La Unidad de Servicios de Infraestructura de CEPAL elabora cada año un ranking que muestra el detalle de los movimientos de carga en contenedores en 120 puertos de la región, en base a información recopilada directamente con las autoridades portuarias y operadores de los terminales marítimos. En 2017 esta actividad aumentó un 6,1% con un volumen aproximado total de 50,6 millones de TEU.
| País/ Country | Puerto/ Port | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | ||
| 1 | Panamá | Colón (MIT, Evergreen, Panamá Port) | 3.577.427 | 3.258.381 | 3.891.209 | |
| 2 | Brasil | Santos | 3.645.448 | 3.393.593 | 3.578.192 | |
| 3 | Panamá | Balboa | 3.294.113 | 2.989.860 | 2.986.617 | |
| 4 | México | Manzanillo | 2.541.140 | 2.578.822 | 2.830.370 | |
| 5 | Colombia | Cartagena (inc. S.P.R, El Bosque, Contecar,ZP) | 2.425.277 | 2.323.787 | 2.678.005 | |
| 6 | Perú | Callao (inc. DPW/ APM) | 1.900.444 | 2.054.970 | 2.250.224 | |
| 7 | Ecuador | Guayaquil | 1.704.730 | 1.814.915 | 1.871.591 | |
| 8 | Jamaica | Kingston | 1.653.272 | 1.567.442 | 1.560.000 | |
| 9 | Argentina | Buenos Aires (incluye Exolgan) | 1.433.053 | 1.352.068 | 1.468.960 | |
| 10 | Chile | San Antonio | 1.170.184 | 1.287.658 | 1.296.890 | |
| 11 | República Dominicana | Caucedo | 826.935 | 918.542 | 1.235.801 | |
| 12 | Costa Rica | Limón-Moin | 1.108.573 | 1.177.385 | 1.199.628 | |
| 13 | Puerto Rico | San Juan | 1.223.078 | 1.270.210 | 1.199.157 | |
| 14 | México | Lazaro Cárdenas | 1.058.747 | 1.115.452 | 1.149.079 | |
| 15 | México | Veracruz | 931.812 | 965.294 | 1.117.304 | |
| 16 | Chile | Valparaiso | 902.542 | 884.030 | 1.073.734 | |
| 17 | Uruguay | Montevideo | 811.297 | 888.119 | 939.427 | |
| 18 | Colombia | Buenaventura (inc. SPR, TCBUEN y ZP) | 984.057 | 869.061 | 920.000 | |
| 19 | Bahamas | Freeport | 1.400.000 | 1.200.000 | 850.426 | |
| 20 | Brasil | Navegantes (Portonave) | 662.590 | 895.375 | 811.905 | |
| 21 | México | Altamira | 647.369 | 684.931 | 803.222 | |
| 22 | Brasil | Paranaguá | 782.346 | 725.041 | 752.250 | |
| 23 | Brasil | Rio Grande | 726.785 | 705.154 | 743.717 | |
| 24 | Honduras | Puerto Cortes | 624.302 | 621.819 | 642.218 | |
| 25 | Brasil | Itapoa | 559.005 | 547.679 | 592.304 | |
| 26 | Guatemala | Santo Tomas de Castilla | 529.450 | 614.463 | 566.539 | |
| 27 | Chile | San Vicente | 456.176 | 502.065 | 516.449 | |
| 28 | República Dominicana | Haina | 417.642 | 444.755 | 488.963 | |
| 29 | Brasil | Suape | 398.166 | 390.508 | 460.769 | |
| 30 | Guatemala | Puerto Barrios | 432.141 | 428.263 | 455.973 | |
| 31 | Chile | Coronel | 471.426 | 432.671 | 431.213 | |
| 32 | Guatemala | Puerto Quetzal | 389.329 | 427.375 | 367.239 | |
| 33 | Cuba | Mariel | 330.964 | 325.328 | 332.240 | |
| 34 | Chile | Lirquen | 164.994 | 264.149 | 311.072 | |
| 35 | Brasil | Salvador | 283.500 | 302.354 | 301.129 | |
| 36 | Costa Rica | Caldera | 235.268 | 264.371 | 289.582 | |
| 37 | Brasil | Itaguai /Sepetiba | 228.173 | 205.041 | 282.682 | |
| 38 | Brasil | Rio de Janeiro | 297.991 | 273.269 | 281.473 | |
| 39 | Chile | Iquique | 227.099 | 271.733 | 280.353 | |
| 40 | Brasil | Chibatao | 450.544 | 376.282 | 275.357 | |
| 41 | Trinidad y Tobago | Port of Spain | 298.969 | 258.704 | 252.159 | |
| 42 | Brasil | Superterminais | 108.391 | 61.821 | 251.199 | |
| 43 | Chile | Arica | 226.893 | 225.029 | 238.018 | |
| 44 | México | Ensenada | 193.420 | 191.708 | 230.185 | |
| 45 | Perú | Paita | 214.483 | 219.226 | 228.367 | |
| 46 | Brasil | Itajai | 323.565 | 208.768 | 224.546 | |
| 47 | Guadalupe | Jarry/Point-a-Pitre | 201.948 | 212.259 | 210.000 | |
| 48 | El Salvador | Acajutla | 190.708 | 202.165 | 209.903 | |
| 49 | Brasil | Pecem | 180.335 | 170.965 | 209.204 | |
| 50 | Brasil | Vitória | 208.792 | 187.631 | 192.073 |
