Brazilian postal service to use maritime transport for cargo originating in China

The Brazilian postal service has said it will start using maritime transport to receive postal cargo from China as an alternative to reduce dependence on commercial flights that have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.  The Port of Paranaguá was chosen to receive the first major lot of such cargo, with 34 containers expected to arrive between June and July.

“The reduction in international flights has had a direct impact on imports, since many products arrive from abroad in the cargo compartment of passenger aircraft. Maritime transport was maintained during the pandemic and is an efficient alternative ”, explains the president of Portos do Paraná, Luiz Fernando Garcia.  Two containers arrived on May 30 and are awaiting customs clearance to continue their journey to the International Post Sorting Center, in Pinhais, in the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba.

The postal service informed that “the Brazilian and Chinese post offices signed an agreement to make it possible to transport parcels and documents from China by sea. The decision meets the request of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) – a specialized UN agency that coordinates the international postal system – to make the routing modalities more flexible and to reduce bureaucracy for postal cargo to go through world customs”.  The demand for this first batch came from shipowner Cosco Shipping, requested by the Chinese postal service, China Post.

The state superintendent of the postal service in Paraná, Paulo Cezar Kremer dos Santos, stated that “this first operation was initiated due to the whole situation created by the pandemic. However, it is a possibility that this method may continue. I see it as a good opportunity, mainly due to cost considerations due to its proximity to the International Triage Center, in Pinhais ”.

According to him the center, located in the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba, has 20,000 square meters and is responsible for receiving and clearing most international orders that arrive in Brazil. “It is the largest international distribution center for the postal service in Brazil”, he says.

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