in ports by country by geographic region

of the world (thousands of MT) , 2012 ........................................................................................................................21

2.Vessels attended ..................................................................................................................... 27

Chart No.19. Central American Isthmus: Percentage distribution by type of vessel, Year 2012 ................................28

Chart No.20. Percentage distribution by type of vessel in CACM ports, Year 2012 ...................................................28

3.Containers and tractor-trailers ................................................................................................ 29

Chart No.21. Central American Isthmus: port container traffic, .................................................................................29

Thousands of TEU), year 2012 .....................................................................................................................................29

Chart No.22. Container Througput in Central America, (Thousand of TEU), year 2012 .............................................30

Port traffic in Central America, (Thousands of metric tons), Year 2001-2012 ............................... 31

Vessel Arrivals in Central America, 2001-2011, (Units), Year 2001-2012 ...................................... 32

Container throughput at Central America, Year 2001-2012 ......................................................... 33

Summary Table. - Central America: Traffic by Port, Year 2012 .................................................... 34

Table 1.- Central America: Cargo Throughput by country and ports, (Thousands of metric tons),

Year 2012 .................................................................................................................................. 36

Table 2. Central America: Vessel arrivals by port, quarterly, Year: 2012 ...................................... 39

Table 3. Central America: Vessel arrivals by ship type, (units), Year: 2012 .................................. 41

Table 4. Traffic by cargo type (Thousands of metric tons), Year: 2012 ......................................... 43

Table 4-A. Central America: Traffic offloaded by cargo type,(Thousands of metric tons), Year:

2012 .......................................................................................................................................... 45

Table 4-B. Central America: Traffic loaded by cargo type (Thousands of metric tons), Year:

2012 .......................................................................................................................................... 47

Table 5. Central America: Origin and Destination of cargo geographic regions, (Thousands of

metric tons), Year: 2012 ............................................................................................................. 49

Table 6. Central American: Container traffic, (units), Year: 2012 ................................................. 53

Table 7. Central American: Container traffic in TEU, Year 2012 ................................................... 57

Table 8. Central American: Cruise vessels and passengers arrivals by port, Year: 2012 ................ 58

Glossary of Terms ...................................................................................................................... 59

LIST OF COUNTRIES BY REGION OF THE WORLD .......................................................................... 62



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

PSA : Panama International Terminal

SANTOCAS : Santo Tomas de Castilla

TEU : Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit

Tm : Metric Ton



1. Cargo movement

1.1 Cargo handled by country and

port

In Central America, the cargo port movement in 2012

increased by 12.05% over the year before, reaching a total

of 130,381.12 thousand MT. The increase was mainly in

Panama, Honduras, and Nicaragua: 19.68%, 7.58%, and

6.22%, respectively. Costa Rica and Guatemala also had

increases (3.41% and 0.90%) while El Salvador had a

decrease of 0.70%.

There were 76,173.92 thousand MT offloaded, or 58.42%

of total cargo movement, and 54,207.20 thousand MT loaded, or 41.58%. Both offloading and loading

increased over the previous year: 11.06% and 13.48%, respectively.

Table 1: Cargo handled in ports by country (Thousands of MT), 2011-2012

Country/Year 2011 Distribution

% 2011 2012

Distribution

% 2012

Difference %

2011 - 2012

Guatemala 18,301.25 15.73 18,466.64 14.16 0.90

El Salvador 5,847.54 5.03 5,806.51 4.45 -0.70

Honduras 12,136.68 10.43 13,056.94 10.01 7.58

Nicaragua 3,437.74 2.95 3,651.46 2.80 6.22

Costa Rica 14,207.36 12.21 14,691.28 11.27 3.41

CACM 53,930.57 46.35 55,672.87 42.70 3.23

Panama 62,425.13 53.65 74,708.25 57.30 19.68

Central

Aamerican 116,355.70 100.00 130,381.12 100.00 12.05

Source: Port Enterprises of Central America and Maritime Authority of Panama

Looking at total cargo movement by seaboard, the Caribbean saw the movement of 68,906.22 thousand

MT or 52.85%, and of this, 58.65% was unloaded and 41.35% was loaded. The Pacific had a total of

61,474.90 thousand MT or 47.15% of the total and of that, 58.17% was unloaded and 41.83% was loaded.

The charts below show cargo volumes on both seaboards and the breakdown between unloaded and

loaded in 2012.

Offloaded58.42%

Loaded41.58%

Central America: Cargo offloaded and loaded, (percentages), year 2012




The distribution of cargo by country during

the period did not vary much. Guatemala

had 15.73% in 2011 and 14.16% in 2012.

El Salvador went from 5.03% to 4.45%,

41.46 thousand MT less tons than in 2011.

Honduras went from 10.43% in 2011 to

10.01% in 2012 and Nicaragua went from

2.95% to 2.80%. Costa Rica went from

12.21% in 2011 to 11.27% in 2012, while

Panama increased from 53.65% in 2011 to

57.30% in 2012, increasing its share of

cargo movement in Central America even

more.

Guatemala

In 2012, it mobilized 18,466.61 thousand MT, which indicates a slowdown in its rate of growth from 8.4%

in 2011 to 0.9% in 2012. Cargo distribution by seaboard continued with the same trend as the previous

year with the Pacific ports handling 55.5% of the cargo and 44.5% was handled on the Caribbean side.

Offloading represented 60.9% of the country’s total cargo and loading represented 39.1%.

The port with the most growth this year was Santo Tomas de Castilla with 4.68% growth compared to

2011. The ports of Quetzal and Barrios also had increases of 1.33% and 4.94%, respectively, while the

Buoys of San José Terminal had a drop of 15.48%. Quetzal absorbed 46.00% of total cargo movement,

equivalent to 8,494.61 thousand MT. Santo Tomas de Castilla had 29.75%, equivalent to 5,494.57

thousand MT while Barrios had 14.78% and Buoys of San José had 9.47%.

El Salvador

In 2012, 5,806.55 thousand MT of cargo moved through El Salvador with offloading representing 79.35%

of the total. The main port at Acajutla had 68.16% of the country’s total cargo movement, 4.62% less than

in 2011. Cargo volume at the Alba Petróleo, Sinergias RASA Buoy Terminal represented 27.6% while La

Unión and Corsain each had 2% of the cargo. Corsain grew compared to 2011 by 140.71%.

40,414.49 58.7%

28,491.73 41.3%

68,906.22 58.8%

Caribbean

Offloaded Loaded Total


Caribbean Seaboard: Mobilized Cargo ports, (Thousands of tons), Year 2012

35,759.43 29.08%

25,715.47 20.92%

61,474.90 50.00%Pacific

Pacific seaboard: Mobilized Cargo ports, (Thousands of tons), Year 2012

Offloaded Loaded Total


Guatemala18,467 14.16%El Salvador

5,807 4.45%

Honduras13,057 10.01%

Nicaragua3,651 2.80%

Costa Rica14,691 11.27%

Panama74,708 57.30%

Chart No. 1. Percentage of cargo handled by country(Thousands of MT and Percentages), Year 2012




Honduras

Compared to 2011, it saw growth of 7.58% with 920.26 thousand MT more than the previous year for a

total of 13,056.94 thousand MT in 2012. 56.88% was unloaded and 43.12% was loaded. On the

Caribbean seaboard was mobilized 81.7% and 18.3% was moved on the Pacific.

The Port of Cortes had 73.20% of the country’s total with growth of 2.08% over 2011, while San Lorenzo

had a 44.68% increase over 2011 and represented 18.29% of the total. Castilla had a 4.55% increase in

cargo handling while Tela had 16.86% less.

Nicaragua

Nicaragua continued with increased cargo handling as it did last year; with a growth rate of 6.22% for a

total of 3.650.46 thousand MT in 2012. Unloading represented 78.96% and loading 21.04%. The Pacific

seaboard had 97.9% of the cargo handling.

The ports of Corinto, Arlen Siu, and Puerto Cabezas had increased cargo handling (10.84%, 9.54%, and

8.33%, respectively), while Sandino and El Bluff had decreases from 2011 of 5.19% and 28.79%,

respectively.

Costa Rica

In 2012, Costa Rica mobilized 14,691.28 thousand MT for an increase of 3.41% compared to 2011.

Unloading represented 53.95% and loading 46.05%.

Limón–Moín mobilized 70.28% for an increase of 3.3% over the previous period. Caldera had 26.83% of

the cargo for an increase of 1.25%. Golfito, Punta Morales, the Fertica Terminal, and Quepos had

increases in cargo handling of 53.67%, 3.03%, 47.85%, and 11.31%, respectively. Puntarenas handled

43.53% less cargo than in 2011.

Panamá

In 2012, Panama handled 19.68% more cargo than the year before, mobilizing 74,708.25 thousand MT, of

which 56.34% was offloaded and 43.66% loaded. Its Caribbean ports handled 53% and the Pacific ports

47%.

The ports of PPB, MIT, Chiriquí Grande, Charco Azul and CCT represented 85.59% of the total, as they

did last year. PPB and MIT led in cargo movement with 13,982.74 and 11,492.29 thousand MT,

respectively, while PPC which last year was in third place in the country, dropped to 5th place after having

a 21.83% reduction in cargo movement, displaced by Chiriquí Grande which had a 150.96% increase.

Charco Azul also had a major increase 140.87%.



Chart No.2. Central American Isthmus: Cargo handled by port, (Thousands of MT), Year 2012

- 5,000.00 10,000.00 15,000.00 20,000.00 25,000.00

PPB

M.I.T

Chiriquí Grande

Limón-Moín

Cortés

Quetzal

Charco Azul

PPC

Santo Tomas de Castilla

C.C.T.

Acajutla

Caldera

Barrios

Corinto

T. Petrolero

San Lorenzo

Boyas de San José

Boyas Alba Petróleos, Cenergica y RASA

T. Decal

PATSA

T. Granelera

Sandino

Puerto Castilla

PSA (Panama International Terminal)

Almirante

Tela

Golfito

C.P.T.

Corsain

T. Punta Morales

La Unión

T. Fertica

Arlen Siu

El Bluff

Cabezas

La Ceiba

Quepos

Puntarenas

24,130.18

13,982.74

11,492.29

10,325.59

9,558.02

8,494.61

8,299.21

6,041.33

5,494.57

4,145.08

3,957.57

3,941.25

2,728.62

2,702.27

2,520.93

2,388.48

1,748.84

1,602.50

1,330.59

993.62

922.13

872.18

843.15

342.68

313.09

260.49

206.62

194.38

128.06

119.03

118.42

93.71

43.64

17.24

16.13

6.80

3.64

1.44




Table 2: Central American Isthmus: Cargo handled by port, (Thousands of MT), Year 2011 - 2012

Ports Seaboard 2012 2011 Diference

Absoluta Percentage

PPB P 24,130.18 23,718.60 411.58 1.74%

M.I.T C 13,982.74 13,306.70 676.04 5.08%

Chiriquí Grande C 11,492.29 4,579.26 6,913.03 150.96%

Limón-Moín C 10,325.59 9,995.51 330.08 3.30%

Cortés C 9,558.02 9,363.53 194.49 2.08%

Quetzal P 8,494.61 8,382.94 111.67 1.33%

Charco Azul P 8,299.21 3,445.55 4,853.66 140.87%

PPC C 6,041.33 7,728.67 -1,687.34 -21.83%

SANTOCAS C 5,494.57 5,248.80 245.77 4.68%

C.C.T. C 4,145.08 3,273.82 871.26 26.61%

Acajutla P 3,957.57 4,149.17 -191.60 -4.62%

Caldera P 3,941.25 3,892.66 48.59 1.25%

Barrios C 2,728.62 2,600.25 128.34 4.94%

Corinto P 2,702.27 2,437.96 264.31 10.84%

T. Petrolero C 2,520.93 2,767.35 -246.42 -8.90%

San Lorenzo P 2,388.48 1,650.86 737.62 44.68%

Boyas de San José P 1,748.84 2,069.26 -320.42 -15.48%

Boyas Alba Petróleos, Cenergica y RASA P 1,602.50 1,604.29 1.79 0.00%

T. Decal P 1,330.59 1,547.76 -217.17 -14.03%

PATSA P 993.62 965.77 27.85 2.88%

T. Granelera C 922.13 590.46 331.67 56.17%

Sandino P 872.18 920.85 -48.67 -5.29%

Puerto Castilla C 843.15 806.45 36.70 4.55%

PSA P 342.68 - 342.68 -

Almirante C 313.09 490.51 -177.42 -36.17%

Tela C 260.49 313.19 -52.70 -16.83%

Golfito P 206.62 134.46 72.16 53.67%

C.P.T. C 194.38 - 194.35 -

Corsain P 128.06 53.20 74.86 140.71%

T. Punta Morales P 119.03 115.53 3.50 3.03%

La Unión P 118.42 40.88 77.07 188.53%

T. Fertica P 93.71 63.38 30.33 47.85%

Arlen Siu C 43.64 39.84 3.80 9.54%

El Bluff C 17.24 24.20 -6.96 -28.76%

Cabezas C 16.13 14.89 1.24 8.33%

La Ceiba C 6.80 2.65 4.15 156.60%

Quepos P 3.64 3.27 0.37 11.31%

Puntarenas P 1.44 2.55 -1.11 -43.53%

T. Samba Bonita C - 10.65 -10.65 -100.00%

Total 130,381.12 116,355.70 14,025.42 12.05%




1.2. Foreign trade and port traffic

The value of exports in 2012 was 28,681,334,890 dollars, a reduction of 15.14% compared to 2011. Imports amounted to 69,313,522,790 dollars, with a decrease compared to the previous year of 1.47%.

Regarding the volumes of imports and exports in 2012, there were barely noticeable increases compared to 2011 of 0.04% and 0.06%, respectively.

Table 3 below shows the figures for value and volume of foreign trade in each country of the isthmus in 2012. The figures include imports and exports, current and definitive, for the active improvement or final assembly and for the free trade zones.

Table 3: Isthmus Central American: Value and volume of foreign trade by country, (Thousands of US $

and Thousands of MT), Year 2012

Country

Imports Exports Total

VALUE (CIF)

VOLUME (Thousand of

MT)

VALUE FOB

VOLUME (Thousand of

MT)

VALUE FOB

VOLUMEN (Thousand of

MT)

Guatemala 16,991,772.80 12,329.89 10,126,084.00 9,576.11 27,117,856.80 21,906.00

El Salvador 10,269,626.61 7,574.95 5,339,088.39 2,838.80 15,608,715.00 10,413.75

Honduras 9,504,191.53 7,186.76 4,420,596.31 5,093.41 13,924,787.85 12,280.17

Nicaragua 6,043,886.83 4,668.36 2,752,742.95 1,759.52 8,796,629.78 6,427.88

Costa Rica 13,870,805.07 8,361.43 5,220,970.86 6,946.54 19,091,775.93 15,307.97

CACM 56,680,282.84 40,121.40 27,859,482.51 26,214.39 84,539,765.36 66,335.79

Panama 12,633,239.94 7,842.58 821,852.38 1,178.24 13,455,092.32 9,020.82

Total 69,313,522.79 47,963.98 28,681,334.89 27,392.62 97,994,857.68 75,356.60

Table 4: Isthmus Central American: Volume of foreign trade and cargo handled at seaports,

(Thousands of MT), Year 2012

Country

Imports Exports Total

Foreign Trade

Offloaded Foreign Trade

Loaded Foreign Trade

Marítime Cargo

Guatemala 12,329.89 11,240.43 9,576.11 7,226.18 21,906.00 18,466.64

El Salvador 7,574.95 4,607.86 2,838.80 1,198.69 10,413.75 5,806.55

Honduras 7,186.76 7,426.83 5,093.41 5,630.11 12,280.17 13,056.94

Nicaragua 4,668.36 2,883.32 1,759.52 768.14 6,427.88 3,651.46

Costa Rica 8,361.43 7,925.72 6,946.54 6,765.56 15,307.97 14,691.28

CACM 40,121.40 34,084.19 26,214.39 21,588.68 66,335.79 55,672.87

Panama 7,842.58 42,089.73 1,178.24 32,618.52 9,020.82 74,708.25

Total 47,963.98 76,173.92 27,392.62 54,207.20 75,356.60 130,381.12

Source: Port Enterprises of Central America and Maritime Authority of Panama Guatemala: http://www.banguat.gob.gt/estaeco/ceie/hist/pdfs/2012/CG/kf-103_2012.pdf El Salvador: http://www.bcr.gob.sv/bcrsite/?cat=1012&lang=es Honduras: https://see.bch.hn/SICE-IED/ConsultaSACAjustado.aspx Nicaragua: http://www.dga.gob.ni/Estadweb/WEB_ENERO_DICIEMBRE_2011_2012.pdf Costa Rica: http://www.inec.go.cr/sicceweb/default.aspx Panamá: http://www.contraloria.gob.pa/inec/ComercioExterior/



1.3 Cargo handled by seaboard

Maritime cargo movement by seaboard in 2012 was similar to what it was in 2011 with the Caribbean

representing 52.85% of the total cargo and the Pacific accounting for the remaining 47.15%. Of all cargo

offloaded, 53.06% was in Caribbean ports and 46.94% on the Pacific seaboard, while of all the cargo

loaded, 56.56% was shipped from the Caribbean side and 47.44% from the Pacific.

During 2012, the Caribbean moved 68,906.22 thousand MT, a 12.10% increase over the year before

equivalent to 8,399.89 thousand MT. Unloading on that seaboard represented 58.65%, an increase of

19.12% compared to 2011, while loading represented 41.35%, an increase of 2.15%.

On the Pacific side, 61,474,43 thousand MT was moved, an increase of 9.25%. This increase, unlike what

happened on the Caribbean side, was mainly due to shipments, reaching 22.27% more than the previous

year.

Chart No.3. Central American Isthmus: Cargo offloaded and loaded by seaboard, (Thousands of MT) Year 2012

The ports of Manzanillo and Chiriquí Grande in Panama, Limón-Moín in Costa Rica, and Cortes in

Honduras continued to be the most representative on the Caribbean seaboard, together representing

65.83% of the total cargo moved this year on that seaboard.

The Pacific ports with the greatest volumes moved were PPB and Charco Azul in Panama, Quetzal in

Guatemala, Acajutla in El Salvador, and Caldera in Costa Rica, representing 79.42% of all movement on

that seaboard. Tables 5 and 6 below show the volumes mobilized by port, according to type of handling

for both offloading and loading.

-

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

Caribbeanseaboard

Pacific seaboard Total

Offloaded 40,414.49 35,759.43 76,173.92

Loaded 28,491.73 25,715.47 54,207.20

Total 68,906.22 61,474.90 130,381.12

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Table 5: Cargo offloaded and loaded on the Caribbean seaboard by port (thousands of MT), Year 2012

Ports

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

O L O L O L O L O L O L O L

Barrios

47.32

74.81 1,041.01

1,399.90

-

-

58.20

-

107.38

-

-

-

1,253.91

1,474.71

2,728.59

SANTOCAS

38.89

438.75 1,751.62

1,651.54

0.85

1.18

240.84

173.88

602.78

594.24

-

-

2,634.98

2,859.59

5,494.57

Tela

-

- - -

-

-

-

-

260.49

-

-

-

260.49 -

260.49

La Ceiba

0.42

6.38 - -

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

0.42

6.38

6.80

Puerto Castilla

9.05

3.32 113.40

373.73

-

-

-

-

21.97

151.42

83.95

86.31

228.37

614.78

843.15

Puerto Cortes

226.59

26.85 1,860.09

2,136.83

2.26

1.77

1,562.61

598.02

1,817.90

148.30

587.74

589.06

6,057.19

3,500.83

9,558.02

Cabezas

-

- - -

-

-

-

-

16.13

-

-

-

16.13

-

16.13 El Bluff

-

- 2.87

2.41

-

-

-

-

11.96

-

-

-

14.83

2.41

17.24

Arlen Siu

5.79

12.49 14.49

10.87

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

20.28

23.36

43.64

Limón-Moín

445.90

45.46 1,844.89

5,653.21

51.96

48.43

1.30

-

2,212.04

22.38

0.01

0.01

4,556.10

5,769.49

10,325.59

CPT

-

- - -

-

-

-

-

194.38

-

-

-

194.38 -

194.38

T. Granelera

362.32

- - -

-

-

559.81

- -

-

-

-

922.13 -

922.13

CCT

-

2.08 828.37

3,314.63

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

828.37

3,316.71

4,145.08

T. Petrolera

-

- - -

-

-

-

-

2,520.93

-

-

-

2,520.93 -

2,520.93

Chiriquí Grande

1,608.26

7.50 - -

-

-

-

-

9,690.72

185.81

-

-

11,298.98

193.31

11,492.29

Bocas Fruit

4.84

77.00 64.12

167.13

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

68.96

244.13

313.09

PPC

5.51

6.49 2,614.88

3,177.52

6.95

3.36

21.76

-

150.85

54.01

-

-

2,799.95

3,241.38

6,041.33

MIT

-

- 6,581.75

7,130.31

156.34

114.34

-

-

-

-

-

-

6,738.09

7,244.65

13,982.74

Total

2,754.89

701.13 16,717.49

25,018.08

218.36

169.08

2,444.52

771.90

17,607.53

1,156.16

671.70

675.38

40,414.49

28,491.73

68,906.22




Table 6: Cargo offloaded and loaded on the Pacific seaboard by port (thousands of MT), Year 2012

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

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

Boyas de San José

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

1,555.03

193.81

-

-

1,555.03

193.81

1,748.84 Quetzal

398.68

65.89

1,023.67

1,020.36

44.45

1.68

3,206.59

1,060.05

1,074.44

112.98

48.71

437.11

5,796.54

2,698.07

8,494.61

La Unión

-

-

66.180

14.70

-

-

37.54

-

-

-

-

-

103.72

14.70

118.42 Acajutla

139.54

9.84

789.41

490.00

15.72

0.10

1,370.93

343.55

513.10

285.38

-

-

2,828.70

1,128.87

3,957.57

Corsain

31.52

-

- -

-

-

5.52

-

90.95

-

0.07

-

128.06 -

128.06

Boyas Alba Petróleos,

Cenergica y RASA

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

1,547.38

55.12

-

-

1,547.38

55.12

1,602.50

San Lorenzo

59.14

6.41

- -

-

-

31.05

1,448.91

790.17

52.80

-

-

880.36

1,508.12

2,388.48 Corinto

35.59

47.70

438.94

338.71

26.19

0.04

642.11

222.63

870.75

79.61

-

-

2,013.58

688.69

2,702.27

Sandino

-

-

- -

-

-

241.66

-

576.84

53.68

-

-

818.50

53.68

872.18 Caldera

224.75

90.40

911.20

608.59

57.03

0.41

1,907.10

-

140.90

0.87

-

-

3,240.98

700.27

3,941.25

Puntarenas

-

0.43

- -

-

-

0.07

-

0.68

0.17

0.05

0.04

0.80

0.64 1.44

Punta Morales

-

-

- -

-

-

-

65.92

23.11

30.00

-

-

23.11

95.92

119.03 Terminal Fertica

-

-

- -

-

-

93.71

- -

-

-

-

93.71

- 93.71

Quepos

0.68

1.70

- -

-

-

-

-

0.33

0.93

-

-

1.01

2.63 3.64

Golfito

0.02

34.52

- -

-

-

-

-

9.99

162.09

-

-

10.01

196.61

206.62 Charco Azul

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

394.62

7,904.59

-

-

394.62

7,904.59

8,299.21 PATSA

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

993.62

-

-

-

993.62 -

993.62

T. DECAL

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

1,330.59

-

-

-

1,330.59 -

1,330.59

PPB

-

-

12,879.25

9,860.77

104.76

0.05

187.75

-

601.69

495.91

-

-

13,773.45

10,356.73

24,130.18

PSA

-

-

187.25

117.02

-

-

38.41

-

-

-

-

-

225.66

117.02

342.68

Total

889.92

256.89

16,295.90

12,450.15

248.15

2.28

7,762.44

3,141.06

10,514.19

9,427.94

48.83

437.15

35,759.43

25,715.47

61,474.90




1.4 Cargo handled by quarter

In 2012, Central America mobilized by quarter an average of 32,595.15 thousand MT. The greatest

volume of cargo was in the first quarter, reaching 33,135.18 thousand MT and the lowest volume was in

the second quarter with 31,484.10 thousand MT.

There was a 5% drop in cargo movement from the 1st to the 2nd quarter, but it increased by the same

amount from the 2nd to the 3rd. Then there was little difference between the 3rd and 4th quarters, with

32,955.11 thousand MT in the 3rd quarter and 32,809.20 thousand MT in the 4th quarter.

Chart No. 4. Cargo handled in ports by quarter and by country (thousands of MT), Year 2012


The quarterly variations in 2012 compared to 2011 were all positive. In the 1st quarter, cargo increased by

20.1% and then there was a slight increase (0.09%) in the 2nd, followed by 13.3% in the 3rd and 15.2% in

the 4th quarter.

The increase in the 1st quarter of 2012 compared to 2011 was mainly influenced by the variations at the

ports of Panama and Honduras, which had increases compared to 2011 of 35.3% and 16.6%,

respectively. Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Guatemala had cargo volume increases compared to 2011 of

3.6%, 3.1%, and 2.2, respectively, while Nicaragua had a 6.3% decline in cargo volume during that period.

For the 2nd quarter of 2012 compared to the same period the year before, Nicaragua had the greatest

percentage increase by country with 17.7% more, followed by Panama, Costa Rica, and Honduras with

increases of 2.3%, 1.0%, and 0.1%, respectively. During this period, El Salvador and Guatemala fell back

in cargo volume compared to 2011 by 7.8% and 3.7%, respectively.

During the 3rd quarter, once again Panama and Honduras had the most growth among the countries of

the region compared to 2011. Panama managed to increase by 22.9% and Honduras managed 10.3%

growth, while Costa Rica and El Salvador increased by 3.4% and 3.0%. Nicaragua and Guatemala

dropped by 6.2% and 2.0%, respectively.

Cargo movement grew in all countries in the 4th quarter of 2012, compared to 2011. Panama and

Honduras came in first and second with 35.3% and 16.6%, respectively, followed by Costa Rica with

3.6%, El Salvador with 3.1% and Guatemala with 2.2%. Nicaragua had negative growth of 6.3%.

-

2,500

5,000

7,500

10,000

12,500

15,000

17,500

20,000

22,500

25,000

27,500

30,000

32,500

35,000

I II III IV

Total

El Salvador

Honduras

Nicaragua

Costa Rica

MCCA

Panama

Guatemala

Quarter



The tendency in the region for offloaded cargo by quarter in 2012 was contrary to what happened in 2011.

There was an increase from the 1st to the 2nd quarter and then declines till the end of the year, while in

2012, offloading went down 3.7% from the 1st to the 2nd quarter and then recovered between the 2nd and

3rd with an increase of 7.0% and again with a 5.2% increase from the 3rd to the 4th quarter.

Regarding cargo offloaded in the region, the tendency in 2012 was expressed with the movement of

offloading in Panama that went down between the 1st and 2nd quarter (5.5%) and increased between the

2nd and 3rd and the 3rd and 4th quarters (18% and 6%, respectively).

The chart below shows the tendency for the region and for the countries during 2012 in terms of offloaded

cargo.

Chart No. 5. Cargo offloaded in ports by quarter by country, (Thousands of MT), Year 2012


The tendency by quarter in 2012 for loading in the region shows a decline, with a reduction of 6.7% from

the 1st to the 2nd quarter and then an increase of 1.6% from the 2nd to the 3rd, followed by a drop of 8.4%

from the 3rd to the 4th quarter.

Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua all had less cargo loaded from the 1st to 2nd quarter

and from the 2nd to the 3rd quarter. Guatemala and El Salvador managed to increase their cargo handling

with increases of 28.5% for Guatemala and 20.9% for El Salvador. Such was not the case with Nicaragua

and Honduras where cargo levels dropped.

The chart below shows the behavior by quarter for cargo loaded in the region and by country.

-

2,500

5,000

7,500

10,000

12,500

15,000

17,500

20,000

22,500

I II III IV

Guatemala

El Salvador

Honduras

Nicaragua

Costa Rica

MCCA

Panama

Total

Quarter



Chart No. 6. Cargo loaded in ports by quarter by country,(Thousands of MT), Year 2012

| Source: Port Authorities of Central America and Maritime Authority of Panama

1.5 Cargo handled by type of handling

Cargo handling in the region in 2012 continued with the same trend. Containerized cargo was in first place

with 54.06% of the total, even though it dropped 5.4 percentage points compared to 2011. In second place

were bulk liquids with 29.69%, 5 percentage points higher than last year, followed by bulk solids with

10.83%, a slight drop compared to the year before. General cargo gained, going from 2.71% in 2011 to

3.53% this year. Ro-Ro cargo handling dropped from 0.56% in 2011 to 0.49% in 2012.

Table 7: Distribution of cargo handled in ports by year by type of handling

(Percentages), Year 2008 - 2012

Años General Cargo

Contane- rizd

Ro-Ro Dry Bulk Liquid Bulk

Others Cargo Total,

(Thousands of TM)

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 0.73 11.14 27.57 1.35 104,152.50

2011 2.71 59.47 0.56 11.04 24.71 1.51 116,355.70

2012 3.53 54.06 0.49 10.83 29.69 1.41 130,381.10


0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

16,000

I II III IV

Guatemala

El Salvador

Honduras

Nicaragua

Costa Rica

MCCA

Panama

Total

Quarter



In 2012, 4,602.8 thousand MT of general cargo

were handled, an increase of 42.0% compared

to 2011, mainly because of growth in Panama

of 146%, as well as increases in Nicaragua

(87.5%), El Salvador (26.9%), Honduras

(14.14%), and Guatemala (4.7%). The ports

with the biggest increases in general cargo

were Chiriquí Grande which mobilized 1,565.93

thousand MT thousand MT more than in 2011,

La Ceiba with an increase of 155.64%, Corinto

with 111.83% more than in 2011, Cortes with

28.07%, Quetzal with 25.23%, Rama with

23.10%, and Caldera and Quepos with

increases of 8.20% y 7.73%, respectively.

The total amount of containerized cargo moved was 70,481.62 thousand MT, for growth of 1.9%. It had

increased by 17.38% the year before. The breakdown between offloading and shipping of containerized

cargo was similar to previous years with offloading equivalent to 33,013.39 thousand MT or 46.84% and

loading with 53.16%, equivalent to

37,468.23 thousand MT, making for small

increases of 17.74% and 1.98%,

respectively.

The Caribbean offloading of containerized

cargo reached on 50.64% and 49.36%

arrive at the Pacific. 66.77% of the shipping

was from the Caribbean and 33.23% from

the Pacific. Chart No. 8 shows the volumes

of containerized cargo offloaded and

loaded by seaboard.

Similar to 2011, in 2012 PPB and MIT were

in the first two places for ports with the greatest volume of containerized cargo, the former with 22,740.02

thousand MT and the second with 13,712.06 thousand MT. Limón-Moín with 7,498.10 thousand MT came

in third followed by PPC with 5,792.40 thousand MT, CCT with 4,143.00 thousand MT, Cortes with

3,996.92 thousand MT, and Santo Tomas Castilla with 3,403.16.

Ro-Ro cargo handled in 2012 amounted to 637.87 thousand MT, a decrease of 2.4% compared to the

previous year and caused by the reduction of this traffic in Acajutla and Santo Tomas de Castilla.

Offloading represented 73.14% and loading 26.86%. The ports with the greatest volumes of this cargo

were MIT with 270.68 thousand MT and Limón-Moín on the Caribbean with 100.39 thousand MT and PPB

on the Pacific with 104.81 thousand MT

In 2012, there were 14,119.92 thousand MT of bulk solids mobilized in region, an increase of 9.9%

compared to 2011. Offloading represented 72.29% with 10,206.96 thousand MT and loading was 27.71%,

equivalent to 3,912.96 thousand MT. Quetzal, like last year, mobilized the greatest volumes of bulk solids

in the isthmus with 266.64 thousand MT, of which 3,206.59 thousand MT were offloaded. The port with

the second highest volume was Cortes with 2,160.63 thousand MT, most of it also offloaded (1,562.61

General Cargo 4,602.83 3.53%

Containerized70,481.62 54.06%

Ro-Ro637.87 0.49%

Dry Bulk14,119.92 10.83%

Liquid Bulk38,705.82 29.69%

Others1,833.06 1.41%

Chart No. 7. Central American Isthmus: Total cargo moved in ports by type of handling (thousands of MT), Year 2012

Source: Port Authorities of Central America and Maritime Authority of Panama

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

Caribbean Pacific Total

Offloaded 16,717.49 16,295.90 33,013.39

Loaded 25,018.08 12,450.15 37,468.23

Total 41,735.57 28,746.05 70,481.62

(Th

ou

san

ds

of

MT)

Chart No. 8. Central American Isthmus: Volume of containerized cargo by seaboard (Thousands of MT), Yea 2012




thousand MT). Caldera also stayed among the ports on the isthmus that handle the most bulk solids,

offloading 1,907.10 thousand MT this year.

Bulk liquids represented 29.69% of the cargo mobilized in the region in 2012 with 38,705.82 thousand MT,

an increase of 34.6% over 2011. The ports with the most of this handling were Chiriquí Grande and

Charco Azul with 25.52% and 21.44%, respectively, both with major increases. The first with 124.52%

more offloading and the second with 146.20% more loading. Other ports with notable amounts of this type

of cargo handing were Terminal Petrolera de Panama, Acajutla and its Buoy Terminal (Boyas Alba

Petróleos, Cenergica and RASA), Limón - Moín, Cortes and Buoys of San José in Quetzal, each

representing 6.51%, 6.20%, 5.77%, 5.08 and 4.52%, respectively.

The total cargo offloaded in 2012 using all types of handing was 76,173.92 thousand MT, an increase of

11.06% over 2011. The greatest increases in offloading were with general cargo and bulk liquids,

increasing by 79.27% and 22.78%,

respectively. Both increases happened in

Chiriquí Grande, which in the case of

general cargo went from 43.83 thousand

MT in 2011 to 1,608.93 thousand MT in

2012 and in the case of bulk liquids,

5,374.51 thousand MT were handled in this

way. Cortés and Corinto had major

increases compared to 2011 in general

cargo, with increases of 52.50% and

52.75%, respectively.

Panama had the biggest increase of

offloaded cargo, with growth of 21.25%

over 2011. General cargo had the biggest increase with 300.89% more, followed by bulk solids (105.56%)

and bulk liquids (46.96%). Nicaragua, Honduras, and Costa Rica had small increases of offloaded cargo

of 3.62%, 1.84% and 1.26%, respectively, while

El Salvador and Honduras had decreases in

offloading of 2.56% and 04%.

There was increased loading in 2012, rising

13.48% over 2011 to 54,207.21 thousand MT.

The biggest increases were in bulk solids

(35.86%) and bulk liquids (50.85%). There were

decreases in the handling of general cargo

(14.41%) and Ro-Ro cargo (13.96%).

he increases in shipments of bulk solids were

mainly in the ports of San Lorenzo, Acajutla and Corinto, (87.18%, 21.93% and 11.03%, respectively),

while with bulk liquids, the increase was mainly in Charco Azul with a 146.2% increase, equivalent to

4,693.96 thousand MT. Other ports with increased handling of bulk liquids were Quetzal (82.55%), San

Lorenzo (58.89%) and Balboa (36.21%).

All the countries shipped more cargo than in 2011: Panama 17.70%, Nicaragua 17.26%, Honduras

16.22%, El Salvador 7.13%, Costa Rica 6.04%, and Guatemala 2.40%

General Cargo 958.02 1.77%


Ro-Ro171.36 0.32%

Dry Bulk3,912.96 7.22%

Liquid Bulk10,584.10 19.53%

Others1,112.53 2.05%

Chart No. 10. Central American Isthmus: Cargo loaded in ports by type of handling (thousands of MT), Year 2012



Contenerizada33,012.91 43.34%

Ro-Ro466.51 0.61%

Dry Bulk10,206.96 13.40%

Liquid Bulk28,121.72 36.92%

Others720.53 0.95%

Chart No. 9. Central American Isthmus: Cargo offloaded in ports by type of handling (thousands of MT), Year 2012

Source: Port Authorities of Central America and Maritime Authority of



Chart No. 11. Central American Isthmus: Cargo moved in ports by type of handling by seaboard

(thousands of MT), Year 2012

Table 8: Comparative percentage distribution of cargo by country by type of handling

(Percentages), Year: 2012.

Country / Year General Cargo Contanerized Ro-Ro Dry Bulk Liquid Bulk Others

total (Thousands of MT)

2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012

Guatemala 5.55 5.76 44.19 42.72 0.21 0.26 24.19 25.67 23.77 22.96 2.08 2.63% 18,301.22 18,466.59

El Salvador 2.44 3.12 26.48 23.42 0.24 0.27 31.01 30.27 39.39 42.92 0.45 - 5,847.52 5,806.07

Honduras 2.44 2.59 36.47 34.34 0.02 0.03 25.04 27.88 24.92 24.84 11.10 10.32 12,136.67 13,056.92

Nicaragua 1.58 2.78 21.79 22.14 0.51 0.72 28.03 30.30 48.09 44.06 - - 3,437.75 3,651.45

Costa Rica 6.00 5.74 59.80 61.38 0.95 1.07 15.50 14.08 17.74 17.72 - - 14,207.36 14,691.27

Panama 1.27 2.78 73.50 62.81 0.71 0.52 0.64 1.08 23.88 32.82 - - 62,425.08 74,708.21

Total 2.71 3.53 59.47 54.06 0.56 0.49 11.04 10.83 24.71 29.69 1.51 1.41 116,355.60 130,381.10


-

10,000.00

20,000.00

30,000.00

40,000.00

50,000.00

60,000.00

70,000.00

GeneralCargo

Containe-rized

Ro-Ro Liquid Bulk Dry Bulk Others Total

Caribbean 3,456.02 41,735.57 387.44 3,216.42 18,763.69 1,347.08 68,906.22

Pacific 1,146.81 28,746.05 250.43 10,903.50 19,942.13 485.98 61,474.90

Source: Port Authorities of Central America and Maritime Authority of



1.6 Cargo handled in the MCCA ports

The Central American Common

Market (MCCA) had 3.2% growth in

total cargo mobilized in 2012 over

2011 with 55,672 thousand MT,

61.22% offloaded and 38.78%

loaded. 29,294.22 thousand MT of

cargo in the MCCA was mobilized

on the Caribbean seaboard

(52.62%) thousand MT 26,378.15

thousand MT (47.38%) was moved

on the Pacific. Chart 12 shows

volumes and percentages of cargo

handled by seaboard.

The MCCA countries maintained

their share of cargo movement

compared to 2011, except for

Honduras which had a slight

increase, going from 22.5% in 2011

to 23.45% in 2012. Cargo volumes

were similar to what was seen in

2011.

The breakdown by type of cargo

handling was about the same in

terms of percentages, although

there were small increases in

volume. Chart 14 shows the

breakdown by type of handling in

terms of volume and percentage

share.

0.00%

50.00%

100.00%

Caribbean seaboard Pacific seaboard Total

27.02%34.20%

61.22%

25.60%13.18%

38.78%

Chart No. 12. Distribution of cargo offloaded and loaded in the CACM by seaboard (percentage), Year 2012

Offloaded Loaded

Source: Port Enterprises of Central America

Guatemala18,467 33.17%

El Salvador5,807

10.43%

Honduras13,057 23.45%

Nicaragua3,651 6.56%

Costa Rica14,691 26.39%

Chart No.13. Cargo throughputat CACM ports by country (Thousand of MT and percentage), year 2012




Ro-Ro252.07 0.45%

Dry Bulk13,312.19 23.91%

Liquid Bulk14,188.10 25.48%

Others1,833.06 3.29%

Chart No. 14. Total cargo by type of handling handled in CACM ports, (thousands of MT and %), Year 2012




1.7 Origen y destino de la carga

In Central America, the greatest

share of maritime trade is with North

America. In 2012, the ports of the

isthmus exchanged 39,911.18

thousand MT with that region, about

half of what was moved. South

America and Asia are in second and

third place with cargo movement of

15,665.40 and 6,844.12 thousand

MT, respectively.

Central America came in fourth

place for regional cargo movement

with 5,679.62 thousand MT. In

descending order, cargo movement

with Europe was 4,929.46 thousand

MT, while other regions like

Oceania, Africa, and the Middle East

totaled 3,517.73 thousand MT and

the Caribbean region accounted for

3,188.98 thousand MT.

Regarding the share by country, the United

States had 35,137.51 thousand MT, Colombia

came in second with 9,518.34 thousand MT,

followed by with 4,249.28 thousand MT, Panama

with 2,486.35 thousand MT, Mexico with

2,081.23 thousand MT, Ecuador with 1,986.67

thousand MT, Venezuela with 1,401.17 thousand

MT, Brazil with 1,111.34 thousand MT, South

Korea with 917.14 thousand MT, Curacao with

913.8 thousand MT, the Dominican Republic with

762.03 thousand MT, Belgium with 756.09

thousand MT, followed by Guatemala, Chile,

Holland, Peru, Japan, Angola and El Salvador, in

that order with cargo volumes between 730 and

460 thousand MT.

Estados Unidos

Colombia

China

Panama

Mexico

Ecuador

Venezuela

Brazil

Corea

Curacao

Rep. Dominicana

Bélgica

Guatemala

Chile

Holanda

Peru

Japon

Angola

El Salvador

39.11%

10.59%

4.73%

2.77%

2.32%

2.21%

1.56%

1.24%

1.02%

1.02%

0.85%

0.84%

0.82%

0.71%

0.68%

0.62%

0.59%

0.56%

0.52%

Centroamerica: Distribución porcentual de la carga por paises principales, Año 2012

Fuente: Empresas Portuarias de Centroamérica y Autoridad Marítima de Panamá

Estados Unidos

Colombia

China

Panama

Mexico

Ecuador

Venezuela

Brazil

Corea

Curacao

Rep. Dominicana

Bélgica

Guatemala

Chile

Holanda

Peru

Japon

Angola

El Salvador

39.11%

10.59%

4.73%

2.77%

2.32%

2.21%

1.56%

1.24%

1.02%

1.02%

0.85%

0.84%

0.82%

0.71%

0.68%

0.62%

0.59%

0.56%

0.52%

Central America: Percentage of the burden distibution by major countries

Source: Empresas Portuarias de Centroamérica y Autoridad Marítima de Panamá

44%

17%

8%

4%

6%

6%

4%

11%

Central America : Comparative distribution of load by geographic regions of the world Year 2012

North America

South America

Asia

Caribbean

Central America

Europe

Other regions

Other undefined

Central

Source: Port Authorities of Central America and Maritime Authority of PanamaOthers Regions: Middle East, Oceania and Africa



In regards to cargo origin in 2012, it was

similar to the year before with North America

in first place with 38.7%, mainly from the

United States with 20,322.55 thousand MT

followed by Mexico with 1,504.30 thousand

MT. South America was in second place with

23.7%, the main points of origin being

Colombia with 8,860.46 thousand MT,

Ecuador with 1,703.16 thousand MT, Brazil

with 1,111.34 thousand MT, Venezuela with

730.88 thousand MT, Chile with 442.46

thousand MT, and Argentina with 372.72

thousand MT. Asia, remained in third place

with 5.5%, China, Japan and Korea were the

main shippers with 1,719.29, 531.26, and

491.46 thousand MT, respectively.

Central America remained in fourth place

with 4.4%. The main points of origin were

Panama (514.32 thousand MT) and Guatemala (365.04 thousand MT), followed by Europe and

the Caribbean with 4.1% each. The main points of origin in Europe were Russia with 427.13

thousand MT, Belgium with 295.33 thousand MT, Spain with 294.20 thousand MT and Norway

with 239.85 thousand MT, among others, while in the Caribbean, the main countries were

Curacao with all its cargo for Central America going to Nicaragua (913.8 thousand MT) and the

Dominican Republic with 484.30 thousand MT, among others. Angola in Africa with 500.71

thousand MT was one of the most important countries in relation to cargo origin.

In regards to cargo destination in 2012, North America was again in the lead as the main destination with

54.40% of the cargo, equivalent to 17,695.44

thousand MT, shipped mainly to the United

States (14,814.96 thousand MT) and Mexico

(576.93 thousand MT). Asia came in second

with 11.3% this year, equivalent to 3,671.80

thousand MT with the main receivers of the

cargo being China (2,529.99 thousand MT),

Korea (425.68 thousand MT), Taiwan (176.42

thousand MT) and Hong Kong (105.89

thousand MT), among others. Central America

had 9.7% equivalent to 3,165.09 thousand MT,

the main receivers being Panama (1,972.03

thousand MT), El Salvador (470.64 thousand

MT) and Guatemala (367.45 thousand MT).

Europe came in fourth place with 7.9%

equivalent to 2,571.48 thousand MT. The main

destinations were Holland (609.57 thousand

MT), Belgium (460.76 thousand MT), Germany

(384.42 thousand MT), Italy (284.16 thousand

Estados Unidos

Colombia

China

Ecuador

Mexico

Brazil

Curacao

Venezuela

Japon

Panama

Angola

Corea

Rep.Dominicana

Chile

Rusia

Argentina

Antillas Holan.

Guatemala

Peru

35.44%

15.45%

3.00%

2.97%

2.62%

1.94%

1.59%

1.27%

0.93%

0.90%

0.87%

0.86%

0.84%

0.77%

0.74%

0.65%

0.64%

0.64%

0.57%

Central America : Percentage distibution the origin of charging by main countries

Source: Empresas Portuarias de Centroamérica y Autoridad Marítima de Panamá

Estados Unidos

China

Panama

Venezuela

Colombia

Holanda

Mexico

El Salvador

Bélgica

Corea

Alemania

Guatemala

Italy

Ecuador

Rep. Dominicana

Irlanda

India

Peru

Canada

45.57%

7.78%

6.07%

2.06%

2.02%

1.87%

1.77%

1.45%

1.42%

1.31%

1.18%

1.13%

0.87%

0.87%

0.85%

0.85%

0.74%

0.71%

0.64%

Source: Empresas Portuarias de Centroamérica y Autoridad Marítima de

CentralAmerica: Percentage distibution of destination of the cargo by major countries



MT), Ireland (277.72 thousand MT) and Greece (115.02 thousand MT), among others. South America

represented 6.5% equivalent to 2,102.49 thousand MT. The main destinations for cargo were Venezuela

with 670.29 thousand MT, Colombia with 657.88 thousand MT, Ecuador with 283.51 thousand MT, Peru

with 232.01 thousand MT and Chile with 191.83 thousand MT. The Caribbean region absorbed 2.5% of

the cargo shipped, equivalent to 816.54 thousand MT, mainly going to the Dominican Republic (277.73

thousand MT) and the Virgin Islands (120.24 thousand MT). For more details about the origin and

destination of cargo, visit our web site: http://www.cocatram.org.ni/estadisticas/cuadro5/

Chart No. 15. Central American Isthmus: Origin and destination of cargo handled in ports by

geographic region of the world (percentages), Year 2012

Chart No. 16. Central American: Total of cargo handled in ports by country by geographic region of the

world (thousands of MT), Year 2012

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

NorthAmerica

SouthAmerica

Asia Caribbean CentralAmerica

Europe Otherregions

Otherundefined

Total 44.42% 17.44% 7.62% 3.55% 6.32% 5.49% 3.92% 11.26%

Origen 38.75% 23.65% 5.53% 4.14% 4.39% 4.11% 5.71% 13.72%

Destino 54.43% 6.47% 11.29% 2.51% 9.74% 7.91% 0.75% 6.90%

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20,000.00

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SouthAmerica


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Guatemala 11,730.11 2,344.25 1,296.05 588.93 629.90 1,488.60 326.59 61.94

El Salvador 2,188.32 403.69 521.06 156.06 37.46 212.49 35.39 2,251.67

Honduras 8,206.00 1,070.95 1,935.45 331.93 445.85 1,021.21 25.46 18.55

Nicaragua 962.89 720.18 518.83 886.31 53.68 110.58 - 399.10

Costa Rica 6,371.90 968.02 631.66 30.96 3,208.99 1,330.59 29.06 2,120.12

Panama 10,451.96 10,158.31 1,941.07 1,194.79 1,303.74 765.99 3,101.23 5,261.54

Total 39,911.18 15,665.40 6,844.12 3,188.98 5,679.62 4,929.46 3,517.73 10,112.92

Source: Port Authorities of Central America and Maritime Authority of PanamaOtras regiones: Medio Oriente, Oceania y Africa

http://www.cocatram.org.ni/estadisticas/cuadro5/



Chart No. 17. Central American Isthmus: Origin of cargo handled in ports by country by geographic

region of the world (thousands of MT), Year 2012

Chart No. 18. Central American Isthmus: Destination of cargo handled in ports by country by

geographic region of the world (thousands of MT) , 2012

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4,000.00

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8,000.00

10,000.00

NorthAmerica

SouthAmerica


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Guatemala 6,801.64 1,986.30 951.21 212.96 330.51 855.42 92.65 9.79

El Salvador 1,557.63 311.82 428.17 121.22 20.87 206.08 35.27 1,926.34

Honduras 5,355.69 768.43 308.96 207.80 309.67 451.90 17.04 7.18

Nicaragua 643.97 648.34 369.23 886.31 - 97.37 - 238.19

Costa Rica 4,192.24 641.63 435.45 0.06 1,198.28 203.41 29.06 1,225.57

Panama 3,664.57 9,206.39 679.30 944.09 655.20 543.80 3,098.72 4,461.20


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2,000.00

3,000.00

4,000.00

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6,000.00

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NorthAmerica

SouthAmerica


Europe Otherregions

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Guatemala 4,928.47 357.95 344.84 375.97 299.39 633.18 233.94 52.15

El Salvador 630.69 91.87 92.89 34.84 16.59 6.41 0.12 325.33

Honduras 2,850.31 302.52 1,626.49 124.13 136.18 569.31 8.42 11.37

Nicaragua 318.92 71.84 149.60 - 53.68 13.21 - 160.91

Costa Rica 2,179.66 326.39 196.21 30.90 2,010.71 1,127.18 - 894.55

Panama 6,787.39 951.92 1,261.77 250.70 648.54 222.19 2.51 800.34




The origin and destination for the countries of the isthmus with the rest of the world in 2012 is described

below:

Guatemala

About two-thirds of the maritime cargo movement at Guatemalan ports was with North America,

representing 65.53% of the country’s maritime trade, a reduction from 2011 of close to 2%. Cargo

handling reached 11,730.11 thousand MT, 57.98% offloaded and 42.02% loaded. South America stayed

in second place and managed to increase its percentage share, going from 10.65% in 2011 to 12.69% this

year, reaching 2,344.25 thousand MT, most of it offloaded (84.77%).

Europe gained this year and displaced Asia from third place where it was the year before. The increase

was 1.72% with the movement of 1,488.6 thousand MT, representing 8.06% of the total for the country.

Asía, now in fourth place, represented 7.02%, equivalent to 1,296.05 thousand MT. Intra-regional cargo

movement was also important with 3.41% of movement at the ports, mainly with Panama and Costa Rica.

The Caribbean region made gains this year, rising to 3.19%, most of it shipping (63.81%). The other

regions (Africa, Oceania, and the Middle East) represented about 2% of port movement in Guatemala. In

terms of cargo origin at Guatemalan ports, the United States was in first place with 53.84%, equivalent to

6,051.41 thousand MT. Second place went to Colombia with 764.05 thousand MT offloaded, which

represented 6.80%. In third place was Ecuador, the origin of 5.83%, equivalent to 655 thousand MT

offloaded, followed by Mexico with 5.08%, equivalent to 571.04 thousand MT, China represented 4.34%,

equivalent to 488.39 thousand MT. Other major cargo origins for Guatemala in regards to their share were

Norway (2.01%), Korea (1.70%), Argentina (1.41%), Brazil (1.35%), Chile (1.29), Panama (1.26%), Japan

(1.14%), Russia (1.13%), Costa Rica (1.09%),

and the Dominican Republic (1.01%).

Among the main countries receiving cargo, first

place went to the United States which absorbed

59.51% of the shipments, equivalent to 4,300.35

thousand MT. In second place was Mexico with

4.94% or 356.65 thousand MT. Panama was in

third, receiving 2.32%, followed by Holland with

154.23 thousand MT (2.13%), Canada with

138.48 thousand MT (1.92%), the Dominican

Republic with 124.84 thousand MT (1.73%),

Greece with 114.88 thousand MT (1.59%), China

with 110.82 thousand MT (1.53%), Germany with

103.66 thousand MT. (1.43%), Chile with 89.77

thousand MT (1.24%), Colombia with 89.64

thousand MT (1.24%) and Korea with 84.06

(1.16%), among others.

North America 11,730.11

64%

South America 2,344.25

13%

Asia1,296.05

7%

Caribbean588.93

3%

Central America629.90

3%

Europe1,488.60

8%

Other regions326.59

2%

Other undefined61.94 0.34%

Guatemala: Comparative distribution of load by geographic regions of the world Year 2012

Source: Port Companies of Guatemala Other regions: Middle East, Oceania and Africa



El Salvador

This country’s ports maintained the tendency from

past years in terms of their cargo trade. North

America continued in first place, although with a drop

in its share of close to 9%, representing 37.7%

equivalent to 2,188.32 thousand MT mobilized. Asia

remained in second place with 521.06 thousand MT,

equivalent to 9.0%, South America continued in third

with 403.69 thousand MT (7.0%) and Europe

remained in fourth place with 3.7% of the cargo,

while the Caribbean region had 156.06 thousand MT

or 2.7%, Central America only had 0.0.6%, as did all

the other regions together (Africa, Oceania and the

Middle East) which totaled 0.6% of the cargo for ports

in El Salvador.

83.9% of the origin of cargo in the ports of Acajutla

and Corsain came from the following countries:

United States with 1,427.64 thousand MT

representing 48.28% of offloading, followed in this order by Brazil with 208.20 thousand MT (7.04%),

China with 162.21 thousand MT (5.49%), Belgium with 114.22 thousand MT (3.86%), Mexico with 103.85

thousand MT (3.51%), Japan with 94.97 thousand MT (3.21%), Korea with 72.98 (2.47%), Taiwan with

70.20 thousand MT (2.37%), Russia with 54.32 thousand MT (1.84%), Curacao with 49.07 thousand MT

(1.66%), Trinidad & Tobago with 46.64 thousand MT (1.58%), Argentina with 44.47 thousand MT (1.50%)

and Chile with 31.82 thousand MT (1.08%).

In terms of destination, it was the same as in past years. In first place, the United States with 597.27

thousand MT, representing 52.91%, Chile with 75.31 thousand MT, equivalent to 6.67%, Korea with 49.96

thousand MT (4.43%), Canada with 24.51 thousand MT (2.17%), Dominican Republic with 19.01

thousand MT (1.68%), Taiwan with 17.31 thousand MT (1.53%), Panama with 16.32 thousand MT

(1.45%) and the Virgin Islands with 12.60 thousand MT (1.12%).

Honduras

The most important region for Honduran ports in 2012 was South America, mobilizing 8,206 thousand MT,

representing 62.86% of the cargo, of which 65.27% was offloaded and 34.73% loaded. Second place

went to Asia with 1,935.45 thousand MT that represented 14.82%, most of it shipped (84.04%). North

America was in third place with 1,070.95 thousand MT or 8.20%, 71.75% of which was offloaded.

Following in fourth place was the set of Africa, Oceania and the Middle East that together accounted for

1,021.21 thousand MT, equivalent al 7.82%, 44.25% offloaded and 55.75% loaded. Central America was

in fifth place with 445.85 thousand MT that represented 3.42%, offloading 69.46%, while Europe and the

Caribbean represented 0.20% and 0.14% of the cargo mobilized through the ports.

The main countries of origin for cargo to the country were, in first place the United States, with 70.08% of

the cargo offloaded, equivalent to 5,204.70 thousand MT and in second, Ecuador with 355.87 thousand

MT, representing 4.79%, followed in order by Colombia with 190.25 thousand MT offloaded, equivalent

thousand MT to 2.56%, Guatemala with 179.77 thousand MT, equivalent to 2.42%, China with 173.83

thousand MT (2.34%), Russia with 146.46 thousand MT (1.97%), Dominican Republic with 118.58

thousand MT, (1.60%), Mexico with 111.20 thousand MT, (1.50%), Panama with 103.75 thousand MT

North America 2,188.32, 37.69%

South America 403.69, 6.95%

Asia521.06, 8.97%

Caribbean156.06, 2.69%

Central America

37.46, 0.65%

Europe212.49, 3.66%

Other regions35.39, 0.61%

Other undefined

2,251.67 38.78%

El Salvador: Comparative distribution of load by geographic regions of the world Year 2012

Source: CEPA-Acajulta, Corsain and AMP El SalvadorOther regions: Middle East, Oceania and Africa



(1.40%), Holland with 91.37 thousand MT (1.23%) and

Brazil with 80.56 thousand MT, representing 1.08%,

among others.

In terms of loading or shipping, the main destinations

were the United States with 2,751.82 thousand MT

accounting for 48.88%, with China in second place with

1,452.599 thousand MT, representing 25.80%, followed

by Holland with 166.007 thousand MT (2.95%),

Germany with 141.58 thousand MT, (2.51%), Belgium

with 123.98 thousand MT (2.20%), Mexico with 89.74

thousand MT (1.59%), Panama with 59.513 thousand

MT (1.06%), Korea with 44.69 thousand MT (0.79%),

the United Kingdom with 43.083 thousand MT,

Guatemala with 40.843 thousand MT, India with 38.783

thousand MT, Jamaica with 36.363 thousand MT,

Taiwan with32.559 thousand MT, Spain with 31.95

thousand MT, and the Dominican Republic with 30.505

thousand MT.

Nicaragua

Nicaragua continued with maritime cargo trade very similar to previous years with North America in first

place with 962.89 thousand MT, representing 26.37%, of

which 66.88% was offloaded. In second place was the

Caribbean region with 886.31 thousand MT, equivalent to

24.27%, and standing out the fact that 100.00% was

offloaded, South America remained in third place with

720.18 thousand MT for 19.72% of all the cargo, 90.02% of

it offloaded, followed by Asia with 518.83 thousand MT,

representing 14.21%, with most of it offloaded (71.17%).

Europe had 110.58 thousand MT, representing 3.03%,

(88.05% offloaded) and Central America had 1.47%, all of it

shipped.

The countries of cargo origin to Nicaragua in 2012 were in

order of importance the following: Curacao with 870.47

thousand MT, representing 30.13%, Venezuela with 535.54

thousand MT, representing 18.54%, United States with

505.78 thousand MT, equivalent to 17.51%, China with

168.70 thousand MT ( 5.84%), Japan with 145.68 thousand

MT ( 5.04%), Mexico with 138.18 thousand MT (4.78%), Russia with 97.37 thousand MT (3.37%), Brazil

with 70.98 thousand MT (2.46%), Korea with 54.83 thousand MT (1.90%), Argentina with 36.08 thousand

MT (1.25%), Trinidad & Tobago with 18.88 thousand MT (0.65%), Ecuador with 5.71 thousand MT

(0.20%), and Cuba with 2.66 thousand MT (0.09%).

In terms of destination, in order of importance, the countries receiving cargo from Nicaragua were the

United States with 244.075 thousand MT (31.77%), China with 81.547 thousand MT(10.62%), Korea with

68.043 thousand MT (8.86%), Venezuela with 66.208 thousand MT (8.62%), El Salvador with 53.683

North America 962.89 29.60%

South America 720.18 22.14%

Asia518.83 15.95%

Caribbean 886.31 27.25%

Central America

53.68 1.65%

Europe110.58 3.40%

Nicaragua: Comparative distribution of load by geographic regions of the world Year 2012

Source: National Port in

North America

8,206.00 , 63%

South America, 1,070.95,

8%

Asia 1,935.45

15%

Caribbean 331.93, 3%

Central America

445.85 , 3%

Europe1,021.21 ,

8%Other

regions 25.46 , 0%

Other undefined 18.55 , 0%

Honduras:Comparative distribution of load by geographic regions of the world Year 2012

Source: National Enterprises Port Honduras, ENPOther regions: Middle East, Oceania and Africa



thousand MT (6.99%), Mexico with 39.127 thousand MT (5.09%), Canada with 35.704 thousand MT

(4.65%), Holland with 13.212 thousand MT (1.72%) and

Costa Rica

Maritime commerce from Costa Rican ports to the regions of the world continued without variation in

2012. North America remained in first place with a similar percentage of total cargo to last year (43.37%),

mobilizing 6,371.9 thousand MT, most of it offloaded (65.79%). The countries of Central America

continued in second place, absorbing 21.84% which corresponds to 3,208.99 thousand MT, (62.66%

shipped). Europe, in third place, dropped 3.8% from last year with cargo movement this year of 1,330.59

thousand MT, equivalent to 9.06%, (84.71% loaded). Likewise, South America and Asia continued in the

same order in the ranking with percentages very similar to last year in terms of distribution: South America

with 6.59% of the cargo (68.94% offloaded) and Asia with 4.30%, most of it offloaded (68.94%). The

Caribbean dropped a bit (0.21%) and most of the cargo was shipped (99.81%).

In terms of cargo origin, the United States was in first place with 3,749.86 thousand MT, equivalent to

48.09%. The countries of the isthmus took second place with 1,177.67 thousand MT, equivalent to

15.10%, followed by Mexico with 298.63 thousand MT, equivalent to 3.83%, Colombia with 265.06

thousand MT, equivalent to 3.40%, China with 205.93 thousand MT, equivalent to 2.64%, Canada 143.76

thousand MT, equivalent to 1.84%, Brazil with 141.55 thousand MT, equivalent to 1.82%, Japan with

133.76 thousand MT, equivalent to 1.72%, Argentina with 94.80 thousand MT, equivalent to 1.22%, Chile

with 89.58 thousand MT, equivalent to 1.15%, and Ireland with 84.96 thousand MT, equivalent to 1.09%.

All these together make up

At the top of the list for destinations is the United

States with 2,163.86 thousand MT, equivalent to

33.45%, followed by the Central American region

with 36.6%, mainly Panama with 1,669.48

thousand MT, equivalent to 25.80%. Then there

was Belgium with 314.16 thousand MT, equivalent

to 4.86%, Colombia with 285.984 thousand MT,

equivalent to 4.42%, Ireland with 264.472

thousand MT, equivalent to 4.09%, Italy with

209.74 thousand MT, equivalent to 3.24%, Holland

with 207.79 thousand MT, equivalent to 3.21%,

Guatemala with 197.662 thousand MT, equivalent

to 3.06%, Germany with 127.96 thousand MT,

equivalent to 1.98% India with 58.30 thousand MT,

equivalent to 0.90%, Korea with 52.68 thousand

MT, equivalent to 0.81%, Taiwan with 47.88

thousand MT, equivalent to 0.74%, Dominican

Republic with 30.87 thousand MT, equivalent to

0.48%, Ecuador with 27.12 thousand MT ,equivalent to 0.42% and China 27.09 thousand MT, equivalent

to 0.42%.

North America 6,371.90 ,

50.69%South America 968.02, 7.70%

Asia,631.66, 5.02%

Caribbean30.96, 0.25%

Central America 3,208.99 25.53%

Europe1,330.59 10.58%

Other regions, 29.06, 0.23%

COSTA RICA: Comparative distribution of load by geographic regions of the world Year 2012

Source: JAPDEVA and INCOPOther regions: Middle East, Oceania and Africa



Panama

In 2012, the main regions for trade with Panama were North America in first place with cargo movement of

10,451.95 thousand MT representing 30.58%. The United States was the main trading partner with

8,140.76 thousand MT and in second place was South America with 10,158.29 thousand MT (29.72%),

including Colombia with 7,884.61 thousand MT. Africa was in third place with 8.94%, equivalent to

3,054.25 thousand MT (Angola with 500.712 thousand MT). Fourth place went to Asia with 1,941.05

thousand MT because of commerce with China, Korea, Japan and India. Central America was in fifth

place with 1,304.91 thousand MT, and El Salvador and Guatemala contributed most to this trade (475.18

and 311.27 thousand MT, respectively). Then followed the region of the Caribbean with 1,194.77

thousand MT, mainly the Dutch Antilles with 305.39 thousand MT, the Dominican Republic with 300.03

thousand MT, and Puerto Rico, among others, with 183.19 thousand MT. Europe saw movement of

776.22 thousand MT, with Spain with 203.31 thousand MT and Holland with 90.07 thousand MT standing

out.

Regarding the origin of the cargo, South America

came in first place with 39.59% of the shipments,

corresponding to 9,206.38 thousand MT. The

main countries of origin were Colombia with

7,632.35 thousand MT, Ecuador with 671.86

thousand MT and Brazil with 458.84 thousand

MT. Second place went to North America with

15.76%, equivalent to 3,664.57 thousand MT, the

United States generating 3,383.16 thousand MT

and Mexico 281.41 thousand MT. Africa was in

third place with 2,919.29 thousand MT, equivalent

to 12.55% of the shipments and the Caribbean

region absorbed 4.06%, equivalent to 944.07

thousand MT, with the main island for cargo origin

being the Dutch Antilles with 297.24 thousand

MT, the Dominican Republic with 227.52

thousand MT and Puerto Rico with 166.02

thousand MT. Central America was in fifth place

with 655.18 thousand MT, 2.82% of this with

Guatemala and Costa Rica as the main countries of origin. Europe represented 2.34% with 543.81

thousand MT with Spain, Italy, Belgium, France and Portugal as the main countries of origin.

In relation to cargo destination, North America absorbed 62.13% of the shipments, or 6,787.38 thousand

MT, with the United States as the main recipient with 8,140.76 thousand MT. Asia came in second with

11.55%, equivalent to 1,261.761 thousand MT, with China, India, Korea and Hong Kong receiving the

most, followed by South America representing 8.71%, equivalent to 951.91 thousand MT, the main

recipients there being Venezuela with 386.56 thousand MT, Colombia with 252.26 thousand MT, Ecuador

with 136.47 thousand MT and Peru with 133.36 thousand MT.

Central America accounted for 5.95% of the cargo sent with 649.73 thousand MT, El Salvador and

Guatemala receiving the greatest volumes (397.13 and 128.73 thousand MT, respectively). The

Caribbean had 2.29%, equivalent to 250.70 thousand MT, and the main recipients there were the

Dominican Republic, Trinidad & Tobago, Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti. Europe represented 2.05%, equivalent

North America 10,451.96,

36.14%

South America 10,158.31,

35.13%

Asia, 1,941.07, 6.71%

Caribbean, 1,194.79 , 4.13%

Central America 1,303.74 , 4.51%

Europe765.99, 2.65%

Other regions 3,101.23, 10.72%

PANAMA: Comparative distribution of load by geographic regions of the world Year 2012

Source: Maritime Authority of PanamaOther regions: Middle East, Oceania and Africa



to 223.50 thousand MT, and the countries there that received cargo were Holland, the United Kingdom,

Germany, Spain, Italy and Turkey.

2. Vessels attended

In 2012, 4.36% fewer vessels arrived for a total of 17,917. The most important reductions were in

Honduras and Nicaragua with 15.76% and 11.37% fewer, respectively. Guatemala had 4.66% fewer,

Panama 2.26% and Costa Rica 1.51% fewer, while El Salvador had 2.48% more than in 2011. The

Caribbean seaboard saw 897 fewer vessels and there were 47 fewer dropping anchor on the Pacific side.

The average cargo per vessel reached 7,276 Tm /vessel. El Salvador and Panama regularly stood out

with the highest averages of cargo per vessel in the region (7.8. and 9.4 thousand MT /vessel,

respectively) and Costa Rica had a lower average with 4.4 thousand MT /vessel. The main type of vessel

continues to be container ships, with 10,768 of them arriving in 2012. This, however, was a 4.40% drop in

traffic, equivalent to 496 fewer vessels of this kind. On the Caribbean seaboard, this segment represented

71.38% of the total.

The ports with the greatest increase in vessel traffic were in order of importance the Colon Container

Terminal with an increase of 36.69%, (212 more container ships and 9 more conventional vessels),

followed by La Unión that went from 14 container ships 2011 to 48 in 2012, Puerto Barrios saw 39 vessels

more arrive, among container ships and barges, and Charco Azul received 38 more.

The drop in the number of vessels arriving in 2012 was felt in Panama, specifically at PPB (218 fewer),

PPC (201 fewer), Manzanillo (69 fewer), and Colón 2000 (70 fewer). In Costa Rica Limón Moín saw 270

fewer vessels and Caldera had 60 fewer. All of Nicaragua’s ports saw fewer vessels, 73 less than the year

before. In Honduras, Puerto Cortes attended to 98 fewer vessels and in Guatemala, Santo Tomas de

Castilla had 100 fewer and Quetzal 42.

In 2012, the transit of conventional vessels represented 6.66%, a small increase of 19.78% over the

previous year. Reefer ships represented 6.65%, a decrease of 17.08%. Container ships represented

60.09%, a decrease of 4.40%. Ro-Ro vessels maintained the similar share as the year before with 4.51%,

0.86% less. Bulk solids represented 4.39% of the total and their share continued to grow as it had last

year with 7.21% more.

Bulk liquids represented 4.33%, an increase of 5.15%. Petroleum tankers represented 4.65%, a drop of

18.68%. Gas tankers represented 1.39%, an increase of 61.29%. Barges represented 1.48%, a decrease

of 29.71% and cruise liners went from 5.06% in 2011 to 3.24% in 2012.



Chart No.19. Central American Isthmus: Percentage distribution by type of vessel, Year 2012

Chart No.20. Percentage distribution by type of vessel in CACM ports, Year 2012





3. Containers and tractor-trailers

In 2012, the movement of containers at maritime ports in the Central American region increased by 4.4%.

Handling at ports rose to 6,128,799 containers and tractor trailers of different types and sizes, equivalent

to 10,634,145 TEU.

This year, Guatemala had the greatest percentage increase in the handling of TEU with 29.22% more

than in 2011, while Costa Rica increased by 2.24%, Nicaragua by 11.81% and Panama by 5.35%.

Movement in Honduras and El Salvador remained more or less the same. 65.86% of the TEU were

dispatched from Panamanian ports, while Guatemala had 14.11%, Costa Rica 11.56%, Honduras 6.24%,

El Salvador and Nicaragua 0.92%.

68.95% of the containers handled in the region’s port were 40-footers, 71.69% full, followed by 20-footers with 27.55%. Throughout the isthmus, each full container mobilized transported 16.82 metric tons on average.

The Atlantic ports handled 61.78% of the TEU, and among them MIT, Limón-Moín and PPC stood out, absorbing 19.37%, 9.83% and 7.99%, respectively. Standing out among the Pacific ports were PPB, which handled 3,251,141 TEU, equivalent to 30.57% of the region’s total, Puerto Quetzal with movement of 324,507 TEU and Acajutla with 160,981 TEU. The general ratio between full and empty is 2.6. The Honduran ports of Castilla and Cortes stand out with a ratio of 16.5 and 4.1, respectively, and in Guatemala, there was Barrios and Santo Tomas de Castilla with full-empty ratios of 4.1 and 3.5, respectively.

The ports handling the greatest number of containers are Panama Port Balboa (1.9 million), Manzanillo International Terminal (1.2 million), Panama Port Cristóbal (541,253), Limón-Moín (553,852), Cortés (309,543) and Santo Tomás de Castilla (256,583).

Chart No.21. Central American Isthmus: port container traffic, Thousands of TEU), year 2012

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Country/Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Guatemala 11,246 12,217 14,640 14,678 15,753 16,080 16,876 15,860 15,978 16,876 18,301 18,467

El Salvador 4,592 4,546 4,698 4,686 5,098 5,965 6,156 6,010 4,931 5,392 5,848 5,807

Honduras 6,882 7,083 7,658 8,732 9,273 9,393 9,819 10,476 9,450 10,582 12,137 13,057

Nicaragua 2,363 2,094 2,146 2,328 2,505 2,707 2,938 2,799 2,834 3,009 3,438 3,651

Costa Rica 9,078 9,760 10,439 10,915 11,334 12,824 13,674 13,909 12,069 13,474 14,207 14,691

MCCA 34,161 35,699 39,581 41,338 43,964 46,969 49,463 49,054 45,262 49,333 53,931 55,673

Panama 23,139 21,291 24,626 34,795 36,699 39,245 44,826 47,047 54,881 54,819 62,425 74,708

Central America 57,300 56,991 64,207 76,134 80,664 86,214 94,289 96,100 100,144 104,152 116,356 130,381


57,300 56,991 64,207

76,134 80,664 86,214

94,289 96,100 100,144 104,152

116,356

130,381

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40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Port traffic in Central America, (Thousands of metric tons), Year 2001-2012




Vessel Arrivals in Central America, 2001-2011, (Units), Year 2001-2012

Country/Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Guatemala 2,534 2,637 2,912 3,055 3,112 3,366 3,546 3,370 3,261 3,501 3,328 3,208

El Salvador 445 451 546 590 610 718 855 729 630 620 725 743

Honduras 2,154 2,212 2,293 2,324 2,309 2,377 2,547 2,456 2,238 2,252 2,570 2,165

Nicaragua 544 422 432 421 449 621 676 673 596 640 642 569

Costa Rica 2,386 2,642 2,732 2,737 2,779 3,042 3,215 3,078 2,999 3,136 3,373 3,322

MCCA 8,063 8,364 8,915 9,127 9,259 10,124 10,839 10,306 9,724 10,149 10,638 10,007

Panama 4,911 4,823 5,140 5,479 5,998 6,159 6,570 6,821 6,567 7,388 8,129 7,945

Central America 12,974 13,187 14,055 14,606 15,257 16,283 17,409 17,127 16,291 17,537 18,767 17,952


12,974 13,187 14,055 14,606 15,257

16,283 17,409 17,127

16,291 17,537

18,767 17952

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4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

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Vessel Arrivals in Central America, 2001-2011, (Units), Year 2001-2012




Container throughput at Central America, Year 2001-2012 Country/Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Guatemala

597,775

681,078

725,976

750,343

770,363

835,253

876,653

905,705

887,322

1,022,994

1,163,076

1,500,799

El Salvador

17,721

42,221

66,216

93,647

104,370

124,331

144,458

156,323

126,369

146,819

161,226

160,981

Honduras

397,659

413,842

470,340

555,854

591,697

593,800

636,433

669,802

571,720

612,844

662,672

663,945

Nicaragua

10,933

10,447

12,328

16,983

18,951

47,948

61,457

63,234

59,932

68,326

84,467

94,444

Costa Rica

616,900

646,971

676,438

734,088

778,651

880,436

968,559

1,004,975

909,442

1,036,214

1,095,490

1,229,529

MCCA

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

3,166,931

3,649,698

Panamá

1,591,472

1,544,774

1,991,659

2,428,799

2,774,569

3,027,562

4,074,480

4,651,926

4,244,740

5,593,199

6,629,943

6,984,447

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

9,796,874

10,634,145


3,232 3,339 3,943

4,580 5,039 5,509 6,762

7,452 6,800

8,480

9,797 10,634

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Summary Table. Central America: Traffic by Port, Year 2012

Country/Ports Litoral

Carg0 Vessel Container

(Thousands of metric tons)

(units) Units TEU

GUATEMALA

Boyas de San Jose P 1,748.84 96 - -

Quetzal P 8,494.61 1,247 194,910 324,506

Puerto Barrios A 2,728.62 450 342,182 707,556

Santo Tomas de Castilla A 5,494.57 1,380 256,583 468,734

Total 18,466.64 3,173 793,675 1500,799

EL SALVADOR

La Unión P 118.42 56 - -

Acajutla P 3,957.57 552 98,678 160,981

Boyas Alba Petróleos, Cenergica y RASA P 1,602.50 85 - -

Corsain P 128.06 49 - -

Total 5,806.55 742 98,678 160,981

HONDURAS

San Lorenzo P 2,388.48 190 - -

Tela A 260.49 22 - -

La Ceiba A 6.80 69 20 35

Puerto Castilla A 843.15 157 45,293 90,586

Puerto Cortes A 9,558.02 1,630 309,543 573,324

Roatán T. Coxen Hole A - 97 - -

Roatán T. Mahogany By A - … - -

Total 13,056.94 2,165 354,856 663,945

NICARAGUA

Corinto P 2,702.27 402 56,975 89,538

Sandino P 872.18 32 - -

San Juan del sur P - 26 - -

Arlen Siu (El Rama) A 43.64 73 2,617 4,765

Cabezas A 16.13 13 - -

El Bluff A 17.24 23 78 141

Total 3,651.46 569 59,670 94,444

COSTA RICA

Caldera P 3,941.25 611 109,303 184,315

Puntarenas P 1.44 63 - -

Punta Morales P 119.03 7 - -

Terminal Fertica P 93.71 12 - -

Quepos P 3.64 275 - -

Golfito P 206.62 131 - -

Limón-Moín A 10,325.59 2,223 553,852 1045,214

Total 14,691.28 3,322 663,155 1229,529

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Summary Table. Central America: Traffic by Port, Year 2012

Country/Ports Seaboard

Cargo Vessel Container

(Thousands of metric tons)

(units) Units TEU

PANAMA

Aguadulce P - - - -

Amador & Resorts P - 38 - -

Home Port (Terminal de Cruceros) P - 19 - -

Charco Azul P 8,299.21 95 - -

Pedregal P - - - -

Petro America Terminal P 993.62 71 - -

T. DECAL P 1,330.59 97 - -

Panama Port Balboa (PPB) P 24,130.18 1,967 1934,972 3251,141

PSA (Panama International Terminal) P 342.68 97 30,945 53,459

Yacth club Cristobal P - 22 - -

Colon Port Terminal (CPT) A 194.38 15 - -

T. Granelera A 922.13 92 - -

Colon Container Terminal (CCT) A 4,145.08 827 416,720 735,314

T. Petrolera A 2,520.93 99 - -

T. Samba Bonita A - - - -

Chiriquí Grande A 11,492.29 111 - -

COLON 2000 A - 107 - -

Almirante A 313.09 148 17,270 34,727

Panama Port Cristobal (PPC) A 6,041.33 1,493 541,253 850,042

Manzanillo Int. Terminal (MIT) A 13,982.74 2,647 1217,605 2059,764

Total 74,708.25 7,945 4158,765 6984,447

S U M M A R Y T A B L E

Guatemala 18,466.64 3,173 793,675 1,500,799

El Salvador 5,806.55 743 98,678 160,981

Honduras 13,056.94 2,165 354,856 663,945

Nicaragua 3,651.46 569 59,670 94,444

Costa Rica 14,691.28 3,322 663,155 1229,529

MCCA 55,672.87 9.972 1,970,034 3,649,698

Panama 74,708.25 7,945 4,158,765 6,984,447

Total 130,381.12 17,917 6,128,799 10,634,145




Table 1. Central America: Cargo Throughput by country and ports, (Thousands of metric tons), Year 2012

Country/Ports Seaboard Quarter I Quarter II Quarter III Quarter IV Total

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

GUATEMALA

Boyas de San José P

393.77

60.52

454.29

392.93

32.51

425.44

342.31

50.53

392.84

426.02

50.25

476.27

1,555.03

193.81

1,748.84

Quetzal P

1,532.80

830.72

2,363.52

1,491.20

737.88

2,229.08

1,297.88

489.72

1,787.60

1,474.65

639.75

2,114.40

5,796.53

2,698.07

8,494.60

Puerto Barrios A

329.71

375.70

705.41

300.90

366.41

667.31

292.22

331.49

623.71

331.09

401.10

732.19

1,253.92

1,474.70

2,728.62

Santo Tomas de Castilla A

703.55

688.15

1,391.70

671.55

677.31

1,348.86

649.41

641.24

1,290.65

610.47

852.88

1,463.35

2,634.98

2,859.58

5,494.56

Total país

2,959.83

1,955.09

4,914.92

2,856.58

1,814.11

4,670.69

2,581.82

1,512.98

4,094.80

2,842.23

1,943.98

4,786.21

11,240.46

7,226.16

18,466.62

EL SALVADOR

La Unión P

21.66

1.27

22.93

27.95

3.18

31.12

33.02

4.98

38.00

21.10

5.27

26.387

103.73

14.70

118.43

Acajutla P

699.21

374.06

1,073.27

698.55

245.92

944.47

729.11

221.12

950.23

701.82

287.78

989.60

2,828.69

1,128.88

3,957.57 Boyas Alba Petróleos,

Cenergica y RASA P

426.03

36.64

462.67

413.41

2.23

415.64

334.22

16.25

350.47

373.71

-

373.71

1,547.37

55.12

1,602.49

Corsain P

36.94 -

36.94

26.10

-

26.10

37.10

-

37.10

27.92

-

27.92

128.06

-

128.06

Total país

1,183.84

411.97

1,595.81

1,166.01

251.33

1,417.33

1,133.45

242.35

1,375.80

1,124.55

293.05

1,417.60

4,607.85

1,198.70

5,806.55

HONDURAS

San Lorenzo P

235.73

429.66

665.39

183.24

372.63

555.87

269.39

388.36

657.75

192.00

317.47

509.47

880.36

1,508.12

2,388.48

Tela A

64.32 -

64.32

77.90

-

77.90

52.61

-

52.61

65.66

-

65.66

260.49

-

260.49

La Ceiba A

0.03

1.05

1.08

0.14

2.14

2.28

0.13

1.84

1.97

0.12

1.36

1.48

0.42

6.39

6.81

Puerto Castilla A

70.87

159.59

230.46

56.28

132.78

189.06

47.17

164.08

211.25

54.05

158.34

212.39

228.37

614.79

843.16

Puerto Cortes A

1,545.23

1,053.73

2,598.96

1,610.85

984.98

2,595.83

1,524.97

780.71

2,305.68

1,376.13

681.41

2,057.54

6,057.18

3,500.83

9,558.01

Total país

1,916.18

1,644.03

3,560.21

1,928.41

1,492.53

3,420.94

1,894.27

1,334.99

3,229.26

1,687.96

1,158.58

2,846.54

7,426.82

5,630.13

13,056.95

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Table 1. Central America: Cargo Throughput by country and ports, (Thousands of metric tons), Year 2012

Country/Ports Litoral Quarter I Quarter II Quarter III Quarter IV Total


NICARAGUA

Corinto P

448.66

215.78

664.44

574.81

159.64

734.45

446.10

163.79

609.89

544.01

149.48

693.49

2,013.58

688.69

2,702.27

Sandino P

169.10 -

169.10

174.19

53.68

227.87

170.76

-

170.76

304.45

-

304.45

818.50

53.68

872.18

Cabezas A

4.51 -

4.51

4.16

-

4.16

3.71

-

3.71

3.77

-

3.77

16.15

-

16.15

El Bluff A

4.83

0.51

5.34

3.10

0.52

3.62

3.56

0.88

4.44

3.35

0.49

3.84

14.84

2.40

17.24

Arlen Siu (El Rama) A

4.27 7.35

11.62

5.74 5.29 11.03 5.25 4.55 9.80 5.02 6.17 11.19 20.28 23.36 43.64

Total

631.37

223.64

855.01

762.00

219.13

981.13

629.38

169.22

798.60

860.60

156.14

1,016.74

2,883.35

768.13

3,651.48

COSTA RICA

Caldera P

782.71

173.79

956.50

786.17

202.52

988.69

839.06

157.38

996.44

833.04

166.57

999.61

3,240.98

700.26

3,941.24

Puntarenas P

0.18

0.10

0.28

0.22

0.17

0.39

0.11

0.02

0.13

0.29

0.35

0.64

0.80

0.64

1.44

Punta Morales P -

27.75

27.75

-

39.34

39.34

-

28.84

28.84

23.11

-

23.11

23.11

95.93

119.04

Terminal Fertica P

24.70 -

24.70

21.51

-

21.51

23.40

-

23.40

24.10

-

24.10

93.71

-

93.71

Quepos P

1.01

0.74

1.75

-

0.78

0.78

-

0.53

0.53

-

0.57

0.57

1.01

2.62

3.63

Golfito P

8.99

39.49

48.48

0.01

48.92

48.93

0.01

61.22

61.23

1.00

46.99

47.99

10.01

196.62

206.63

Limon-Moín A

1,264.09

1,442.76

2,706.85

1,103.94

1,553.55

2,657.49

1,090.74

1,377.99

2,468.73

1,097.33

1,395.20

2,492.53

4,556.10

5,769.50

10,325.60

Total

2,081.68

1,684.63

3,766.31

1,911.85

1,845.28

3,757.13

1,953.32

1,625.98

3,579.30

1,978.87

1,609.68

3,588.55

7,925.72

6,765.57

14,691.29

PANAMA

Amador & Resorts P - - -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Charco Azul P

394.62

2,203.28

2,597.90

-

1,509.19

1,509.19

-

2,609.48

2,609.48

-

1,582.63

1,582.63

394.62

7,904.58

8,299.20

Pedregal P - - -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Petro America Terminal P

221.93 -

221.93

240.96

-

240.96

222.25

-

222.25

308.47

-

308.47

993.61

-

993.61

T. DECAL P

369.06 -

369.06

293.73

-

293.73

293.50

-

293.50

374.30

-

374.30

1,330.59

-

1,330.59

Aguadulce P - - -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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Table 1. Central America: Cargo Throughput by country and ports (Thousands of metric tons), year 2012

Country/Ports Seaboard Quarter I Quarter II Quarter III Quarter IV Total


Panama Port Balboa (PPB)

P

3,548.28

2,756.73

6,305.01

3,465.41

2,577.60

6,043.01

3,403.79

2,502.35

5,906.14

3,355.96

2,520.04

5,876.00

13,773.44

10,356.72

24,130.16 PSA (Panama International Terminal)

P

7.34

4.54

11.88

157.58

81.93

239.51

53.68

29.08

82.76

7.06

1.47

8.53

225.66

117.02

342.68

Colon Port Terminal

A

-

- - 40.00 - 40.00 63.89 - 63.89 90.50 - 90.50 194.39

-

194.39

T. Granelera A 198.16 - 198.16 248.01 - 248.01

268.71 - 268.71 207.25 - 207.25 922.13

- 922.13

Colon Container Terminal (CCT)

A

145.85

672.09

817.94

215.87

810.67

1,026.54

267.46

974.18

1,241.64

199.19

859.77

1,058.96

828.37

3,316.71

4,145.08

T. Petrolera A 651.65 - 651.65 727.24 - 727.24

639.02 - 639.02 503.01 - 503.01 2,520.92

- 2,520.92

T. Samba Bonita A - - - - - - - - - - - - -

-

-

Chiriquí Grande A 1,792.69 76.80 1,869.49 1,464.89 111.12 1,576.01 3,441.63 5.38 3,447.01 4,599.77 - 4,599.77 11,298.98 193.30 11,492.28

COLON 2000 A - - -

- - - - - - - - - -

-

-

Almirante A 13.14 61.11 74.25 19.31 60.63 79.94

20.21 63.13 83.34 16.31 59.25 75.56 68.97 244.12 313.09

Panama Port Cristobal (PPC)

A 903.39 975.32

1,878.71 750.32 903.92

1,654.24

616.08 760.35 1,376.43 530.14 601.79 1,131.93

2,799.93 3,241.38 6,041.31

Manzanillo Int. Terminal (MIT)

A 1,660.20 1,787.21 3,447.41 1,742.71 1,812.79 3,555.50 1,764.70 1,878.51 3,643.21 1,570.49 1,766.15 3,336.64 6,738.10 7,244.66 13,982.76

Total país 9,906.31 8,537.08 18,443.39 9,366.03 7,867.85 17,233.88 11,054.92 8,822.46 19,877.38 11,762.45 7,391.10 19,153.55 42,089.71 32,618.49 74,708.20


Guatemala 2,959.83 1,955.09

4,914.92 2,856.58 1,814.11 4,670.69 2,581.82 1,512.98 4,094.80 2,842.23 1,943.98 4,786.21 11,240.46 7,226.16 18,466.62

El Salvador 1,183.84 411.97 1,595.81 1,166.01 251.33 1,417.34 1,133.45 242.35 1,375.80 1,124.55 293.05 1,417.61 4,607.85 1,198.70 5,806.55

Honduras 1,916.18 1644.0

3 3,560.21 1,928.41 1,492.53 3,420.94 1,894.27 1,334.99 3,229.26 1,687.96 1,158.58 2,846.54 7,426.82 5,630.13 13,056.95

Nicaragua 631.37 223.64 855.01 762.00 219.13 981.13 629.38 169.22 798.60 860.60 156.14 1,016.74 2,883.35 768.13 3,651.48

Costa Rica 2,081.68 1,684.63 3,766.31 1,911.85 1,845.28 3,757.13 1,953.32 1,625.98 3,579.30 1,978.87 1,609.68 3,588.55 7,925.72 6,765.57 14,691.29

MCCA 8,772.90 5,919.36 14,692.26 8,624.85 5,622.38 14,247.23 8,192.24 4,885.52 13,077.73 8,494.21 5,161.43 13,655.65 34,084.20 21,588.69 55,672.89

Panama 9,906.31 8,537.08 18,443.39 9,366.03 7,867.85 17,233.88 11,054.92 8,822.46 19,877.38 11,762.45 7,391.10 19,153.55 42,089.71 32,618.49 74,708.20

Total 8,679.21 4,456.44 33,135.65 7,990.88 13,490.23 31,481.10 19,247.16 13,707.98 32,955.14 20,256.66 12,552.53 32,809.20 76,173.91 54,207.18 130,381.09




Table 2. Central America: Vessel arrivals by port, quarterly, Year: 2012 Country / Ports Seaboard Quarter I Quarter II Quarter III Quarter IV Total

GUATEMALA

Boyas de San Jose P 34 19 21 22 96

Quetzal P 310 313 279 345 1,247

Puerto Barrios A 130 120 72 128 450

Santo Tomas de Castilla A 379 351 323 327 1,380

Total 853 803 695 822 3,173

EL SALVADOR

Acajutla P 152 131 137 132 552


P 23 17 21 24 85

Corsain P 11 8 17 13 49

La Union P 12 17 14 14 56

Total 1978 173 189 183 743

HONDURAS

San Lorenzo P 53 42 56 39 190

La Ceiba A 14 23 18 14 69

Puerto Castilla A 39 33 46 39 157

Puerto Cortes A 444 421 397 368 1,630

Roatan T. Coxen Hole A 59 8 3 27 97

Tela A 5 8 5 4 22

Total 614 535 525 491 2,165

NICARAGUA

Corinto P 97 97 99 109 402

Sandino P 7 9 6 10 32

San Juan del sur P 16 - - 10 26

Arlen Siu (El Rama) A 17 19 16 21 73

Cabezas A 4 3 3 3 13

El Bluff A 7 5 6 5 23

Total 148 133 130 158 569

COSTA RICA

Caldera P 184 143 137 147 611

Golfito P 43 22 30 36 131

Punta Morales P 1 4 1 1 7

Puntarenas P 15 17 4 27 63

Quepos P 42 22 109 102 275

Terminal Fertica P 3 4 3 2 12

Limón-Moín A 629 536 522 536 2,223

Total 917 748 806 851 3,322

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Table 2. Central America: Vessel arrivals by port, quarterly, Year: 2012 Country/Ports Seaboard Quarter I Quarter II Quarter III Quarter IV Total

PANAMA

Aguadulce P - - - - -

Amador & Resorts P 16 10 - 12 38

Panama Port Balboa (PPB) P 571 480 449 467 1,967

Charco Azul P 25 17 31 22 95

Home Port (Terminal de Cruceros) P - 1 1 17 19

Pedregal P - - - - -

Petro America Terminal P 18 19 16 18 71

PSA (Panama International Terminal) P - 41 33 23 97

T. DECAL P 23 21 16 37 97

Yacth club Cristobal P 22 - - - 22

Almirante C 42 38 34 34 148

Chiriquí Grande C 25 25 32 29 111

COLON 2000 C 72 11 2 22 107

Colon Container Terminal (CCT) C 162 199 240 226 827

Colon Port Terminal C 1 6 5 3 15

Panama Port Cristobal (PPC) C 423 370 368 332 1,493

Manzanillo Int. Terminal (MIT) C 662 680 648 657 2,647

T. Granelera C 31 27 18 16 92

T. Petrolera C 10 27 31 31 99

T. Samba Bonita C - - - - -

Total 2,103 1,972 1,924 1,946 7,945


Guatemala 853 803 695 822 3,173

El Salvador 198 173 189 183 743

Honduras 614 535 525 491 2,165

Nicaragua 148 133 130 158 569

Costa Rica 917 748 806 851 3,322

MCCA 2,730 2,392 2,345 2,505 9,972

Panama 2,103 1,972 1,924 1,946 7,945

Total 4,833 4,364 4,269 4,451 17,917




Table 3. Central America: Vessel arrivals by ship type, (units), Year: 2012

Country/Ports Seabo

ard Conventio-

nal Reefer

Container Ships

Ro-Ro Liquid Bulk

Dry Bulk Carrier

oil Tanker

Gas Carrier/T

anker Barge Cruises Others Total

GUATEMALA

Boyas de San José

P - - - - 96 - - - - - - 96

Quetzal P 85 174 517 84 94 204 - 9 - 42 38 1,247

Puerto Barrios A 44 27 353 - 19 8 - - 0 - - 450


A 215 144 837 2 128 18 13 - - 17 6 1,380

Total país 3 345 1,707 86 337 230 13 9 0 59 44 3,173

EL SALVADOR

Acajutla P 28 - 268 55 80 114 - - - - 7 552


P - - - - - - 85 - - - - 85

Corsain P - - - - 1 1 - 13 - - 34 49

La Unión P 5 - 48 - 1 3 - - - - - 57

Total país 33 - 316 55 82 118 85 13 - - 41 743

HONDURAS

San Lorenzo P 14 - - 57 17 60 42 - - - - 190

La Ceiba A 51 - - - - - - - - - 18 69

Puerto Castilla A 10 2 108 - 37 - - - - - - 157

Puerto Cortes A 68 17 1,243 13 57 131 54 33 - 2 12 1,630

Roatan T. Coxen Hole

A - - - - - - - - - 97 - 97

Tela A - - - - - - 22 - - - - 22

Total país 143 19 1,351 70 111 191 118 33 - 99 30 2,165

NICARAGUA

Corinto P 106 - 150 70 - - 61 - - 15 - 402

Sandino P 20 - - - - - 12 - - - - 32

San Juan del sur

P - - - - - - - - - 26 - 26

Arlen Siu (El Rama)

A 73 - - - - - - - - - - 73

Cabezas A - - - - - - 13 - - - - 13

El Bluff A 8 - - - - - 15 - - - - 23

Total país 207 - 150 70 - - 101 - - 41 - 569

COSTA RICA

Caldera P 33 25 284 74 12 112 - - - 51 20 611

Golfito P 27 - - - - 3 - 1 - 27 73 131

Punta Morales P - - - - 1 5 - 1 - - - 7

Puntarenas P - - - - - - - - - 62 1 63

Quepos P - - - - - - - - - 19 256 275

Terminal Fertica

P - - - - 3 9 - - - - - 12

Limón-Moín A 204 629 1,131 54 32 2 1 106 - 60 4 2,223

Total país 264 654 1,415 128 48 131 1 108 - 219 354 3,322

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Table 3. Central America: Vessel arrivals by ship type, (units), Year: 2012 Country/Ports Litoral Convencional Frigoríficos

Container Ships

Ro-Ro Granelero

Líquido Granelero

Sólido Petrolero Gasero Barcaza Crucero Otros Total

PANAMA

Aguadulce P - - - - - - - - - - - -

Amador & Resorts

P - - - - - - - - - 38 - 38

Panama Port Balboa (PPB)

P 10 2 1,723 79 91 28 34 - - - - 1,967

Charco Azúl P - 22 - - - - 73 - - - - 95

Home Port (Terminal de Cruceros)

P - - - - - - - - - 19 - 19

Pedregal P - - - - - - - - - - - -

Petro America Terminal

P - - - - 19 - 52 - - - - 71


P 5 - 92 - - - - - - - - 97

T. DECAL P - - - - - - 97 - - - - 97

Yacth club Cristobal

P - - - - - - 22 - - - - 22

Almirante A - 148 - - - - - - - - - 148

Chiriquí Grande

A 10 - - - - - 95 - 6 - - 111

COLON 2000 A - - - - - - - - - 107 - 107

Colon Container Terminal

A 33 - 793 - - - 1 - - - - 827

Colon Port Terminal

A 1 - - - - - 14 - - - - 15

Panama Port Cristobal (PPC)

A 86 3 925 17 79 75 34 63 211 - - 1,493

Manzanillo Int. Terminal (MIT)

A 42 1 2,295 306 - - 1 - 2 - - 2,647

T. Granelera A 45 - 1 - - 14 24 8 - - - 92

T. Petrolera A - - - - 11 - 71 16 1 - - 99

T. Samba Bonita

A - - - - - - - - - - - -

Total país 232 176 5,829 402 200 117 518 87 220 164 - 7,945

S u m m a r y T a b l e

Guatemala 344 345 1,707 86 336 230 13 9 0 59 44 3,173

El Salvador 33 - 316 55 81 119 85 13 - - 41 743

Honduras 143 19 1,351 70 111 191 118

33 - 99 30 2,165

Nicaragua 207 - 150 70 - - 101 - - 41 - 569

Costa Rica 264 654 1,415 128 48 131 1 108 -

219 354 3,322

MCCA 991 1,018 4,939 409 576 671 318 163 0 418 469 9,972

Panana 232 176 5,829 402 200 117 518 87 220 164 - 7,945

Total 1,223 1,194 10,768 811 776 788 836 250 220 582 469 17,917




Table 4. Traffic by cargo type (Thousands of metric tons), Year: 2012

Country/Ports Litoral Carga

General Containerizeds Ro-Ro

Granel Solido

Granel Liquido

Otros Total

GUATEMALA

Boyas de San José P - - - - 1,748.84 - 1,748.84

Quetzal P 464.57 2,044.03 46.13 4,266.64 1,187.42 485.82 8,494.61

Puerto Barrios A 122.13 2,440.91 - 58.20 107.38 - 2,728.62

Santo Tomas de Castilla A 477.64 3,403.16 2.03 414.72 1,197.02 - 5,494.57

Total 1,064.34 7,888.10 48.16 4,739.56 4,240.66 485.82 18,466.64

EL SALVADOR

La Unión P - 80.88 - 37.54 - - 118.42

Acajutla P 149.38 1,279.41 15.82 1,714.48 798.48 - 3,957.57

Corsain P 31.52 - - 5.52 90.95 0.07 128.06

Boyas Alba Petróleos, Cenergica y RASA P - - - - 1,602.50 - 1,602.50

Total 180.90 1,360.29 15.82 1,757.54 2,491.93 0.07 5,806.55

HONDURAS

San Lorenzo P 65.55 - - 1,479.96 842.97 - 2,388.48

Tela A - - - - 260.49 - 260.49

La Ceiba A 6.80 - - - - - 6.80

Puerto Castilla A 12.37 487.13 - - 173.39 170.26 843.15

Puerto Cortes A 253.44 3,996.92 4.03 2,160.63 1,966.20 1,176.80 9,558.02

Total 338.16 4,484.05 4.03 3,640.59 3,243.05 1,347.06 13,056.94

NICARAGUA

Corinto P 83.29 777.65 26.23 864.74 950.36 - 2,702.27

Sandino P - - - 241.66 630.52 - 872.18

Cabezas A - - - - 16.13 - 16.13

El Bluff A - 5.28 - - 11.96 - 17.24

Arlen Siu (El Rama) A 18.28 25.36 - - - - 43.64

Total 101.57 808.29 26.23 1,106.40 1,608.97 - 3,651.46

COSTA RICA

Caldera P 315.15 1,519.79 57.44 1,907.10 141.77 - 3,941.25

Puntarenas P 0.43 - - 0.07 0.85 0.09 1.44

Punta Morales P - - - 65.92 53.11 - 119.03

Terminal Fertica P - - - 93.71 - - 93.71

Quepos P 2.38 - - - 1.26 - 3.64

Golfito P 34.54 - - - 172.08 - 206.62

Limón-Moín A 491.36 7,498.10 100.39 1.30 2,234.42 0.02 10,325.59

Total 843.86 9,017.89 157.83 2,068.10 2,603.49 0.11 14,691.28

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Table 4. Traffic by cargo type (Thousands of metric tons), Year: 2012


General Contene-

rizada Ro-Ro

Granel Solido

Granel Liquido

Otros Total

PANAMA

Amador & Resorts P - - - - - - -

Charco Azúl P - - - - 8,299.21 - 8,299.21

Pedregal P - - - - - - -

Petro America Terminal P - - - - 993.62 - 993.62

Aguadulce P - - - - - - -

T. DECAL P - - - - 1,330.59 - 1,330.59

Panama Port Balboa, (PPB) P - 22,740.02 104.81 187.75 1,097.60 - 24,130.18

PSA (Panama International Terminal) P - 304.27 - 38.41 - - 342.68

Colon Port Terminal, (CPT) A - - - - 194.38 - 194.38

T. Granelera A 362.32 - - 559.81 - - 922.13

Colon Container Terminal, (CCT) A 2.08 4,143.00 - - - - 4,145.08

T. Petrolera A - - - - 2,520.93 - 2,520.93

T. Samba Bonita A - - - - - - -

Chiriquí Grande A 1,615.7

6 - - - 9,876.53 - 11,492.29

COLON 2000 A - - - - - - -

Almirante A 81.84 231.25 - - - - 313.09

Panama Port Cristobal, (PPC) A 12.00 5,792.40 10.31 21.76 204.86 - 6,041.33

Manzanillo Int. Terminal (MIT) A - 13,712.06 270.68 - - - 13,982.74

Total 2,074.00 46,923.00 385.80 807.73 24,517.72 - 74,708.25

S u m m a r y T a b l e

Guatemala 1,064.34 7,888.10 48.16 4,739.56 4,240.66 485.82 18,466.64

El Salvador 180.90 1,360.29 15.82 1,757.54 2,491.93 0.07 5,806.55

Honduras 338.16 4,484.05 4.03 3,640.59 3,243.05 1,347.06 13,056.94

Nicaragua 101.57 808.29 26.23 1,106.40 1,608.97 - 3,651.46

Costa Rica 843.86 9,017.89 157.83 2,068.10 2,603.49 0.11 14,691.28

MCCA 2,528.83 23,558.62 252.07 13,312.19 14,188.10 1,833.06 55,672.87

Panamá 2,074.00 46,923.00 385.80 807.73 24,517.72 - 74,708.25

Total 4,602.83 70,481.62 637.87 14,119.92 38,705.82 1,833.06 130,381.12




Table 4-A. Central America: Traffic offloaded by cargo type,

(Thousands of metric tons), Year: 2012


General Contene-

rizada Ro-Ro

Granel Solido

Granel Liquido

Otros Total

GUATEMALA

Boyas de San José P - - - -

1,555.03 -

1,555.03

Quetzal P 398.68 1,023.67 44.45 3,206.59 1,074.44 48.71 5,796.54

Puerto Barrios A 47.32 1,041.01 - 58.20 107.38 - 1,253.91

Santo Tomas de Castilla A 38.89 1,751.62 0.85 240.84 602.78 - 2,634.98

Total 484.89 3,816.30 45.30 3,505.63 3,339.63 48.71 11,240.46

EL SALVADOR

La Unión P - 66.18 - 37.54 - - 103.72

Acajutla P 139.54 789.41 15.72 1,370.93 513.10 - 2,828.70

Corsain P 31.52 - - 5.52 90.95 0.07 128.06


P - - - - 1,547.38 - 1,547.38

Total 171.06 855.59 15.72 1,413.99 2,151.43 0.07 4,607.86

HONDURAS

San Lorenzo P 59.14 - - 31.05 790.17 - 880.36

Tela A - - - - 260.49 - 260.49

La Ceiba A 0.42 - - - - - 0.42


Puerto Cortes A 226.59 1,860.09 2.26 1,562.61 1,817.90 587.74 6,057.19

Total 295.20 1,973.49 2.26 1,593.66 2,890.53 671.69 7,426.83

NICARAGUA

Corinto P 35.59 438.94 26.19 642.11 870.75 - 2,013.58

Sandino P - - - 241.66 576.84 - 818.50

Cabezas A - - - - 16.13 - 16.13

El Bluff A - 2.87 - - 11.96 - 14.83


Total 41.38 456.30 26.19 883.77 1,475.68 - 2,883.32

COSTA RICA

Caldera P 224.75 911.20 57.03 1,907.10 140.90 - 3,240.98

Puntarenas P - - - 0.07 0.68 0.05 0.80

Punta Morales P - - - - 23.11 - 23.11

Terminal Fertica P - - - 93.71 - - 93.71

Quepos P 0.68 - - - 0.33 - 1.01

Golfito P 0.02 - - - 9.99 - 10.01

Limón-Moín A 445.90 1,844.89 51.96 1.30 2,212.04 0.01 4,556.10

Total 671.35 2,756.09 108.99 2,002.18 2,387.05 0.06 7,925.72

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Table 4-A. Central America: Traffic offloaded by cargo type (Thousands of metric tons), Year: 2012


General Contene-

rizada Ro-Ro

Granel Solido

Granel Liquido

Otros Total

PANAMA

Amador & Resorts P - - - - - - -

Charco Azúl P - - - - 394.62 - 394.62

Pedregal P - - - - - - -

Petro America Terminal P - - - - 993.62 - 993.62

Aguadulce P - - - - - - -

T. DECAL P - - - - 1,330.59 - 1,330.59

Panama Port Balboa (PPB) P - 12,879.25 104.76 187.75 601.69 - 13,773.45


P - 187.25 - 38.41 - - 225.66

Colon Port Terminal (CPT) A - - - - 194.38 - 194.38

T. Granelera A 362.32 - - 559.81 - - 922.13

Colon Container Terminal (CCT) A - 828.37 - - - - 828.37

T. Petrolera A - - - - 2,520.93 - 2,520.93

T. Samba Bonita A - - - - - - -

Chiriquí Grande A 1,608.26 - - - 9,690.72 - 11,298.98

COLON 2000 A - - - - - - -

Almirante A 4.84 64.12 - - - - 68.96

Cristobal A 5.51 2,614.88 6.95 21.76 150.85 - 2,799.95

Manzanillo Int. Terminal (MIT) A - 6,581.75 156.34 - - - 6,738.09

Total 1,980.93 23,155.62 268.05 807.73 15,877.40 - 42,089.73


Guatemala 484.89 3,816.30 45.30 3,505.63 3,339.63 48.71 11,240.46

El Salvador 171.06 855.59 15.72 1,413.99 2,151.43 0.07 4,607.86

Honduras 295.20 1,973.49 2.26 1,593.66 2,890.53 671.69 7,426.83

Nicaragua 41.38 456.30 26.19 883.77 1,475.68 - 2,883.32

Costa Rica 671.35 2,756.09 108.99 2,002.18 2,387.05 0.06 7,925.72

MCCA 1,663.88 9,857.77 198.46 9,399.23 12,244.32 720.53 34,084.19

Panama 1,980.93 23,155.62 268.05 807.73 15,877.40 - 42,089.73

Total 3,644.81 33,013.39 466.51 10,206.96 28,121.72 720.53 76,173.92




Table 4-B. Central America: Traffic loaded by cargo type (Thousands of metric tons), Year: 2012


General Contene-

rizada Ro-Ro

Granel Solido

Granel Liquido

Otros Total

GUATEMALA

Boyas de San José P - - - - 193.81 - 193.81

Quetzal P 65.89 1,020.36 1.68 1,060.05 112.98 437.11 2,698.07

Puerto Barrios A 74.81 1,399.90 - - - - 1,474.71

Santo Tomas de Castilla A 438.75 1,651.54 1.18 173.88 594.24 - 2,859.59

Total 579.45 4,071.80 2.86 1,233.93 901.03 437.11 7,226.18

EL SALVADOR

La Unión P - 14.70 - - - - 14.70

Acajutla P 9.84 490.00 0.10 343.55 285.38 - 1,128.87

Corsain P - - - - - - -


P - - - - 55.12 - 55.12

Total 9.84 504.70 0.10 343.55 340.50 - 1,198.69

HONDURAS

San Lorenzo P 6.41 - - 1,448.91 52.80 - 1,508.12

Tela A - - - - - - -

La Ceiba A 6.38 - - - - - 6.38


Puerto Cortes A 26.85 2,136.83 1.77 598.02 148.30 589.06 3,500.83

Total 42.96 2,510.56 1.77 2,046.93 352.52 675.37 5,630.11

NICARAGUA

Corinto P 47.70 338.71 0.04 222.63 79.61 - 688.69

Sandino P - - - - 53.68 - 53.68

Cabezas A - - - - - - -

El Bluff A - 2.41 - - - - 2.41


Total 60.19 351.99 0.04 222.63 133.29 - 768.14

COSTA RICA

Caldera P 90.40 608.59 0.41 - 0.87 - 700.27

Puntarenas P 0.43 - - - 0.17 0.04 0.64

Punta Morales P - - - 65.92 30.00 - 95.92

Terminal Fertica P - - - - - - -

Quepos P 1.70 - - - 0.93 - 2.63

Golfito P 34.52 - - - 162.09 - 196.61

Limón-Moín A 45.46 5,653.21 48.43 - 22.38 0.01 5,769.49

Total 172.51 6,261.80 48.84 65.92 216.44 0.05 6,765.56

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Table 4-B. Central America: Traffic loaded by cargo type, (Thousands of metric tons), Year: 2012

Country/Ports Seabord Carga

General Contene-

rizada Ro-Ro

Granel Solido

Granel Liquido

Otros Total

PANAMA

Amador & Resorts P - -

-

-

- - -

Charco Azúl P - -

-

-

7,904.59 -

7,904.59

Pedregal P - -

-

-

- - -

Petro America Terminal P - -

-

-

- - -

Aguadulce P - -

-

-

- - -

T. DECAL P - -

-

-

- - -

Panama Port. Balboa (PPB) P - 9,860.77

0.05

-

495.91 -

10,356.73


P - 117.02

-

-

- -

117.02

Colon Port Terminal A - -

-

-

- - -

T. Granelera A - -

-

-

- - -

Colon Container Terminal (CCT)

A 2.08 3,314.63

-

-

- -

3,316.71

T. Petrolera A - -

-

-

- - -

T. Samba Bonita A - -

-

-

- - -

Chiriquí Grande A 7.50 -

-

-

185.81 -

193.31

COLON 2000 A - -

-

-

- - -

Almirante A

77.00 167.13

-

-

-

-

244.13 Panama Port. Cristobal (PPC)

A 6.49 3,177.52

3.36

-

54.01 -

3,241.38

Manzanillo Int.Terminal (MIT)

A - 7,130.31

114.34

-

- -

7,244.65

Total 93.07 23,767.38 117.75 - 8,640.32 - 32,618.52


Guatemala

579.45 4,071.80

2.86

1,233.93

901.03

437.11

7,226.18

El Salvador 9.84 504.70

0.10

343.55

340.50 -

1,198.69

Honduras

42.96 2,510.56

1.77

2,046.93

352.52

675.37

5,630.11

Nicaragua

60.19 351.99

0.04

222.63

133.29

-

768.14

Costa Rica

172.51 6,261.80

48.84

65.92

216.44

0.05

6,765.56

MCCA

864.95

13,700.85

53.61

3,912.96

1,943.78

1,112.53

21,588.68

Panamá

93.07

23,767.38

117.75

-

8,640.32 -

32,618.52

Total 958.02 37,468.23 171.36 3,912.96 10,584.10 1,112.53 54,207.20




Table 5. Central America: Origin and Destination of cargo geographic regions, (Thousands of metric tons), Year: 2012

Country/Ports

S América del Norte América del Sur Asia Caribe Centroamérica Europa Otras regiones Otros no definidos Total

O D O D O D O D O D O D O D O D O D T

GUATEMALA

Boyas de San José

P

1,189.29

69.17

160.09

-

61.18

-

74.65

107.64

31.50

-

38.34

17.00

-

-

-

-

1,555.05

193.81

1,748.86

Quetzal

P

2,659.22

1,420.65

1,507.95

289.87

866.52

328.15

58.63

50.11

43.94

138.03

591.56

226.16

67.46

197.76

1.24

46.99

5,796.52

2,697.72

8,494.24

Puerto Barrios

A

1,059.34

1,336.47

6.08

8.70

-

-

11.73

4.44

176.78

125.11

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,253.93

1,474.72

2,728.65


A

1,893.79

2,102.18

312.18

59.38

23.51

16.69

67.95

213.78

78.29

36.25

225.52

390.02

25.19

36.18

8.55

5.16

2,634.98

2,859.64

5,494.62

Total país

6,801.64

4,928.47

1,986.30

357.95

951.21

344.84

212.96

375.97

330.51

299.39

855.42

633.18

92.65

233.94

9.79

52.15

11,240.48

7,225.89

18,466.37

EL SALVADOR

La Unión P

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

103.25

14.71

103.25

14.71

117.96

Acajutla

P

1,516.35

630.69

306.48

91.87

428.17

92.89

70.38

34.84

7.75

16.59

206.08

6.41

21.29

0.12

272.21

255.50

2,828.71

1,128.91

3,957.62 Boyas Alba Petróleos, Cenergica y RASA

P

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,547.37

55.12 1,547.37

55.12

1,602.49

Corsain

P

41.28

-

5.34

-

-

-

50.84

-

13.12

-

-

-

13.98

-

3.51

-

128.07 -

128.07

Total país

1,557.63

630.69

311.82

91.87

428.17

92.89

121.22

34.84

20.87

16.59

206.08

6.41

35.27

0.12

1,926.34

325.33

4,607.40

1,198.74

5,806.14

HONDURAS

San Lorenzo

P

272.64

89.51

480.15

7.35

40.92

1,404.85

38.39

6.41

45.12

-

3.14

-

-

-

-

-

880.36

1,508.12

2,388.48

La Ceiba

A

-

-

-

0.37

-

-

-

-

0.42

6.03

-

-

-

-

-

-

0.42

6.40

6.82

Puerto Castilla

A

123.56

506.19

36.84

3.02

-

-

-

6.00

64.72

2.46

-

95.50

-

1.60

3.25

-

228.37

614.77

843.14

Puerto Cortes

A

4,770.03

2,254.61

251.44

291.78

268.04

221.64

98.38

111.72

199.41

127.69

448.76

473.81

17.04

6.82

3.93

11.37

6,057.03

3,499.44

9,556.47

Tela

A 189.46 - - - - - 71.03 - - - - - - - - - 260.49 - 260.49

Total país 5,355.69 2,850.31 768.43 302.52 308.96 1,626.49 207.80 124.13 309.67 136.18 451.90 569.31 17.04 8.42 7.18 11.37 7,426.67 5,628.73 13,055.40

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Table 5. Central America: Origin and Destination of cargo geographic regions, (Thousands of metric tons), Year: 2012

Country/Ports

L América del Norte América del Sur Asia Caribe Centroamérica Europa Otras regiones Otros no definidos Total


NICARAGUA

Corinto

P

550.56

305.04

220.79

59.93

223.54

149.60

683.18

-

-

-

97.37

13.21

-

-

238.19

160.91

2,013.63

688.69

2,702.32

Sandino

P

65.74

-

427.55

-

145.69

-

179.53

-

-

53.68

-

-

-

-

-

-

818.51

53.68

872.19

Arlen Siu

A

20.28

11.48

-

11.91

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

20.28

23.39

43.67

Cabezas

A

4.51

-

-

-

-

-

11.64

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

16.15 -

16.15

El Bluff

A

2.88

2.40

-

-

-

-

11.96

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

14.84

2.40

17.24

Total país

643.97

318.92

648.34

71.84

369.23

149.60

886.31

-

-

53.68

97.37

13.21

-

-

238.19

160.91

2,883.41

768.16

3,651.57

COSTA RICA

Caldera

P

1,705.57

316.81

370.89

35.23

435.45

196.21

0.06

30.90

20.61

62.02

75.99

22.79

29.06

-

603.33

36.31

3,240.96

700.27

3,941.23

Puntarenas P

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0.80

0.64

0.80

0.64

1.44

Punta Morales P

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

23.11

95.93

23.11

95.93

119.04

Terminal Fertica P

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

93.71

-

93.71 -

93.71

Quepos P

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1.01

2.62

1.01

2.62

3.63

Golfito P

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

10.01

196.62

10.01

196.62

206.63

Limón-Moín

A

2,486.67

1,862.85

270.74

291.16

-

-

-

-

1,177.67

1,948.69

127.42

1,104.39

-

-

493.60

562.43

4,556.10

5,769.52

10,325.62

Total país

4,192.24

2,179.66

641.63

326.39

435.45

196.21

0.06

30.90

1,198.28

2,010.71

203.41

1,127.18

29.06

-

1,225.57

894.55

7,925.70

6,765.60

14,691.30

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Table 5. Central America: Origin and Destination of cargo geographic regions, (Thousands of metric tons): Year: 2012

Country/Ports L América del Norte América del Sur Asia Caribe Centroamérica Europa Otras regiones Otros no definidos Total


PANAMA

Panama Port Balboa

P

296.61

51.26

529.34

98.68

280.34

461.86

57.30

8.29

219.21

22.90

10.11

8.18

-

-

731.31

257.30

2,124.22

908.47

3,032.69

Charco Azul

P

-

6,672.10

394.62

172.09

-

713.22

-

-

-

255.96

-

-

-

-

-

91.22

394.62

7,904.59

8,299.21

Petro America Terminal

P

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

993.62

-

993.62

- 993.62


P

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

225.66

117.02

225.66

117.02

342.68

T. DECAL

P

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,330.59

-

1,330.59 -

1,330.59

Almirante

A

-

-

10.21

7.71

-

-

-

-

58.66

114.54

0.10

121.87

-

-

-

-

68.97

244.12

313.09

Chiriquí Grande

A

1,008.90

-

6,608.33

-

-

-

207.73

-

60.57

193.31

204.39

-

3,054.25

-

154.81

-

11,298.98

193.31

11,492.29


A

83.85

27.14

222.98

74.98

125.83

48.88

86.91

14.76

27.18

6.97

84.26

-

11.88

1.20

375.92

54.22

1,018.81

228.15

1,246.96

Colon Port Terminal

A

-

-

53.00

-

-

-

-

-

141.38

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

194.38

- 194.38

Panama Por Cristobal

A

330.57

29.87

78.31

206.67

45.70

-

5.46

97.71

13.24

44.22

12.70

1.33

1.70

-

35.97

70.37

523.65

450.17

973.82

Manzanillo Int. Terminal

A

132.35

7.02

405.26

391.79

227.43

37.81

67.50

129.94

36.04

10.64

123.91

90.81

30.89

1.31

613.32

210.21

1,636.70

879.53

2,516.23

T. Granelera

A

8.27

-

533.27

-

-

-

335.73

-

-

-

44.86

-

-

-

-

-

922.13 -

922.13

T. Petrolera

A

1,804.02

-

371.07

-

-

-

183.46

-

98.92

-

63.47

-

-

-

-

-

2,520.94 -

2,520.94

Total país

3,664.57

6,787.39

9,206.39

951.92

679.30

1,261.77

944.09

250.70

655.20

648.54

543.80

222.19

3,098.72

2.51

4,461.20

800.34

23,253.27

10,925.36

34,178.63

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Table 5.Central America: Origin and Destination of cargo geographic regions, (Thousands of metric tons), Year : 2012

Country/Ports S América del Norte América del Sur Asia Caribe Centroamérica Europa Otras regiones Otros no definidos Total



Guatemala

6,801.64

4,928.47

1,986.30

357.95

951.21

344.84

212.96

375.97

330.51

299.39

855.42

633.18

92.65

233.94

9.79

52.15

11,240.48

7,225.89

18,466.37

El Salvador

1,557.63

630.69

311.82

91.87

428.17

92.89

121.22

34.84

20.87

16.59

206.08

6.41

35.27

0.12

1,926.34

325.33

4,607.40

1,198.74

5,806.14

Honduras

5,355.69

2,850.31

768.43

302.52

308.96

1,626.49

207.80

124.13

309.67

136.18

451.90

569.31

17.04

8.42

7.18

11.37

7,426.67

5,628.73

13,055.40

Nicaragua

643.97

318.92

648.34

71.84

369.23

149.60

886.31

-

-

53.68

97.37

13.21

-

-

238.19

160.91

2,883.41

768.16

3,651.57

Costa Rica

4,192.24

2,179.66

641.63

326.39

435.45

196.21

0.06

30.90

1,198.28

2,010.71

203.41

1,127.18

29.06

-

1,225.57

894.55

7,925.70

6,765.60

14,691.30

MCCA

18,551.17

10,908.05

4,356.52

1,150.57

2,493.02

2,410.03

1,428.35

565.84

1,859.33

2,516.55

1,814.18

2,349.29

174.02

242.48

3,407.07

1,444.31

34,083.66

21,587.12

55,670.78

Panama

3,664.57

6,787.39

9,206.39

951.92

679.30

1,261.77

944.09

250.70

655.20

648.54

543.80

222.19

3,098.72

2.51

4,461.20

800.34

23,253.27

10,925.36

34,178.63

Total

22,215.74

17,695.44

13,562.91

2,102.49

3,172.32

3,671.80

2,372.44

816.54

2,514.53

3,165.09

2,357.98

2,571.48

3,272.74

244.99

7,868.27

2,244.65

57,336.93

32,512.48

89,849.41




Table 6.Central American: Container traffic, (units), Year: 2012

Country/Ports S

Offloaded Loaded Offloaded

Transit Loaded Transit

Transshipment Offloaded

Transshipment Loaded

Total Modules

Total

Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty Laden Empty

GUATEMALA

QUETZAL P 63,914 31,268 60,228 29,184 2,028 - 2,525 - 5,398 365 - - 134,093 60,817 194,910

Contenedor 45' 1,327 11 731 976 2 - 14 - 61 - - - 2,135 987 3,122

Contenedor 40' 38,273 23,141 35,602 20,172 1,762 - 2,468 - 3,939 336 - - 82,044 43,649 125,693

Contenedor 20' 24,314 8,116 23,895 8,036 264 - 43 - 1,398 29 - - 49,914 16,181 66,095

PUERTO ARRIOS A 25,202 26,378 48,438 6,486 8,077

- 8,180

1

47,680 650 - - 137,577 33,515 171,092

Contenedor 52'

5,133

6,354

10,139

1,247

2,048

-

2,156

-

10,889

243

-

-

30,365

7,844

38,209

Contenedor 45'

451

34

38

598

214

-

56

-

615

45

-

-

1,374

677

2,051

Contenedor 43'

1,087

682

1,594

727

244

-

157

-

2,191

236

-

-

5,273

1,645

6,918

Contenedor 40'

18,084

19,296

36,630

3,145

5,489

-

5,776

-

33,956

120

-

-

99,935

22,561

122,496

Contenedor 20'

447

12

37

769

82

-

35

1

29

6

-

-

630

788

1,418

SANTO TOMAS DE CASTILLA

A

99,813

25,281

94,397

30,210

-

-

-

-

3,015

292

2,997

578

200,222

56,361

256,583

Contenedor 45'

15,958

498

11,405

3,329

-

-

-

-

138

59

148

195

27,649

4,081

31,730

Contenedor 40'

59,823

22,784

64,956

19,486

-

-

-

-

2,388

216

2,365

315

129,532

42,801

172,333

Contenedor 20'

23,935

1,970

17,962

7,394

-

-

-

-

453

17

446

68

42,796

9,449

52,245

Furgones 45'

25

24

54

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

79

24

103

Furgones 40'

1

5

20

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

21

6

27

Furgones 20'

71

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

36

-

38

-

145

-

145

EL SALVADOR

ACAJUTLA P

46,934

2,934

20,634

26,433

-

-

-

-

1,179

564

-

-

68,747

29,931

98,678

Contenedor 45'

1,821

65

1,249

805

-

-

-

-

100

372

-

-

3,170

1,242

4,412

Contenedor 40'

26,954

2,011

13,112

13,741

-

-

-

-

779

192

-

-

40,845

15,944

56,789

Contenedor 20'

18,159

858

6,273

11,887

-

-

-

-

300

-

-

-

24,732

12,745

37,477

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Table 6. Central American: Container traffic, (units), Year: 2012

Country/Ports S

Desembarque Embarque Tránsito

Desembarque Tránsito

Embarque Transbordo Embarque

Transbordo Desembarque

Total Módulos

Total

Llenos Vacíos Llenos Vacíos Llenos Vacíos Llenos Vacíos Llenos Vacíos Llenos Vacíos Llenos Vacíos

HONDURAS

LA CEIBA A 4 - 15 1 - - - - - - - - 19 1 20

Contenedor 40' 2 - 12 1 - - - - - - - - 14 1 15

Contenedor 20' 2 - 3 - - - - - - - - - 5 - 5

PUERTO CASTILLA

7,413 14,474 21,427 1,979 - - - - - - - - 28,840 16,453 45,293

Contenedor 40' 7,413 14,474 21,427 1,979 - - - - - - - - 28,840 16,453 45,293

PUERTO CORTES A 117,164 36,751 128,404 27,224 - - - - - - - - 245,568 63,975 309,543

Contenedor 48' 109 8 42 3 - - - - - - - - 151 11 162

Contenedor 45' 30,017 1,516 27,158 4,013 - - - - - - - - 57,175 5,529 62,704

Contenedor 43' 1,665 1,694 2,500 39 - - - - - - - - 4,165 1,733 5,898

Contenedor 40' 65,107 22,952 74,374 15,877 - - - - - - - - 139,481 38,829 178,310

Contenedor 20' 20,244 10,557 24,298 7,291 - - - - - - - - 44,542 17,848 62,390

Furgones 48' 1 3 - 1 - - - - - - - - 1 4 5

Furgones 45' 2 4 6 - - - - - - - - - 8 4 12

Furgones 43' 2 - 1 - - - - - - - - - 3 - 3

Furgones 40' 16 17 22 - - - - - - - - - 38 17 55

Furgones 20' 1 - 3 - - - - - - - - - 4 - 4

NICARAGUA

CORINTO P 25,415 2,781 14,004 12,929 635 - 1 - 719 2 489 - 41,263 15,712 56,975

Contenedor 45' 127 223 21 174 - - - - - - - - 148 397 545

Contenedor 40' 14,676 1,415 7,769 7,266 113 - - - 353 - 289 - 23,200 8,681 31,881

Contenedor 20' 10,612 1,143 6,214 5,489 522 - 1 - 366 2 200 - 17,915 6,634 24,549

ARLEN SIU A 1,261 58 335 963 - - - - - - - - 1,596 1,021 2,617

Contenedor 45' 22 - - 21 - - - - - - - - 22 21 43

Contenedor 40' 998 48 270 778 - - - - - - - - 1,268 826 2,094

Contenedor 20' 241 10 65 164 - - - - - - - - 306 174 480

EL BLUFF A 40 1 2 34 - - - - 1 - - - 43 35 78

Contenedor 40' 34 1 2 26 - - - - - - - - 36 27 63

Contenedor 20' 6 - - 8 - - - - 1 - - - 7 8 15

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Country/Ports L



Embarque Transbordo Embarque


Total Módulos

Total


COSTA RICA

CALDERA P 54,072 3,935 26,697 24,599 - - - - - - - - 80,769 28,534 109,303

Contenedor 40'

35,288

3,915

23,865

11,944

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

59,153

15,859

75,012

Contenedor 20'

18,784

20

2,832

12,655

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

21,616

12,675

34,291

LIMÓN-MOÍN A 116,346 144,312 217,482 53,145 11,296 - 11,271 - - - - - 356,395 197,457 553,852

Contenedor 58'

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

Contenedor 52'

2

2

5

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

7

6

13

Contenedor 45'

4,527

9,697

4,240

1,683

349

-

182

-

-

-

-

-

9,298

11,380

20,678

Contenedor 43'

38

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

38

-

38

Contenedor 40'

83,529

131,181

194,286

35,693

10,255

-

10,361

-

-

-

-

-

298,431

166,874

465,305

Contenedor 20'

28,249

3,400

18,943

15,688

680

-

714

-

-

-

-

-

48,586

19,088

67,674

Furgones 40'

1

32

7

77

12

-

14

-

-

-

-

-

34

109

143

PANAMA

BALBOA

P

73,608

1,846

23,108

46,807

-

-

-

-

1,346,896

442,707

-

-

1,443,612

491,360

1,934,972

Contenedor 45'

1,750

1

164

1,705

-

-

-

-

3,001

3,750

-

-

4,915

5,456

10,371

Contenedor 40'

53,679

1,758

20,113

27,204

-

-

-

-

870,136

330,315

-

-

943,928

359,277

1,303,205

Contenedor 20'

18,179

87

2,831

17,898

-

-

-

-

473,759

108,642

-

-

494,769

126,627

621,396

PSA (PANAMA INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL)

P

1,821

515

216

785

-

-

-

-

21,076

6,532

-

-

23,113

7,832

30,945

Contenedor 45'

84

28

8

-

-

-

-

-

90

229

-

-

182

257

439

Contenedor 40'

1,322

449

166

476

-

-

-

-

14,462

5,090

-

-

15,950

6,015

21,965

Contenedor 20'

415

38

42

309

-

-

-

-

6,524

1,213

-

-

6,981

1,560

8,541

ALMIRANTE

A

5,714

3,492

7,663

401

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

13,377

3,893

17,270

Contenedor 43'

643

284

388

94

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,031

378

1,409

Contenedor 40'

5,069

3,205

7,274

289

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

12,343

3,494

15,837

Contenedor 20'

2

3

1

18

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

21

24

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Country/Port S

Offloaded Loadesd Offloaded

Transit Loaded Trnsit

Transbordo Embarque


Total Módulos

Total


COLON CONTAINER TERMINAL

A 7,125 214 50,461 60,686 - - - - 192,089 56,145 - - 299,675 117,045 416,720

Contenedor 40'

48,660 169

47,524

50,042 - - - - 132,806 39,393 - - 228,990 89,604 318,594

Contenedor 20'

8,465 45

2,937

10,644

- - - - 59,283 16,752 - - 70,685 27,441 98,126

CRISTOBAL A

19,553

8,308

25,427

8,451 - - - 341,399 138,115 - - 386,379 154,874 541,253

Contenedor 45'

1,052 411 1,440 100 - - - - 36 98 - - 2,528 609 3,137

Contenedor 40'

11,109 5,378 17,090 5,986 - - - - 191,967 73,338 - - 220,166 84,702 304,868

Contenedor 20'

7,392

2,519

6,897

2,365 - - - - 149,396 64,679 - - 163,685 69,563 233,248

MANZANILLO-PANAMA

A 90,786 8,098 44,710 51,315 - - - - 22,268 300,428 - - 857,764 359,841 1,217,605

Contenedor 45'

2,096 69 1,113 1,065 - - - - 5,274 3,973 - - 8,483 5,107 13,590

Contenedor 40'

62,421 6,447 34,444 35,074 - - - - 478,141 208,644 - - 575,006 250,165 825,171

Contenedor 20'

26,269 1,582 9,153 15,176 - - - - 238,853 87,811 - - 274,275 104,569 378,844


Guatemala 188,929 82,927 203,063 65,880 10,105 - 10,705 1 56,093 1,307 2,997 578 471,892 150,693 622,585

El Salvador 46,934 2,934 20,634 26,433 - - - - 1,179 564 - - 68,747 29,931 98,678

Honduras 124,581 51,225 149,846 29,204 - - - - - - - - 274,427 80,429 354,856

Nicaragua 26,716 2,840 14,341 13,926 635 - 1 - 720 2 489 - 42,902 16,768 59,670

Costa Rica 170,418 148,247 244,179 77,744 11,296 - 11,271 - - - - - 437,164 225,991 663,155

MCCA 557,578 288,173 632,063 213,187 22,036 - 21,977 1 57,992 - 3,486 578 1,295,132 503,812 1,798,944

Panama 248,607 22,473 151,585 168,445 - - - - 2,623,728 943,927 - - 3,023,920 1,134,845 4,158,765

Total 806,185 310,646 783,648 381,632 22,036 - 21,977 1 2,681,720 945,800 3,486 578 4,319,052 1,638,657 5,957,709




Table 7. Central American: Container traffic in TEU, Year 2012

Country/Ports L



Embarque Transbordo

Desembarque Transbordo Embarque

Total Módulos

Total


GUATEMALA

Quetzal

P

103,846

54,423

96,744

50,576

3,793

-

5,011

-

9,413

701

-

-

218,807

105,700

324,507

Puerto Barrios

A

103,545

109,522

200,259

25,671

33,553

-

34,019

2

150,477

2,173

47,681

654

569,534

138,022

707,556


A

179,616

48,723

173,697

53,858

-

-

-

-

5,576

582

5,547

1,137

364,436

104,300

468,736

El Salvador

Acajutla

P

76,164

5,026

35,307

41,180

-

-

-

-

2,083

1,221

-

-

113,554

47,427

160,981

Honduras

San Lorenzo

P

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

La Ceiba

A

6

-

27

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

33

2

35

Puerto Castilla

A

14,826

28,948

42,854

3,958

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

57,680

32,906

90,586

Puerto Cortes

A

221,882

63,584

239,690

48,168

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

461,572

111,752

573,324

Nicaragua

Corinto

P

40,250

4,475

21,799

20,413

748

-

1

-

1,072

2

778

-

64,648

24,890

89,538

Arlen Siu

A

2,287

106

605

1,767

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2,892

1,873

4,765

El Bluff

A

74

2

4

60

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

79

62

141

Costa Rica

Caldera

P

89,360

7,850

50,562

36,543

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

139,922

44,393

184,315

Limón-Moín

A

205,582

287,649

417,085

91,025

21,999

-

21,874

-

-

-

-

-

666,540

378,674

1,045,214

Panamá

Panama Paort Balboa

P

129,475

3,605

43,426

76,142

-

-

-

-

2,220,783

777,710

-

-

2,393,684

857,457

3,251,141


P

3,248

999

392

1,261

-

-

-

-

35,651

11,908

-

-

39,291

14,168

53,459

Almirante

A

11,522

7,024

15,383

798

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

26,905

7,822

34,727


A

105,785

383

97,985

110,728

-

-

-

-

324,895

95,538

-

-

528,665

206,649

735,314

Colon Port Terminal

A

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Panama Port Cristobal

A

31,977

14,200

44,317

14,562

-

-

-

-

533,411

211,576

-

-

609,705

240,338

850,043

Manzanillo Int. Terminal

A

155,827

14,631

80,545

87,720

-

-

-

-

1,207,002

514,038

-

-

1,443,374

616,389

2,059,763


Guatemala 387,007 212,668 470,700 130,105 37,346 - 39,030 2 165,466 3,456 53,228 1,791 1,152,777 348,022 1,500,799

El Salvador 76,164 5,026 35,307 41,180 - - - - 2,083 1,221 - - 113,554 47,427 160,981

Honduras 236,714 92,532 282,571 52,128 - - - - - - - - 519,285 144,660 663,945

Nicaragua 42,611 4,583 22,408 22,240 748 - 1 - 1,073 2 778 - 67,619 26,825 94,444

Costa Rica 294,942 295,499 467,647 127,568 21,999 - 21,874 - - - - - 806,462 423,067 1,229,529

MCCA 1,037,438 610,308 1,278,633 373,221 60,093 - 60,905 2 168,622 4,679 54,006 1,791 2,659,697 990,001 3,649,698

Panama 437,834 40,842 282,048 291,211 - - - - 4,321,742 1,610,770 - - 5,041,624 1,942,823 6,984,447

Total 1,475,272 651,150 1,560,681 664,432 60,093 - 60,905 2 4,490,364 1,615,449 54,006 1,791 7,701,321 2,932,824 10,634,145




Table 8. Central American: Cruise vessels and passengers arrivals by port, Year: 2012

Country/Port Buques Atendidos Pasajeros

Tripulación Crucero Veleros Culturales Yates Total En arribo Desembarcados Embarcados

GUATEMALA

Quetzal 42 - - - 42 52,157 - - -

Santo Tomas de Castilla 17 - - - 17 - 13,556 13,556 8,193

Total país 59 - - - 59 52,157

13,556

13,556

8,193

EL SALVADOR

Acajutla 2 - - - 2 707 707 707 580

Total país 2 - - - 2 707 707

707

580

HONDURAS

Roatan T. Coxen Hole 97 - - - 97 233,314 - - -

Puerto Cortes 2 - - - 2 668 668 668 505

Total país 99 - - - 99 233,982 668 668 505

NICARAGUA

Corinto 15 - - - 15 19,860 19,388 19,388 8,991

San Juan del sur 26 - - - 26 18,567 21,129 21,137 9,354

Total país 41 - - - 41 38,427 40,517 40,525 18,345

COSTA RICA

Limón-Moín 60 - - - 60 98,751 - - -

Caldera 51 - - - 51 - - - -

Puntarenas 62 - - - 62 - - - -

Quepos 19 - - - 19 - - - -

Golfito 27 - - - 27 - - - -

Total país 219 - - - 219 98,751 - - -

PANAMA

Colon Port Terminal 5 - - - 5 6,676 6,219 6,219 3,035

Amador & Resorts 38 - - - 38 12,226 59 111 -

COLON 2000 105 - - - 10

5 176,209 176,639 173,621 -

Home Port (Terminal de Cruceros) 18 - - - 18 30,157 30,157 30,773 -

Total país 166 - - - 166 225,268 213,074 210,724 3,035


Guatemala 59 - - - 59 52,157 13,556 13,556 8,193

El Salvador 2 - - - 2 707 707 707 580

Honduras 99

- - - 99 233,982 668

668

505

Nicaragua 41

- - - 41 38,427

40,517

40,525

18,345

Costa Rica 219

- - -

219

98,751 -

- -

Panama 166

- - -

166

225,268 213,074 210,724 3,035

Total 586 - - - 586 649,292 268,522 266,180 30,658




Glossary of Terms

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

Berthing: to the wheel side of a boat to a dock.

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

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

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



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

NORTH AMERICA

1. Canada

2. Unites Estates

3. Greenland

4. Mexico

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 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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