Containers by port 2016–2023: verified CPN TEU (table C-8)

Dossier: Infrastructure and logistics06-logistica.md
Domain: Ports, cargo and corridorslogistica
Room: Trade/comercio
Audited: Audited

The Comisión Portuaria Nacional's 2023 port statistics report (table C-8) sets the TEU-by-port series no other source publishes: the national port system went from 1,423,340 TEU in 2016 to 1,723,565 in 2023, peaking at 1,739,170 in 2021. Puerto Quetzal (Empresa Portuaria Quetzal and its terminals) leads with 658,320 TEU in 2023, followed by Puerto Barrios with 575,461 and Santo Tomás de Castilla with 489,784, down 11 % on 2022 with the nickel slump. In units the system handled 919,162 containers in 2023 (1.88 TEU per container). The report's 2022 column does not reconcile between ports and total (1,658,964 summed against 1,660,986 printed), a defect recorded in the archive. The 2024 and 2025 editions are queued for capture; the World Bank's national series agrees with the CPN within ±3 %.

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Figures

TEU, National Port SystemCPN, cuadro C-8 (port_teu_annual_spn): 1,723,565 TEU2023
TEU, Puerto QuetzalCPN, cuadro C-8 (port_teu_annual_puerto_quetzal): 658,320 TEU2023
TEU, Puerto BarriosCPN, cuadro C-8 (port_teu_annual_puerto_barrios): 575,461 TEU2023
TEU, Santo Tomás de CastillaCPN, cuadro C-8 (port_teu_annual_santo_tomas): 489,784 TEU2023
TEU, National Port System, series peakCPN, cuadro C-8 (port_teu_annual_spn): 1,739,170 TEU2021

Caveat

Annual series to 2023; the CPN's 2024 and 2025 editions are not yet captured (lead C17). Puerto Quetzal includes the specialised container terminal.

Sources

Comisión Portuaria Nacional — Informe Estadístico Portuario 2023cpn.gob.gtconsulted Sep 2, 2026

Organizations named in the answer

Puerto QuetzalThe southern corridor's sea outlet: the Pacific coast handles 60% of the country's port traffic; around 60 km from the capital by the Palín-Escuintla motorway and 4 km from Zona Libre QuetzalPort
Banco MundialBenchmark series: private credit to GDP of 37.2% (2025), average lending rate of 12.85% (2025) and the Enterprise Surveys on collateral requirements (§1, §3, §4).Multilateral

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