LATIN AMERICA · BUSINESS

Key Facts

—The ranking: New regional data ranks Santos, Manzanillo, Cartagena, Callao and Panama’s MIT as Latin America’s five busiest container ports in 2024.

—The leader: Brazil’s Santos handled about 5.48 million containers, far ahead of the field.

—The source: The figures come from the UN’s regional economic body, CEPAL, in its FAL Bulletin 414, measured in standard container units (TEU).