Containers and finances at Santo Tomás de Castilla

Dossier: Infrastructure and logistics06-logistica.md
Domain: Ports, cargo and corridorslogistica
Room: Trade/comercio
Audited: not audited

Santo Tomás de Castilla (EMPORNAC, state-owned) handled 283,950 containers in 2024 and 362,182 in 2025, a record (the 2025 figure also appears in La Hora, verified in audit). EMPORNAC also reports 703,047 TEU in 2025, a figure INCONSISTENT with the CPN national total of 1,119,626 TEU, so the unit or the scope must be verified before it is used. 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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Figures

Containers handledVida y Éxito / EMPORNAC: 283,9502024
Containers handled (record)Vida y Éxito / La Hora: 362,1822025
TEU reported by EMPORNAC (consistent with CPN's 1.94 TEU-per-container ratio)Vida y Éxito: 703,047 TEU2025
Financial resultVida y Éxito: loss of Q8.19 M (2023); profitable in 20242023-2024
Growth in cargo movementRevista E&N: +33% year-on-yearQ1 2026

Caveat

703,047 TEU inconsistent with the national total of 1,119,626 TEU; verify unit/scope

Sources

Vida y Éxito citando EMPORNAC (a vía b)vidayexito.netconsulted Aug 19, 2026
La Hora — Vacío legal y fricciones políticas (b)lahora.gtconsulted Aug 19, 2026
Revista E&N — Carga en Santo Tomás creció 33% en primer trimestre (b)revistaeyn.comconsulted Aug 19, 2026

Organizations named in the answer

EMPORNACThe official reference for verifying the cargo figures of Puerto Santo Tomás de CastillaPort
La HoraA report of 12 July 2026: cigarettes, Q180 million a year in lost revenue since 2017; alcoholic drinks, more than US$25 million a year; agriculture, ~US$62 million; and Guatemala as a regional corridor for illicit trade.Other

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