Cargo handling at Paranaguá Container Terminal grows 7% YoY in first 8 months

According to TCP – the company that manages the container terminal of Paranaguá, the terminal set a record in container movement in August, handling 87,455 TEU, an increase of 8.8% compared to the same month of 2019, when 80,388 TEU were handled. In the cumulative result for the year (January to August), the total movement is 646,630 TEU, exceeding by 7.0% the same period last year, when the cumulative value was 606,410 TEU

In addition to the general movement mark, the terminal also broke the movement record handling from a single vessel, with 2,083 containers moved on the CAP San Lorenzo on August 31. The previous record had been registered on October 12, 2017, when the terminal made 2,037 container movements on the ship Maersk Lins.

In July, TCP had set three records: handling the most full containers; export and full containers, and export of reefer containers.

Record by ship 

In relation to the movement records set by ship, Thomas Lima,  Commercial Director at TCP, explains that the new operating conditions allowed for more elaborate mooring strategies and, consequently, an increase in productivity. “Actions like this generate trust between us and the shipowners. The expectation is that new records like this will happen again”, he concludes.

The ship was handled with four ship-to-shore (STS) cranes, two of which are the largest in Latin America, during approximately 24 hours between the arrival of the vessel in Barra de Paranaguá and its unberthing from the Terminal. With import cargo, the vehicle integrates Maersk’s Samba Sul service, one of the 17 maritime routes that pass through TCP.

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