Cabedelo Port operations see 22.1% growth in August YoY

In August, cargo handling at the Port of Cabedelo (PB) increased by 22.1% year-on-year. The cumulative total for the year to date was also higher.  Growth registered 10.45% year-on-year for this period, with 700,000 tonnes handled.  “We are managing to not only maintain, but increase our growth rate despite the adverse scenario. This is an extremely positive result for our Port and for Paraíba ”, celebrates the president of Companhia Docas da Paraíba (Docas-PB), Gilmara Temóteo.

A report released by Companhia Docas da Paraíba (Docas-PB) points out that in 2020 there were already 60 moorings at the Port of Cabedelo. The most recent operations were with Strategic Unity bulk carriers, which came from Argentina and unloaded 14,002 tonnes of wheat at berth 105, and Apogee Endeavor, which came from Uruguay to unload 9,021 tonnes of malt at berth 107.

Solid bulk is the main growth driver. In 2019, about 367,000 tonnes were handled, while this year the Port of Cabedelo already handled almost 450,000 tonnes – an increase of more than 22%. The highlights are petroleum coke (38% increase) and malt (14.6% increase).

For liquid bulk, 31 operations have already been performed. There were 17 gasoline unloading operations, totaling 187,107 tonnes handled; and 14 diesel operations, which add up to almost 65,000 tonnes. In total, 251,151 tonnes of fuel have already been operated by Docas-PB.

In total, 700,345 tonnes passed through the Port of Cabedelo in 2020, with operations for wheat, malt, petroleum coke, ilmenite, gasoline, and diesel. In the same period of 2019, the amount had been 634,084 tonnes.

For containerized cargo, the result until August 2020 already almost exceeds the total handled by Customs Transit in the whole of 2019. Last year, 18,900 tonnes were handled, whilst in the first eight months of 2020 alone, 18,114 tonnes have already passed through the port of Cabedelo.

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