Port sector handling grows 6.3% from January to September 2021

Between January and September of this year, the national port sector (public ports + authorized terminals) handled 910.6 million tons. This represented a growth of 6.3% compared to the same period in 2020. Public ports handled 312.5 million tons, an increase of 6%, and private facilities handled  598.1 million tons an increase of 6.4%. The information is from ANTAQ’s Waterway Statistical Panel.

In relation to load profiles, solid bulk (58.5% of the total) grew 2.4% compared to the same period last year, reaching 532.6 million tons handled. Liquid bulk totaled 234.7 million tons (25.8% of the total) up until September 2021, an increase of 11.3% compared to the first nine months of last year. Containerized cargo handling reached 99.3 million tons, 10.9% of the total, and a growth of 15.1%. General loose cargo (4.8% of the total) grew 12.2%, reaching 44.1 million tons.

Source: Antaq

As shown in the chart above that analyzes only the third quarter, there was a decrease in handling. This was caused especially corn, which fell 41.6% compared to the same period in 2020, and by bauxite (-21.9%), and sugar (-21.2%).

Iron ore was the most-handled cargo in the national port sector between January and September, with 275.2 million tons handled, up 7.15%. In second place came oil and derivatives (208.4 million tons, +9.20%). Soy came in third place, with 99.4 million tons handled, down 1.38%.

The facilities with the highest relative growth were:

■São Francisco do Sul Waterway Terminal ▲92.8%

Total: 13.1mt, 17th in movement

■Osório Waterway Terminal ▲51.9%

Total: 10.6mt, 20th in movement

■Pecém Port Terminal ▲34.9%

Total: 15.6mt, 15th in movement

■Waterway Terminal of Ilha d’Água ▲31.2%

Total: 16.1mt, 14th in movement

■Itaqui ▲27.5%

Total: 24.4mt, 8th in movement

■ Ilha Guaíba Terminal – TIG ▲25.0%

Total: 20.2mt, 11th in movement

■Itaguaí ▲24.6%

Total: 40.9mt, 5th in movement

Navigations

Among the navigations, the long haul, which represents 70.5% of handling, presented a growth of 6.7% until September 2021 compared to the same period in 2020. Cabotage as a whole grew 7.9%, containers grew 18.9% in tons (16.4% in TEU), and, finally, inland shipping decreased by 4.5% in the period. See the chart below:

Source: ANTAQ

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