Cargo handling reaches 88.5 million tonnes throughout ports

In January 2022, the national port sector, which includes public ports and authorized terminals, handled 88.5 million tonnes. This is a 0.75% decrease from the same month in 2021 when 89.2 million tonnes were handled. Antaq released the data on the 10th.

Brazilian public ports handled 27.9 million tonnes in the month, up 4.41%. Authorized private terminals, in turn, handled 60.6 million tonnes, down 3.11%.

Cargo profiles 

The port sector handled 47.6 million tonnes of solid bulk (down 0.32% compared to January 2021). Liquid and gaseous bulk entailed handlings of 25.5 million tonnes, a 4.42% reduction. Also, 10 million tonnes of containerized cargo passed through Brazilian ports, a 1.06% reduction. Finally, the sector handled 5.4 million tonnes of general cargo, an increase of 14.32%.

The commodity most commonly found among Brazilian port operations was iron ore with 25.8 million tonnes, a reduction of 13.51%. The second commodity in the rank was oil (crude included), and derivatives, with 15.9 million tonnes handled and a drop of 8.53% compared to January 2021. Then, oil and derivatives (without crude oil) – 10 million tonnes, down of 1.06%.

Ports and Terminals

The Ponta da Madeira Maritime Terminal (MA) was the facility that handled the most products in January this year – 14.5 million tonnes, down 7.31% compared to 2021. Second, comes the Organized Port of Santos, which handled 7.9 million tonnes, up 8.42%. Finally, the Angra dos Reis Waterway Terminal ranked third with 6.1 million tonnes, an increase of 4.51%.

Navigation  

Long-haul shipping accounted for 60.1 million tonnes in January 2022, up 0.02% over the same period last year. Cabotage, on the other hand, handled 23.7 million tonnes, a reduction of 6.97%. On the other hand, inland navigation handled 4.4 million tonnes, registering a significant increase of 31.19%.

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