Editing South America (section)

====Seaports and harbors====
[[File:A Saúde dos Portos (7110638275).jpg|upright=.8|thumb|Port of Itajaí, Santa Catarina, Brazil]]

The two main merchant fleets also belong to Brazil and Argentina. The following are those of Chile, Venezuela, Peru and Colombia. The largest ports in commercial movement are those of [[Buenos Aires]], [[Santos, São Paulo|Santos]], Rio de Janeiro, [[Bahía Blanca]], [[Rosario]], [[Valparaíso]], [[Recife]], [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]], Montevideo, [[Paranaguá]], [[Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul|Rio Grande]], [[Fortaleza]], [[Belém]] and [[Maracaibo]].

Brazil has some of the busiest seaports in South America, such as [[Port of Santos]], [[Port of Rio de Janeiro]], [[Port of Paranaguá]], [[Port of Itajaí]], [[Port of Rio Grande]], [[Port of São Francisco do Sul]] and [[Suape Port]]. 

Argentina has ports such as [[Port of Buenos Aires]] and [[Port of Rosario]]. 

Chile has important ports in [[Valparaíso]], [[Caldera, Chile|Caldera]], [[Mejillones]], [[Antofagasta]], [[Iquique]], [[Arica]] and [[Puerto Montt]]. 

Colombia has important ports such as [[Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca|Buenaventura]], [[Cartagena Container Terminal]] and [[Puerto Bolivar, Colombia|Puerto Bolivar]]. 

Peru has important ports in [[Callao]], [[Port of Chancay|Chancay]], [[Ilo, Peru|Ilo]] and [[Matarani]]. 

The 15 busiest ports in South America are: Port of Santos (Brazil), Port of Bahia de Cartagena (Colombia), Callao (Peru), Guayaquil (Ecuador), Buenos Aires (Argentina), San Antonio (Chile), Buenaventura (Colombia), Itajaí (Brazil), Valparaíso (Chile), Montevideo (Uruguay), Paranaguá (Brazil), Rio Grande (Brazil), São Francisco do Sul (Brazil), Manaus (Brazil) and Coronel (Chile).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cepal.org/sites/default/files/news/files/actividad_portuaria_2018.pdf|title=Port Activity of Latin America and the Caribbean 2018|access-date=4 December 2020|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114132759/https://www.cepal.org/sites/default/files/news/files/actividad_portuaria_2018.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>