Port of Santos posts another February container throughput record

The Port of Santos posted another record for container throughput, handling 452,000 TEUs in February 2026, up 4% from the same month last year. TEU is the standard unit used to measure containers.

Total cargo throughput in tonnage rose a slight 0.4% from February last year, reaching 13.17 million tonnes. The result can be viewed positively, given that rainfall during the month exceeded the historical average and the port’s highest-volume cargoes, vegetable bulk, are sensitive to wet weather. Shipments of the soy complex, including beans and meal, fell 12.6%, but that was largely offset by a 46.8% increase in sugar shipments.

Outbound shipments in the month fell 1.7% from February 2025. They totaled 9.33 million tonnes this year, compared with 9.50 million a year earlier. Unloading operations rose 5.9%, to 3.84 million tonnes this February from 3.62 million in the same month last year.

Year-to-date traffic

A record was also posted for container throughput in the year-to-date period. The port handled 919,200 TEUs, up 2.6% from last year and the best result ever recorded for the first two months of the year.

See below a historical overview of long-haul container throughput via the Port of Santos starting from January 2022. The chart was prepared using DataLiner data and does not include cabotage, transshipment, or other internal movements:

Long-haul container throughput via the Port of Santos | Jan 2022 to Jan 2026 | TEU

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Total tonnage was also ahead of 2025, supported by January’s record performance. The port handled 25.9 million tonnes in the first two months of 2026, versus 24.8 million tonnes a year earlier. Outbound shipments rose 4.5%, topping 18 million tonnes compared with 17.2 million last year. Unloading operations, supported by strong liquid bulk performance, which rose 11.8% from the first two months of 2025 and also set a record at 3.2 million tonnes, were 5% higher than in 2025, totaling 7.9 million tonnes. In this segment, fertilizer also stood out, with throughput rising 4.8% to 1.46 million tonnes.

Source: Porto de Santos

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