Paranagua port receives largest fertilizer single-ship cargo on record

The Port of Paranagua received its largest fertilizer cargo in history. Since last Friday (Jan 13), 73,310 tonnes of ammonium sulfate have been unloaded off the Red Marlin vessel at the dedicated fertilizer pier. Depending on weather conditions, the operation is expected to be completed by Thursday (Jan 19).

According to the operations director of Portos do Paraná, Luiz Teixeira da Silva Júnior, before this, the largest volume of fertilizers brought to the port came with the Lord Byron vessel in July 2022. At the time, 64,777 tonnes of nitrogen and phosphorus-based fertilizers landed.

“We are receiving larger ships with less vacant space thanks to recent investments in maritime infrastructure,” said Luiz Teixeira da Silva Júnior. “Works such as the removal of the Palangana stones and the permanent dredging efforts provided operational gains for our terminals, with an increase in depth.”

The Red Marlin ship is moored at the outer berth of the Fospar-operated pier, with a draft of 12.30 meters. The vessel is 229 meters long and can carry up to 85,000 tonnes of bulk.

The cargo came from the Chinese port of Tianjin, exported by the Yunnan company, represented in Brazil by Fertibroker. The maritime agency responsible for the vessel is Orion.

REFERENCE – The ports of Paraná are the main entry points for fertilizers in Brazil. In 2022, almost 10 million tonnes were imported through the Paranaguá and Antonina terminals. The volume represents 27.5% of all that the country receives in fertilizers.

In addition to the private pier (Fospar), with two exclusive berths, in the Port of Paranaguá, there are three preferential berths for ships loaded with solid bulk exports.

At the public pier, ships loaded with fertilizers can still be handled at any other berth that is not occupied.

See below the volume of fertilizers that arrived month by month at the Port of Paranagua from Jan 2019 to Nov 2022. The data is from DataLiner.

Paranagua fertilizer imports | Jan 2019 – Nov 2022 | WTMT

Source: DataLiner (click here to request a demo)

In Antonina, there are two berths equipped to handle fertilizers.

The static storage capacity of fertilizers in Paraná’s ports is more than three million tonnes.

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