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How many containers does Santo Tomás de Castilla handle and how are its finances?

According to the cited documentsLogistics

Containers handled (record)

362,182

2025Vida y Éxito / La Hora

Santo Tomás de Castilla (EMPORNAC, state-owned) handled 301,357 containers in 2024 and 362,182 in 2025, a record, per the CPN's Informe Estadístico Portuario 2025 (Vida y Éxito had published 283,950 for 2024 and La Hora confirms the 2025 figure). The 703,047 TEU EMPORNAC reports for 2025 match the CPN report, which gives 2,119,847 TEU for the whole port system (the 1,119,626 it was previously compared with is the national container count, not TEU). Financially, the company lost Q8.19 million in 2023 and returned to profit in 2024; in the first quarter of 2026 cargo movement grew 33% year on year.

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  • Financial result

    Loss of Q8.19 M (2023); profitable in 2024

    2023-2024Vida y Éxito
  • TEU reported by EMPORNAC (consistent with CPN's 1.94 TEU-per-container ratio)703,047 TEU2025Vida y Éxito
  • Growth in cargo movement+33% year-on-yearQ1 2026Revista E&N
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Sources

  • CPN

    Informe Estadístico Portuario 2025

    cpn.gob.gtAccessed Sep 13, 2026Go to the source
  • Vida y Éxito citando EMPORNAC
    vidayexito.netAccessed Aug 19, 2026Go to the source
  • La Hora

    Vacío legal y fricciones políticas

    lahora.gtAccessed Aug 19, 2026Go to the source
  • Revista E&N

    Carga en Santo Tomás creció 33% en primer trimestre

    • Growth in cargo movement
    revistaeyn.comAccessed Aug 19, 2026Go to the source