Klabin inaugurates port terminal in Brazil’s Paranagua

Klabin, the largest producer and exporter of packaging paper in Brazil, held a launch ceremony, on Wednesday (22), for the start of operations at the Klabin Port Terminal (PAR 01) in the Port of Paranaguá, in Paraná. With the capacity to receive one million tonnes of pulp and paper per year, the terminal is part of an investment package in logistics made by the company in the state in recent years.

With the new operations in place, the off-loading of softwood and hardwood pulp, fluff pulp, and paper produced at the company’s Puma Unit in the city of Ortigueira and Monte Alegre Unit in Telêmaco Borba can be done at the Port of Paranagua.

With a structure that covers an area of 27,530 m², leased by Klabin for 25 years in an auction held in August 2019, the new terminal boosts productivity and competitiveness in Break Bulk, a type of maritime transport of cargo that does not use containers, carrying large volumes directly inside the ships.

In terms of sustainability, the new port terminal has a direct rail connection to the Klabin factory in Ortigueira, reducing truck traffic and, consequently, greenhouse gas emissions and unclogging the roads leading up to Paranaguá. In addition, the terminal will have solar panels that will produce around 270 MWh/year, making the site’s energy generation more sustainable.

In 2021, Klabin invested BRL 300 million in the Ortigueira Container Terminal, operated in partnership with Brado Logística and the Paranaguá Container Terminal (TCP). The project has the capacity to store 2,000 containers and has doubled the company’s container outflow capacity in Paraná.

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