Why Guayaquil Port is attractive to carriers?

1. LOGISTICS II
GUAYAQUIL PORT
HAZEL CACERES PARRA
GRADE: 10

2. Port Quality Indicator
"Port Activity" (40%) "Infrastructure" (30%) "Connectivity" (20%)
Miami (10º), Balboa (1),
Guayaquil (7th), San
Juan (18º) and colon
(2nd) were the best in
this dimension.
Social and political
framework (5%) and
economic context (5%)

3. • THE LOCATION OF THE PORT OF GUAYAQUIL IS IDEAL FOR THE CONTAINER
TRAFFIC BETWEEN ASIA AND THE AMERICAN CONTINENT, ESPECIALLY FOR
THOSE THAT HAVE THE PACIFIC COAST AS DESTINATION. BESIDES, ITS
CLOSENESS TO THE PANAMA CANAL MAKES IT VERY ATTRACTIVE AS A
LOGISTICS HUB OF THE OCEAN TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN SOUTH AMERICA
AND THE EAST COAST OF THE CONTINENT, AS WELL TOWARDS EUROPE AND
ASIA.

6. SOURCES:
• HTTP://LATINPORTS.ORG/RANKING-DE-LOS-MEJORES-PUERTOS-DE-AMERICA-
LATINA-2014/
• HTTP://WWW.ICONTAINERS.COM/OCEAN-FREIGHT/ECUADOR/