Klabin Port Terminal (PAR-01) goes operational in Paranaguá

Klabin, the largest producer and exporter of paper for packaging, started operations at the Klabin Port Terminal PAR-01 on December 16. With the construction of new railroad access, the Terminal, which is located within the port area, marks the resumption of operations with wagons at the Port’s commercial quay in the region.

PAR-01 enables the entire unloading operation of hardwood pulp, softwood pulp and paper and fluff reels coming from the Puma and Monte Alegre Units to be done inside the Port of Paranaguá.

The operation will embark pulp bales and rolls produced at the Ortigueira and Monte Alegre mills. Up to 1 million tons are estimated to be transported a year. PAR-01 also makes Klabin more productive and competitive in break bulk cargo, a type of cargo transportation that dispenses with containers by placing large volumes directly inside ships.

The first ship with cargo from the terminal leaves in December for Livorno in Italy, an important region where Klabin’s products have a strong presence.

The location of the new terminal, with a direct railroad connection from the Ortigueira mill to PAR-01, will reduce truck traffic to fewer than 1,200 trips on shipping days, to transport Klabin’s cargo to its external warehouse located 5km from the port area.

PAR-01 covers an area of 27,530 m2 leased by Klabin at an auction held in August 2019. The concession agreement was signed in early 2020, ending two decades without new leases at the Port of Paranaguá. Though the terminal is ready for operations, there are still investments to be concluded, such as the installation of solar panels, which will generate approximately 270 megawatts/hour a year, making power generation by PAR-01 more sustainable.

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