Paranaguá Port to renovate pier dedicated to inflammable goods

The Port of Paranaguá is to undertake the first-ever renovation of its public pier dedicated to inflammable goods. The pier was built in the 1940s and since then has only received minor maintenance interventions. The work was authorized last Wednesday (06/05) by the governor of Paraná, Carlos Massa Ratinho Junior.

The work, estimated to take 18 months, will require an investment of R$41m and will be financed by the Paraná Port Administration.  According to the Infrastructure and Logistics secretary, Sandro Alex, this will increase the Port´s capacity to handle liquid exports by 60%.

He informed that there would be a new logistics investment package in the next few months, highlighting the expansion of the port´s containers area and construction of a viaduct with access to the maritime terminal at the city´s entrance.

Handling

According to the president of Paraná Ports, Luiz Fernando Garcia, half of all liquid bulk handled in Paranaguá is done in the public area, currently composed of an access bridge and two berths, which allows two vessels to be received simultaneously. The pier is essential for volume handling, and importation of vegetable oil, ethanol, and fuels to supply Paraná, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul.  Between January and May of this year, 1.5m tons were handled on the public pier. Of this total, 78% (663,000 tons) were imported.

Among the main cargo discharged, the main ones were fuels and mineral oils such as diesel oil, methanol, and gasoline, originating in the US, Chile, Argentina, and Venezuela.  Exports, however, accounted for 23% of total handling (181,000 tons). Besides fuel oil, Paraná is prominent in exporting soybean oil. The main destinations are Argentina, Singapore, the US, and Chile.

Cabotage accounted for more than half of all cargo handled, at approximately 712,000 tons.

The following graph, based on Dataliner, shows imports and exports from the Port of Paranaguá from January 2015 to April 2019.

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