Port of Santos celebrates yet another cargo throughput record in October

The Port of Santos set another cargo throughput record in October. It scored the highest volume in October compared to previous years (14.4 million tonnes) and the best year-to-date result (138.2 million tonnes, up 11.7% from January-October last year). The port’s performance in October indicates that it may beat the best annual mark in its history – 147 million tonnes in December 2021.

October outperformed the same month last year by 34.5%, owing primarily to an increase in shipments of 48.1%, totaling 10.5 million tonnes. Emphasis on farming goods, such as soybeans and derivatives, whose shipments increased by 106.8% to 1.5 million tonnes; sugar (39.3% to 2.3 million tonnes); and corn (130.6% to 2.5 million tonnes). Pulp also had a strong performance, increasing by 69.4% to 863.7 thousand tonnes. On the other hand, the arrival of imported goods increased by 8.1% in the month to 3.9 million tonnes.

Container operations, which account for more than 30% of the total volume handled at the port, also reached new highs. The throughput at the Port of Santos was 452 thousand TEU in October, a 9.5% increase over October 2021 (413 thousand TEU). The total movement for the year reached 4.2 million TEU, a 5.4% increase over the same period last year (4 million TEU).

The number of moorings increased by 10.4% compared to October last year: 434 vs. 393, with two moorings of ships measuring 347 meters in length, the largest to visit the Port of Santos. There were 4,333 dockings year-to-date (7.3% more than in 2021, when there were 4,039).

Trade flow

Santos’ participation in the Brazilian trade flow was 29.1%, totaling 148.3 billion US dollars FOB. 23.3% of this volume was traded with China (40.6 billion US dollars FOB).

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