Cargo handling at the Port of Imbituba grows 12.4% in November

The Port of Imbituba ended November with 484,300 tons handled in the month, an increase of 12.4% in relation to the volume registered in the same period of 2019 (430,700). The strong performance was leveraged by the variety of products transported: pulp, food in bags, containers, iron ore, urea, malt, and crane, in addition to the large volumes of petroleum coke, which totaled 122,000 tons per month, a growth of 25.7% compared to the same month of 2019. Also noteworthy is the increase in the quantity of corn shipped (+ 153%) and in salt unloadings (+ 107.4%), with more vessels.

Of the total tons transported via Imbituba in November, imports (46.4%) were slightly above exports (41.6%). Cabotage, on the other hand, represented 11.9% of the cargo.

In the accumulated result for the year, the movement is practically tied with the volume from the same period (January-November) of 2019, only 0.8% below. However, December comes with a positive outlook for a new monthly record and annual result. If confirmed, it will be the best month in the history of the port, surpassing the 5.7 million tons achieved in 2019.

So far, the Port of Imbituba has broken two monthly operating records this year, in June (602,370 tons) and September (602,737 tons), and four shipment/ship records, the largest, with an operating record of 119,700 tons on a single vessel. It also approved its Development and Zoning Plan and delivered its railway pier, in addition to the recent achievement of the Port Authorities Management Index which resulted in the winning of the Portos + Brasil Award, with a score of 8.5, second-best among participating ports; and the Certificate in Social Responsibility of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Santa Catarina, for the 5th consecutive year.

“We made progress in the project for the recovery and reinforcement of Pier 3 and in the use of the port areas. We continue to attract new businesses and work to leverage Imbituba’s contribution potential to the supply chain, qualifying the port’s infrastructure and service to users, ”says the director of Infrastructure and Logistics at SCPAR Porto de Imbituba, Fábio Riera.

Check the following graphs of monthly cargo handling via the Port of Imbituba and the comparison between the first ten months of 2019 and 2020:

Comparison of cargo handling via the Port of Imbituba | Jan to Oct 2019-2020 | WTMT

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Cargo handling at Imbituba Port | Jan 2017 to Oct 2020 | WTMT

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