Port Indicators and Statistics
Review of Maritime Transport
The Review of Maritime Transport is a recurrent publication prepared by the UNCTAD secretariat since 1968 with the aim of fostering the transparency of maritime markets and analyzing relevant developments. The flagship report provides an analysis of structural and cyclical changes affecting seaborne trade, ports and shipping, as well as an extensive collection of statistics. This edition of the Review covers data and events from January 2022 until July 2023.
For the 2023 Review of the Maritime Transport, please click here.
Lloyd’s List One Hundred Ports
The post-pandemic boom that helped the global container port sector recoup Covid-induced volume losses, started to fade in 2022. For the world's container ports, this meant a return to the days of moderate demand growth — a trend that had become a firm fixture for the industry pre-Covid. The 100 ports featured in the latest rankings count achieved combined volume growth of 1.5% in 2022, with total liftings stacking up to 685.8m teu.
For the 2023 Lloyd's List One Hundred Ports, please click here.
Logistics Performance Index (LPI)
The LPI is an interactive benchmarking tool created to help countries identify the challenges and opportunities they face in their performance on trade logistics and what they can do to improve their performance. The LPI 2023 allows for comparisons across 139 countries. The 2023 LPI for the first time measures the speed of trade with indicators derived from big datasets tracking shipments.
For the 2023 Logistics Performance Index, please click here.
Container Port Performance Index (CPPI)
The purpose of the CPPI is to help identify opportunities to improve a terminal or a port that will ultimately benefit all public and private stakeholders. The CPPI is intended to serve as a benchmark for important stakeholders in the global economy, including national governments, port authorities and operators, development agencies, supranational organizations, various maritime interests, and other public and private stakeholders engaged in trade, logistics, and supply chain services. The joint team from the World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence intends to enhance the methodology, scope, and data in future annual iterations, reflecting refinement, stakeholder feedback, and improvements in data scope and quality.
For the 2022 Container Port Performance Index, please click here.
Ranking of Latin American Container Ports and Terminals
Although sometimes different numbers are used, it is known that maritime transport accounts for around 80% of world trade in goods in terms of volume and 70% of its value. Latin America represents approximately 7% of this sum, with a high component of raw materials of mineral and vegetable origin, and foodstuffs of all kinds. The international trade of the region is directly connected to the three main world maritime routes: Europe, North America and Asia, with a growing participation of the latter. The ranking of ports and container terminals in Latin America (in this case, the top 20) represented 84% of the total throughput of the region in 2022. It is useful not only to follow up the volumes mobilized but also to have a historical perspective of the dynamism of the port activity and the changes observed year after year.
For the 2023 Ranking of Latin American Container Ports and Terminals, please click here.
Port Traffic Statistics in Colombia
The Superintendencia de Transporte, which administers, facilitates, promotes and pushes the national maritime and river port activity in Colombia, carries out a statistical operation that has DANE data certification.
For the statistics and the Port Traffic Bulletin, please click here.
Port Statistics Platform (PEP) in Guatemala
The National Port Commission (CPN), whose activities are focused on port activities and regional maritime transport, is responsible for conducting studies and research, through the Directorate of Ports and Maritime Transport, through the periodic collection of statistical data related to the National Port System of Guatemala, providing information of a technical, investigative and informative nature.
Currently, the CPN has the Port Statistics Platform -PEP-, an advanced tool meticulously designed to collect, organize, visualize and analyze vital statistical data related to the port activity of the State of Guatemala.
This platform guarantees the provision of detailed and updated information on the movement of general cargo, containerized cargo, liquid and solid bulk cargo, as well as containers and vessels in each of Guatemala's ports.
For the Port Statistics Platform, please click here.
Integration of Statistics on Movement and Port Operation in Mexico
The General Directorate of Merchant Marine, which is part of the General Coordination of Ports and Merchant Marine (CPMM) of the Mexican Secretariat of the Navy, promotes maritime transport and merchant marine. On their website, they share statistics on port movement, cruise ship arrivals and the performance of port operations.
For the statistics on movement and port operation in Mexico, please click here.