Week 11 – Latin America Operational Update

• Impact of Security Situation in the Arabian Gulf Region
• Shipping between Red Sea and Latin America
• Here’s an update regarding the current situation in Venezuela
• Cuba –  Implementation of SUD surcharge
• Shipping from East Coast of South America to North America, Caribbean
• Implementation of Emergency Fuel Surcharge (EFS)

Asia – South America East Coast Service 2 (AS2)

• SANTA CATARINA EXPRESS (V. 674831 will omit Montevideo, Uruguay (original call date Feb. 19, 2026)
• SANTA CATARINA EXPRESS (V. 674831 will omit Buenos Aires, Argentina (original call date Feb. 20, 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)
• SANTA CATARINA EXPRESS (V. 674830 will omit Busan, North Korea (original call date Apr. 07, 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.  

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 61% utilization, waiting time of 1 hour, working normally.
• EXOLGANSA,AVELLANEDA: Yard at N/A utilization, waiting time of 1 hour, working normally.

Brazil Port Status

Navegantes

• PORTONAVE S/A: Yard at 93% utilization, waiting time of 28 hours, portonave under a civil work, just one pier in operation.

Pecem

• APM TERMINALS: Yard at 39% utilization, waiting time of 22 hours, working normally.

Rio de Janeiro

• MULTI-RIO OPERACOES: Yard at 31% utilization, waiting time of 7 hours, working normally.
• RIO BRASIL TERMINAL: Yard at 72% utilization, waiting time of 7 hours, working normally.

Rio Grande

• TECON-RIG (TERMINAL): Yard at 58% utilization, waiting time of 39 hours, after some actions, rio grande improved and the awaiting time for vessels arriving within the berth window have reduced a lot, however due the berth window be almost full, vessels arriving out can face a huge delay.

Salvador

• TECON SALVADOR SA: Yard at 83% utilization, waiting time of 8 hours, working normally.

Santos

• BRASIL TERMINAL: Yard at 67% utilization, waiting time of 12 hours, working normally.
• DP WORLD SANTOS: Yard at 52% utilization, waiting time of 12 hours, dpworld is working normally, but sometimes afeceted by the big quantity of maneuvers in the channel.
• SANTOS BRASIL: Yard at 71% utilization, waiting time of 12 hours, santos brasil is working normally, but sometimes affected 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 68% utilization, waiting time of 29 hours, itapoa berth window is full, no gap between the services, for vessels arriving with the berth window the awaiting time is short, but for vessels out of the berth window the awaiting time can be very long.

Paranagua
TCP - TERMINAL: Yard at 68% utilization, waiting time of 14 hours, tcp improved a lot, after some procedures the awaiting time minimize a lot, there are some increment in the awaiting time due the big cargo moves in some vessels.

Chile Port Status

Antofagasta

• ATI: Yard at 83% utilization, no waiting time, working normally.

Arica

• TPA / ARICA: Yard at 56% utilization, no waiting time, working normally.
• TPA / ARICA: Yard at 56% utilization, no waiting time, swell warning for mon 09th..

Iquique

• ITI: Yard at 82% utilization, no waiting time, due to high yard occupancy, an1 import is restricted to 1250 boxes per call (restriction will be valid from week 10) & ws4 import is restricted to 200 boxes per call (restriction will be valid until mar/2026).

San Antonio

• DPW SAI: Yard at 54% utilization, waiting time of 12 hours, port closed since march 2nd due to strong swell.
• SAN ANTONIO TERMINAL: Yard at 43% utilization, waiting time of 12 hours, port closed since march 2nd due to strong swell.

San Vicente

• SVTI/SAN VICENTE TER: Yard at 69% utilization, no waiting time, working normally.

Valparaiso

• TERMINAL PACIF SUR: Yard at 75% utilization, no waiting time, working normally.

Puerto Angamos

• PUERTO ANGAMOS: Yard at 51% utilization, no waiting time, working normally.

Colombia Port Status

Buenaventura

• S.P.R BUN: Yard at 69% utilization, waiting time of 3 hours, working normally.

Cartagena

• CONTECAR: Yard at 57% utilization, waiting time of 3 hours, working normally.

Costa Rica Port Status

Caldera

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

Limon

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

Dominican Republic Port Status

Caucedo

• DP WORLD: Yard at 77% utilization, waiting time of 1 hours, working normally.

Ecuador Port Status

Guayaquil

• TPG TERMINAL: Yard at 64% utilization, no waiting time, working normally.

Posorja

• DPWORLD POSORJA S.A.: Yard at 87% utilization, waiting time of 3 hours, working normally.

Guatemala Port Status

Puerto Quetzal

• APMT QUETZAL: Yard at 53% utilization, waiting time of 4 hours, working normally.
• UELLE 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, working normally.

Mexico Port Status

Altamira

• IPM (TERMINAL): Yard at 61% utilization, waiting time of 1 hour, working normally.

Ensenada

• EIT: Yard at 59% utilization, waiting time of 2 hours, working normally.

Lazaro Cardenas

• APM TERMINALS LZC: Yard at 70% utilization, waiting time of 2 hours, working normally.
• LC TERMINAL T2: Yard at 85% utilization, waiting time of 2 hours, working normally.

Veracruz

• CICE (PUERTO SECO): Yard at 24% utilization, no waiting time, working normally.
• ICAVE VERACRUZ: Yard at 67% utilization, waiting time of 1 hour, working normally.

Manzanillo

• SSA HOLDINGS: Yard at 90% utilization, waiting time from 2 to 4 hours, working normally.

Mazatlan

• TERMINAL MARITIMA: Yard at 53% utilization, waiting time of 2 hours, working normally.

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 19% utilization, waiting time of 2 hours, working normally.

Rodman

• PSA: Yard at 54% utilization, waiting time of 4 hours, working normally.

Peru Port Status

Callao

• DP WORLD CALLAO: Yard at 57% utilization, no waiting time, working normally.

Ilo

• SOUTHERN: Yard at 30% utilization, no waiting time, working normally.

Matarani

• TISUR: Yard at 32% utilization, no waiting time, working normally.

Paita

• TERMINALES PORTUARIO: Yard at 25% utilization, no waiting time, working normally.

Salaverry

• SALAVERRY TERMINAL I: Yard at 33% utilization, no waiting time, 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 74% utilization, waiting time of 1 hour, working normally.
• TERMINAL CUENCA DEL: Yard at 39% 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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