El ranking elaborado por la Unidad de Servicios de Infraestructura de la CEPAL fue confeccionado a partir de información pública o proporcionada por los propios puertos u organizaciones nacionales a CEPAL.
El siguiente cuadro muestra el ranking de 80 puertos latinoamericanos y la evolución en movimiento de Teus en los años 2010, 2011, y 2012.
| RNK 2012 | PUERTO | PAIS | TEU 2010 | TEU 2011 | TEU 2012 | Var.2012/11 |
| 1 | Colón | Panamá | 2.810.657 | 3.371.714 | 3.518.672 | 4,40% |
| 2 | Balboa | Panamá | 2.758.506 | 3.232.265 | 3.304.599 | 2,20% |
| 3 | Santos | Brasil | 2.715.568 | 2.985.922 | 2.961.426 | -0,80% |
| 4 | Cartagena | Colombia | 1.581.401 | 1.853.342 | 2.205.948 | 19,00% |
| 5 | Manzanillo | Mexico | 1.511.378 | 1.762.508 | 1.930.893 | 9,60% |
| 6 | Callao | Peru | 1.346.186 | 1.616.165 | 1.817.663 | 12,50% |
| 7 | Buenos Aires (y Exolgán) | Argentina | 1.730.831 | 1.851.687 | 1.656.428 | -10,50% |
| 8 | Guayaquil | Ecuador | 1.123.098 | 1.405.762 | 1.448.687 | 3,10% |
| 9 | Lázaro Cárdenas | Mexico | 796.023 | 953.497 | 1.242.777 | 30,30% |
| 10 | Freeport | Bahamas | 1.125.000 | 1.116.272 | 1.202.000 | 7,70% |
| 11 | Caucedo | Rep. Dominicana | 1.004.901 | 993.561 | 1.153.787 | 16,10% |
| 12 | Kingston | Jamaica | 1.891.770 | 1.756.832 | 1.139.418 | -35,10% |
| 13 | San Antonio | Chile | 870.719 | 928.432 | 1.069.271 | 15,20% |
| 14 | Limón-Moin | Costa Rica | 858.176 | 901.330 | 1.045.215 | 16,00% |
| 15 | Valparaiso | Chile | 878.787 | 973.012 | 942.647 | -3,10% |
| 16 | Buenaventura | Colombia | 662.821 | 748.305 | 850.385 | 13,60% |
| 17 | Puerto Cabello | Venezuela | 629.895 | 721.500 | 845.917 | 17,20% |
| 18 | Veracruz | Mexico | 662.537 | 729.622 | 799.389 | 9,60% |
| 19 | Montevideo | Uruguay | 671.952 | 861.164 | 753.889 | -12,50% |
| 20 | Paranaguá | Brasil | 546.564 | 681.678 | 743.830 | 9,10% |
| 21 | Rio Grande | Brasil | 647.188 | 618.039 | 611.133 | -1,10% |
| 22 | San Vicente (SVTI) | Chile | 363.557 | 425.967 | 585.280 | 37,40% |
| 23 | Altamira | Mexico | 488.013 | 547.612 | 578.685 | 5,70% |
| 24 | Puerto Cortés | Honduras | 538.853 | 576.752 | 573.322 | -0,60% |
| 25 | La Guaira | Venezuela | 328.447 | 467.300 | 542.710 | 16,10% |
| 26 | Manaus | Brasil | 383.000 | 481.000 | … | … |
| 27 | Santo Tomas de Castilla | Guatemala | 431.002 | 494.908 | 468.734 | -5,30% |
| 28 | Río de Janeiro | Brasil | 315.489 | 415.446 | 437.205 | 5,20% |
| 29 | Suape | Brasil | 324.191 | 417.666 | 393.452 | -5,80% |
| 30 | Itajai | Brasil | 384.950 | 438.752 | 385.193 | -12,20% |
| 31 | Port of Spain | Trinidad y Tobago | 388.960 | 379.837 | … | … |
| 32 | Haina | Rep. Dominicana | 288.417 | 352.340 | 379.632 | 7,70% |
| 33 | Puerto Barrios | Guatemala | 326.833 | 317.804 | 365.242 | 14,90% |
| 34 | Puerto Quetzal | Guatemala | 251.034 | 363.684 | 324.506 | -10,80% |
| 35 | Chibatao | Brasil | 154.244 | 155.727 | 273.559 | 75,70% |
| 36 | Itapoa | Brasil | 0 | 33.000 | 270.415 | … |
| 37 | Vitória | Brasil | 243.788 | 280.262 | 270.408 | -3,50% |
| 38 | Iquique | Chile | 264.974 | 237.758 | 245.290 | 3,20% |
| 39 | Salvador | Brasil | 233.736 | 242.758 | … | … |
| 40 | La Habana | Cuba | 228.346 | 246.773 | 240.000 | -2,70% |
| 41 | Puerto Plata | Rep. Dominicana | 44.147 | 211.452 | 228.231 | 7,90% |
| 42 | Jarry | Guadalupe | 150.534 | 165.093 | 211.412 | 28,10% |
| 43 | Superterminais | Brasil | 215.879 | 324.546 | 187.423 | -42,30% |
| 44 | Caldera | Costa Rica | 155.307 | 168.039 | 184.315 | 9,70% |
| 45 | Itaguai /Sepetiba | Brasil | 125.196 | 183.601 | … | … |
| 46 | Arica | Chile | 130.984 | 170.110 | 182.039 | 7,00% |
| 47 | Barranquilla (y SPR y ZP) | Colombia | 103.869 | 148.093 | 179.652 | 21,30% |
| 48 | Sâo Francisco do Sul | Brasil | 113.251 | 177.793 | … | … |
| 49 | Paita | Peru | 126.520 | 153.653 | 170.855 | 11,20% |
| 50 | Point Lisas | Trinidad y Tobago | 184.257 | 170.581 | … | … |
| 51 | Oranjestad | Aruba | 49.558 | 169.719 | 167.948 | -1,00% |
| 52 | Coronel | Chile | 139.474 | 170.771 | 167.682 | -1,80% |
| 53 | Acajutla | El Salvador | 145.774 | 160.069 | 159.879 | -0,10% |
| 54 | Puerto Angamos | Chile | 129.000 | 158.323 | … | … |
| 55 | Pecem | Brasil | 167.209 | 190.656 | 149.103 | -21,80% |
| 56 | Lirquén | Chile | 231.636 | 314.956 | 143.635 | -54,40% |
| 57 | Ensenada | México | 135.606 | 132.727 | 140.468 | 5,80% |
| 59 | Santa Marta (y SPR y ZP) | Colombia | 91.161 | 87.320 | 117.772 | 34,90% |
| 60 | Santo Domingo (ITTS) | Rep. Dominicana | 21.654 | 34.382 | 117.355 | 241,30% |
| 58 | Zárate | Argentina | 86.814 | 107.928 | 123.974 | 14,9% |
| 61 | Nieuwe Haven (Paramaribo) | Surinam | 59.583 | 97.000 | … | … |
| 62 | Willemstad | Curazao | 93.603 | … | … | |
| 63 | Puerto Castilla | Honduras | 81.014 | 85.892 | 90.586 | 5,50% |
| 64 | Antofagasta | Chile | 103.795 | 88.213 | 90.232 | 2,30% |
| 65 | Corinto | Nicaragua | 64.816 | 80.075 | 89.537 | 11,80% |
| 66 | Esmeraldas | Ecuador | 62.017 | 66.764 | 86.687 | 29,80% |
| 67 | Philipsburg, St. Maarten | Saint Martin | 70.862 | 76.701 | … | … |
| 68 | Maracaibo | Venezuela | 41.974 | 58.300 | 75.728 | 29,90% |
| 69 | Bridgetown | Barbados | 80.430 | 77.051 | 72.163 | -6,30% |
| 70 | Ushuaia | Argentina | 63.359 | 63.049 | 71.758 | 13,80% |
| 71 | Guanta | Venezuela | 42.039 | 58.500 | 70.794 | 21,00% |
| 72 | Georgetown | Guyana | 59.850 | 66.000 | ||
| 73 | Progreso | Mexico | 56.434 | 61.925 | 64.229 | 3,70% |
| 74 | Fortaleza | Brasil | 69.796 | 57.011 | 58.928 | 3,40% |
| 75 | Puerto Bolivar | Ecuador | 61.940 | 53.943 | 54.814 | 1,60% |
| 76 | Vieux Fort | Santa Lucía | 21.830 | 33.047 | 51.408 | 55,60% |
| 77 | Georgetown-Cayman | Islas Cayman | 45.649 | 44.766 | 45.400 | 1,40% |
| 78 | Mazatlán | Mexico | 25.795 | 22.744 | 39.263 | 72,60% |
| 79 | Degrad-des-Cannes | Guayana Francesa | … | … | ||
| 80 | Castries | Santa Lucía | 30.625 | 29.550 | 37.672 | 27,50% |
