Cargo handling grows 3% in Rio Grande do Sul Public Port System

On Friday, September 18, the Superintendence of the Ports of RS released performance results for January-August, 2020 for the public ports administered by the municipality. The results of the public gaucho port system show an increase of more than 3% and an increase of more than 4% in cargoes in the Port of Rio Grande alone, with over 28 million tons handled.

The total movement of the three public ports in the state (Rio Grande, Porto Alegre, and Pelotas) shows a positive variation of 3.44% in the volume of cargo handled during the first eight months of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. Between January and August this year, the State of Rio Grande do Sul handled more than 28.9 million tons of all types of cargo. The increase was driven by a strong period in Porto do Rio Grande.

Analyzed individually, the Port of Rio Grande saw a percentage increase of 4.35% in the period, a positive difference of more than 1.16 million tons, even during the pandemic. From January to August 2020, over 27.6 million tons of all cargo passed through Rio Grande, of which more than 17 million were for export. Of this total, more than 51% was for soybean shipments. The increased movement of this product relative to the same period in 2019 was more than 16%. The main destination for exports from the Rio Grande port remains China, with more than 57%. Another positive highlight of the period was the confirmation of an increase of over 68% in rice exports through the port complex.

In the Port of Pelotas between January and August, there was a percentage decrease in the period of 0.98%. Among the items handled, an increase in the movement of wooden logs stands out by 4.78%. The final result of the Pelotese port exceeds 666,000 tons, with 585,500 tons handled in the state capital via the Port of Porto Alegre,

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