Port movement grows 7.5% from January to August

The port sector handled 809.8 million tons YTD up until August. This represents a growth of 7.5% compared to the same period in 2020 (753.6 million tons). The data are from ANTAQ’s Statistics and Performance Evaluation Management.

In relation to load profiles, solid bulk (58.4% of the total) grew 3.5% compared to the same period last year, reaching 472.8 million tons. The liquid bulk had a total of 209.3 million tons (25.9% of the total) and grew 12.2% until August 2021 compared to Jan-Aug 2020. Loose General Cargo (4.9% of the total) grew 15.4%, reaching 39.7 million tons.

Containerized Cargo

(10.9% of the total)

January to August

87.9 million tons

Growth: 15.9%

The cargoes besides containers that deserve to be highlighted in 2021 (January-Aug) are Oil and Derivatives, which accounted for 23.1% of all handling (187.1 million tons), growing 11% compared to the same period in 2020. Other highlights were: Fertilizers, with 23.9 million tons, a growth of 14.3%; Mineral Coal had a movement of 16.8 million tons, an increase of 37.7%; and Iron and Steel recorded 16.3 million tons, an increase of 29.8%.

Iron ore was the busiest cargo in the period:

241.7 million tons

The installations with the highest relative growth (among the top 20) were:

– São Francisco do Sul Waterway Terminal (Total: 11.8mt, 17th in handling), +103.9%

– Osório Waterway Terminal (Total: 9.9mt, 20th in handling), +57.7%

– Ilha Guaíba Terminal – TIG (Total: 17.6mt, 11th in handling), +31.1%

– Ilha d’Água Waterway Terminal (Total: 14.2 mt, 14th in handling), +30.1%

– Pecém Port Terminal (Total: 13.4mt, 15th in handling), +29.6%

– Itaqui (Total: 21.6mt, 9th in handling), +29.0%

– Itaguaí (Total: 35.7 mt, 5th in handling), +26.8%

Navigations

Among navigations, long-haul, which represents 70.3% of the movement, grew by 7.9% YTD in August 2021 compared to the same period in 2020. Cabotage grew close to double digits, at 9.8%, and, finally, inland navigation decreased by 5.3% in the period.

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