New barge increases Tecon Santa Clara operational capacity

Wilson Sons increased the operational capacity of Tecon Santa Clara, the company’s river terminal, by 33%, which operates in an integrated manner with Tecon Rio Grande maritime terminal. The expansion took place in June, after the exchange of the barge Trevo Roxo, with a capacity of 120 TEU, for the barge Guaíba, 160 TEU.

Wilson Sons’ almost six-year operation at Tecon Santa Clara reached the mark of 220,000 TEU transported on the waterway in 2022. The high traffic at the Wilson Sons river terminal earned the company the Portos + Brasil 2021 award, an initiative of the Ministry of Infrastructure that recognizes the best practices adopted by organized ports in the country.

Tecon Santa Clara started its operations with a barge in October 2016, when the partnership between Wilson Sons and Braskem reactivated Pier IV of the terminal and resumed cargo transport along the Jacuí River between Triunfo and the Port of Rio Grande. Two years later, Wilson Sons expanded its capacity by providing one more barge, offering four weekly trips. In total, there are more than 130 customers served.

Resins, wood, frozen chicken, rubber, parts and pieces, and household utensils represent 90% of the goods that pass through Tecon Santa Clara. The products – for import, export and cabotage – have their origin or destination in the cities of Farroupilha, Carlos Barbosa, Garibaldi, Caxias do Sul, Veranópolis, Cruz Alta, Lajeado, Taquari and Serafina Corrêa. Among the services the terminal provides is the possibility of stuffing and unloading products in containers.

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