Callao, Buenos Aires, Valparaiso, Veracruz, Montevideo, Source: ECLAC, Maritime and Logistics Profile of Latin America and the Caribbean, June 2015. http://bit.ly/1IL0Rgy TEU A standard unit of measurement, equivalent to a container of 20 feet, or 6.25 meters. Santos, 6 Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico Brazil Paranagua, Peru Chile San Antonio, Chile Guayaquil, Ecuador Buenaventura, Colombia Colon, Panama Limon-Moin, Costa Rica Cartagena, Colombia Kingston, Jamaica Manzanillo, Mexico Balboa, Panama Mexico Freeport, Bahamas Caucedo, Dominican Republic San Juan, Puerto Rico Brazil Uruguay Argentina more than 3 million TEU between 1 and 2 million TEU between 700 thousand and 1 million TEU 11 14 12 9 20 15 18 19 17 8 10 7 1,400,000 1,093,625 757,319 1,992,473 1,638,113 1,621,381 1,400,760 1,319,961 1,010,202 855,404 847,370 775,997 The Top 20 in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2014 Ports Ranking 4 between 2 and 3 million TEU 2,368.741 996,654 13 16 915,101 3 3,040,231 TEU TEU 5 TEU 2,236,551 1,089,518 3,468,283 1 TEU 2 3,286,736 TEU ECLAC updates every year its ranking of container port throughput, which shows the cargo volume in containers in 120 ports of the region, based on data obtained directly from port authorities and terminal operators. In 2014 this activity grew 1.3%, with a total volume of approximately 47 million TEU. This infographic displays the first 20 ports of the ranking.