Container handling increases in the Port of Santos while total cargo decreases

In September 2, the Port of Santos recorded the largest monthly container movement in history, up 9% from September 2018. There were 386,165 TEUs, a result just below the registered number in August 2018 (387,791 TEUs). In the overall total of tons handled, the result fell slightly, by 0.1%, over the same period of 2018, to 11.57m tons.

The September result can mainly be attributed to the contractions in bulk sugar (-34.6%), bulk soybean meal (-39.4%), and bulk soybean (-34.9%) shipments, which was also reflected in the drop in the total volume of shipments (-3.7%). The 38.2% increase in corn shipments contributed to soften the overall result of this cargo flow.

Landings, in turn, registered a 9.3% increase in volume handled. The number was impacted by higher fertilizer (+30.6%) and gasoline and diesel oil (+335.6%) loads.

Accumulated movement

In the first nine months of 2019, cargo handling at the Port of Santos reached the level of 99.98m tons, 0.4% less than in the same period last year (100.40m).

Shipment flow decreased 1.3% in volume, while landings remained high, with a growth of 1.8% in the period compared to the previous year. Soybean (grain and bran) cargoes maintained the largest movement (21.50m tons), although with a decrease in relation to last year (11.3%). Corn, driven by a growth of 61.3%, has the 2nd largest movement (11.10m), surpassing sugar, which recorded a decrease of 11.9% (10.22m).

In the 4th largest movement and leader in landings, fertilizer had a high of 31.4% (3.79m). The following came next: pulp (3.56m tons, growth of 6.4%); diesel oil (landing load, with a 23.6% increase and 1.72m tons); coffee (134% growth, 1.70m); citrus juices (1.58m, down 7.6%), sulfur (landing, 1.27m tons, down 22.3%) and meat (1.18m, up 126.3%).

Container handling, which grew 9% in the month, fell in the year, totaling 3.06m TEUs, 1% less than in the same period of 2018 (3.09m).

The number of ships in the Port of Santos registered 3,616 berths between January and September 2019, a 0.8% decrease compared to the same period of 2018 (3,646 berths). This resulted in a 0.78% increase in average productivity with 28,421 tons per vessel.

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