SINKING SANTOS.New competition squeezes Latin America's former top port FOR DECADES, THE BRAZILIAN PORT OF SANTOS The Port of Santos is located in the city of Santos, Brazil. As of 2006, it is the busiest container port in Latin America. [1] REIGNED OVER LATIN AMERICA'S shipping kingdom. The phrase "Latin America's busiest port" had become more than synonymous with synonymous with adjective equivalent to, the same as, identical to, similar to, identified with, equal to, tantamount to, interchangeable with, one and the same as Santos. In fact, it bordered on redundant. Now it has become passe pas·sé adj. 1. No longer current or in fashion; out-of-date. 2. Past the prime; faded or aged. [French, past participle of passer, to pass, from Old French; see . Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (bwā`nəs ī`rēz, âr`ēz, Span. bwā`nōs ī`rās), city and federal district (1991 pop. has taken over as ruler for general boxed cargo. The Argentine port finished first in the recently released 1999 Latin American rankings, published in the Seaport of the Americas report from the American Association American Association refers to one of the following professional baseball leagues:
The Asian route changes have spawned another shift in the rankings: the region's No.2 spot now belongs to the Colon terminal for the Panama Canal. Santos is now No.3. Indeed, shipping routes are being redrawn throughout the region, thanks to new trade trends, natural disasters--such as the floods in Venezuela-and shipping line consolidations. Kingston, Jamaica, made it to the fourth spot, while Puerto Cabello, the leading Venezuelan port, ranks among the top five--followed closely by the Bahamas' Freeport and Costa Rica's Puerto Limon. More choices mean shippers are starting to determine the port calls, not the ports themselves. As a result, the next crop of leaders could include such port powerhouses as Honduras' Puerto Cortes or Guatemala's Puerto Barrios--as a result of the clothing trade--or Uruguay's Montevideo, which offers a cheaper alternative as a result of its free trade zone and improved intermodal connections to Brazil, Argentina and the rest of the Southern cone. The real winners, though, are the shippers. For the first time in years, they'll be able to look for the better gateway for their goods. |
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