Latin America Operational Updates - Week 9

• Operational Congestion at ITI Terminal. Here’s a new service update.
• Here’s an update regarding the current situation in Venezuela.

Argentina is experiencing a general strike. The industrial action is partially disrupting domestic and international commerce across the country.

Find below the terminals and services affected:

Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Exolgan container terminal – gates closed, no containers in or out, and no vessel operations
  • GS1: (COSTA RICA EXPRESS V.2602N) – ETA February 20, 01:00 – ETS February 20, 22:00.

Puerto Madryn, Argentina

• Puerto Madryn public terminal – gates closed, no containers in or out, and no vessel operation.
  • PAF: AS SILJE V.605N ARPMY - Berthed February 9, 17:36 – ETS February 20, 21:00.

Once the strike period has ended, operations will resume as normal. No major backlogs or bottlenecks are expected.

Asia – South America East Coast Service 2 (AS2)

• SANTA CATARINA EXPRESS (V. 674830 will omit Montevideo, Uruguay (original call date Feb.
  20, 2026)
• SANTA CATARINA EXPRESS (V. 674830 will omit Buenos Aires, Argentina (original call date Feb. 22, 2026)
• SAO PAULO EXPRESS (V. 672035 will omit Rio Grande, Brazil (original call date Feb. 15, 2026)
• SAO PAULO EXPRESS (V. 672035 will omit Busan, South Korea (original call date Mar. 27, 2026)
• ONE STRENGTH (V. 674832 will omit Navegantes, Brazil (original call date Mar. 11, 2026)
• ONE STRENGTH (V. 674832 will omit Busan, South Korea (original call date Apr. 14, 2026)

South America West Coast Express Service (SWX)

• Manzanillo (PA) will be removed while the berth windows in Cartagena (CO) and Caucedo (DO) will be adjusted, improving our schedule reliability. More information here: SWX rotation update.
• Vessels are omitting FRLEH until further notice to improve the quality of our service. More information here: SWX update.

Please contact your local office representatives for alternatives if needed.  

• CGA CGM ESTELLE (V.6203S) will omit port of Le Havre, France (original call date Jan. 29, 2026)
  

Caribbean Express Service (CES)

• New rotation starting from MV Cape Sable (V.523N) Cartagena, Colombia (ETA June 11, 2025). More information here: CES rotation update.

Gulf – Caribbean Service (GCS)

• New rotation starting from MV Little Symphony (V.2523) Altamira, Mexico (ETA June 03, 2025). More information here: GCS and GC2 rotation update.
• CAPE CORFU (V.2601N) will omit port of San Juan, Puerto Rico (original call date Jan. 14, 2026)

Gulf Bridge Service (GC2)

• New rotation starting from MV Scorpius (V.2522) Puerto Barrios, Guatemala (ETA June 06, 2025). More information here: GCS and GC2 rotation update.

South America Africa Service (SAT)

• New rotation starting from MV Mona Lisa (V.2446E), catering for Grapes season. More information here: Grape Connect from Hapag-Lloyd.

Argentina Port Status

Buenos Aires

• APM TERMINALS: Yard at 64% utilization, waiting time of 1 hours, working normally.
• EXOLGANSA,AVELLANEDA: Yard at N/A utilization, waiting time from 1 to 21 hours, working normally.

Brazil Port Status

Navegantes

• PORTONAVE S/A: Yard at 78% utilization, waiting time of 33 hours, portonave is under a civil work, one pier in operation, tecon is working with fifo system.

Pecem

• APM TERMINALS: Yard at 36% utilization, waiting time of 23 hours, working normally.

Rio de Janeiro

• MULTI-RIO OPERACOES: Yard at 55% utilization, waiting time of 7 hours, working normally.
• RIO BRASIL TERMINAL: Yard at 87% utilization, waiting time of 6 hours, working normally.

Rio Grande

• TECON-RIG (TERMINAL): Yard at 58% utilization, waiting time from 39 to 43 hours, after the procedures made bytecont rio grande have improved , vessels arriving out of the berth window can face a huge delay.

Salvador

• TECON SALVADOR SA: Yard at 41% utilization, waiting time of 6 hours, working normally.

Santos

• BRASIL TERMINAL: Yard at 69% utilization, waiting time of 17 hours, tecon impacted by the big quantity of maneuvers in the channel.
• DP WORLD SANTOS: Yard at 64% utilization, waiting time of 15 hours, dpworld impacted by the big quantity of maneuvers in the channel.
• SANTOS BRASIL: Yard at 66% utilization, waiting time of 18 hours, tecon santos brasil impacted by the big quantity of maneuvers in the channel.

Suape

• TECON SUAPE: Yard at 70% utilization, waiting time of 7 hours, working normally.

Itapoa

• ITAPOA TERMINAIS: Yard at 74% utilization, waiting time from 27 to 28 hours, itapoa berth window is full, no gap between the service, for vessels arriving out a huge delay can happen.

Paranagua

• TCP - TERMINAL: Yard at 69% utilization, waiting time of 8 hours, working normally.

Chile Port Status

Antofagasta

• ATI: Yard at 77% utilization, no waiting time, working normally.

Arica

• TPA / ARICA: Yard at 62% utilization, no waiting time, working normally.

Iquique

• ITI: Yard at 86% utilization, no waiting time, due to high yard occupancy, ws4 import is restricted to 200 boxes per call (restriction will be valid until feb/2026). An1 import is restricted to 1050 boxes per call (restriction will be valid until feb/2026).

San Antonio

• DPW SAI: Yard at 52% utilization, no waiting time, working normally.
• SAN ANTONIO TERMINAL: Yard at 68% utilization, no waiting time, working normally.

San Vicente

• SVTI/SAN VICENTE TER: Yard at 65% utilization, no waiting time, working normally.

Valparaiso

• TERMINAL PACIF SUR: Yard at 54% utilization, no waiting time, working normally.

Puerto Angamos

• PUERTO ANGAMOS: Yard at 54% utilization, no waiting time, working normally.

Colombia Port Status

Buenaventura

• S.P.R BUN: Yard at 76% utilization, waiting time of 3 hours, working normally.

Cartagena

• CONTECAR: Yard at 63% utilization, waiting time of 3 hours, working normally.

Costa Rica Port Status

Caldera

• SPC PTO CALDERA: Yard at 98% utilization, no waiting time, working normally.

Limon

• APM TERMINALS: Yard at 45% utilization, waiting time of 2 hours, working normally.

Dominican Republic Port Status

Caucedo

• DP WORLD: Yard at 76% utilization, waiting time of 1 hour, working normally.

Ecuador Port Status

Guayaquil

• TPG TERMINAL: Yard at 69% utilization, waiting time of 1 hour, working normally.

Posorja

• DPWORLD POSORJA S.A.: Yard at 69% utilization, waiting time of 1 hour, working normally. vessel swx sb (cma cgm estelle) will arrive late

Guatemala Port Status

Puerto Quetzal

• APMT QUETZAL: Yard at 67% utilization, waiting time of 4 hours, berth congested // working normally.
• MUELLE COMERC,PTO.QU: Yard at 85% utilization, waiting time of 2 hours, berth congested // working normally.

Puerto Barrios

• PUERTO BARRIOS: Yard at 86% utilization, waiting time of 2 hours, working normally, two cranes available.

Honduras Port Status

Puerto Cortes

• ENAP,HNPCR/TERMINAL: Yard at 100% utilization, waiting time of 2 hours, berth congested // terminal working normally.

Mexico Port Status

Altamira

• IPM (TERMINAL): Yard at 72% utilization, waiting time of 1 hour, terminal working normally.

Ensenada

• EIT: Yard at 61% utilization, waiting time of 2 hours, terminal working normally.

Lazaro Cardenas

• APM TERMINALS LZC: Yard at 63% utilization, waiting time of 2 hours, terminal working normally.
• LC TERMINAL T2: Yard at 79% utilization, waiting time of 2 hours, terminal working normally.

Veracruz

• CICE (PUERTO SECO): Yard at 19% utilization, no waiting time, terminal working normally.
• ICAVE VERACRUZ: Yard at 60% utilization, waiting time of 1 hour, terminal working normally.

Manzanillo

• SSA HOLDINGS: Yard at 80% utilization, waiting time of 3 hours, terminal is currently working on the last phase of qc tracks maintenance - berth restrictions apply.

Mazatlan

• TERMINAL MARITIMA: Yard at 54% utilization, waiting time of 2 hours, 2 out of 3 cranes are currently under maintenance.

Nicaragua Port Status

Corinto

• AUTORIDAD PORT, CORIN: Yard at 98% utilization, waiting time of 2 hours, working normally.

Panama Port Status

Manzanillo

• PORT OF MANZANI/TERM: Yard at 24% utilization, waiting time of 2 hours, working normally.

Rodman

• PSA: Yard at 55% utilization, waiting time of 4 hours, working normally.

Peru Port Status

Callao

• DP WORLD CALLAO: Yard at 79% utilization, waiting time of 1 hours, working normally.
• DP WORLD CALLAO: Yard at 79% utilization, waiting time of 1 hours, vessel (maliakos) will arrive early 08 hours / berth on arrival / working normally.

Ilo

• SOUTHERN: Yard at 42% utilization, waiting time of 1 hour, working normally.

Matarani

• TISUR: Yard at 40% utilization, waiting time of 1 hour, working normally.

Paita

• TERMINALES PORTUARIO: Yard at 55% utilization, waiting time of 1 hour, working normally.

Salaverry

• SALAVERRY TERMINAL I: Yard at 10% utilization, waiting time of 1 hour, working normally.

Puerto Rico Port Status

San Juan

• AYALA COLON,SJU/TERM: Yard at 73% utilization, no waiting time, working normally.

Uruguay Port Status

Montevideo

• MONTECON,MONTEVIDEO: Yard at 78% utilization, waiting time of 33 hours, working normally.
• TERMINAL CUENCA DEL: Yard at 25% utilization, waiting time of 1 hour, working normally.

* Waiting times applicable for vessels arriving out of berthing window or terminals operating on FIFO basis.

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