# Puerto Barrios (GTPBR)

**UN/LOCODE:** GTPBR  
**Country:** Guatemala  
**Water Body:** Caribbean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Small  
**Harbor Type:** Open Roadstead  
**GPS:** 15.7333, -88.6000

Bananas, plantains and chilled produce set the tone in Puerto Barrios, a privately run box terminal on Guatemala's Amatique Bay. The facility offers four berths, roughly 9.5 m of draft and mobile harbour cranes, with annual throughput capacity near 525,000 TEU and expansion plans toward 630,000 TEU. More than 1,100 reefer plugs and a cold store of about 10,620 m² — operated by Chiquita subsidiary COBIGUA — anchor the port's reputation for temperature-controlled cargo, alongside general, dry-bulk and breakbulk handling. Customs clearance runs through Guatemala's SAT authority, while the hinterland is served mainly by road. For full-container services and Pacific-coast routings, nearby Santo Tomás de Castilla and Puerto Quetzal offer practical alternatives. Freight forwarders rely on Puerto Barrios primarily for reefer exports of agricultural goods.

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