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Transport
MARITIME TRANSPORT
Crane dealing with a container
Train inLagunadel Colta, Chimborazo
volume of flights to Ecuador due to the growing
popularity of the country and its forever improving
infrastructure.
Air traffic in Ecuador is operated by 17 airlines,
three of which are Ecuadorian (AEROGAL,
AEROLANE and TAME).
The international destinations with the highest
demand were: Miami (250.870 passengers)
Bogotá (177.421 passengers) Lima (147.277
passengers) and last but not least was Madrid
(142.807 passengers). These four destinations
represent 57,53% of the total international
transport.
The country has several ports for international
trade, such as: the ports of Guayaquil, Esmeraldas,
Manta and Puerto Bolivar. It should be noted that
there are major projects which have significant
advance such as the Deep Water Port of Manta and
the Manta-Manaus multimodal project.
Port Entities
The National Port System is composed of the
following:
• Esmeraldas Port Authority
• Port of Manta
• Port of Guayaquil
• Port of Puerto Bolivar
The private terminals in international traffic are:
• Prov. Manabí: Induatun (Jaramijó)
reception of frozen tuna
• Prov. Santa Elena: Tunlo S.A (Monteverde)
reception of frozen tuna and exporting cans of
sea products
CORPETROLSA
Located in Punta Chulluype designed for charge
/ discharge of fuel oil No. 4 bunker, diesel (No
construction has started) Prov. Guayas
• Posorja
Salica del Ecuador reception of frozen tuna and
export of canned tuna.
Nirsa Reception of frozen tuna and frozen fishes
Tunapac for their own use cargo operations and
export of processed and semi processed products
(Construction is in progress)
Alinport S.A. Container operations, including
those carrying hazardous cargo under the IMDG
Code from OMI. (no construcion has started).
In 2009, 50,060 vessels docked and left various
ports of the country. Guayaquil (61%), Manta
(14%) and Puerto Bolivar (10%) were the most
dynamic ports, with 85% of all the ships that
entered and left the country this year.
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