Pecém Port handled more than 3m tons in first two months of 2021

In February 2021, the Pecém port terminal recorded a movement of 1,664,168 tons, a 21.7% increase compared to the 1,367,393 tons handled in January of this year. In the sum of the two months, the Ceará terminal surpassed the three-million tons mark.

Thus, the accumulated movement for 2021 (3,093,868 t) from Pecém Port was 7% higher than in the first two months of 2020 (2,879,626 t). The monthly average of 2021 is currently 1,546,934 tons, slightly higher than the average of 1,508,397 tons per month recorded in 2019 – the best year in the port’s history.

Accumulated movement (Jan-Feb / 2021)  –  Nature of cargo

1,634,751 t (53%) – Solid bulk

759,100 t (25%) – Containers

525,586 t (17%) – Loose cargo

174,431 t (6%) – Liquid bulk

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Total: 3,093,868 tons

Unloadings at the Port of Pecém

Cargo unloading, on the other hand, rose 21%, from 1,928,073 t in 2020 to 2,328,535 t in 2021. In other words, more cargo arrived in Brazil through the terminal.

In terms of long-haul imports, the main products handled were mineral fuels (1,082,724 t), cast iron (97,419 t), fertilizers (6,373 t), and plastics (1,855 t). In relation to long-haul exports, the main products exported were cast iron (98,782 t), fruit (51,300 t), salt (7,902 t), and vegetable preparations (6,401 t).

Cabotage navigation totaled 1,698,011 t, which represented an increase of 27% when compared to the same period of the previous year. In cabotage imports, the main products handled were ores (722,678 t), cast iron (76,269 t), cereals (59,643 t), and plastics (25,371 t). Cabotage exports handling included cast iron (269,846 t), salt (72,001 t), products from the milling industry (27,803 t), aluminum (21,217 t), plastics (16,706 t), and cereals (11,830 t).

“The figures show that Pecém Port has been growing even in the middle of a pandemic. These first two months of 2021 were also positively impacted by the excellent fruit harvest that we had throughout 2020 and which ended in March. Fresh fruits, mainly melons, were shipped in refrigerated containers to Europe. Thus, we have great expectations for 2021”, highlights Raul Viana, Port Business Manager at Complexo do Pecém (CIPP S / A).

The accumulated movement (January and February 2021) of containers registered 64,169 TEU, a growth of 19% compared to the same period in 2020. Cabotage accounted for 56,016 TEU, a growth of 19% in relation to the same period 2020. For long-haul products, the growth was 16%, from 7,007 TEU in 2020 to 8,153 TEU in 2021. In tons, the handling of containerized cargo grew by 4% compared to the year 2020, totaling 759,100 tons.

Tonnage for the first 2 months of the year for the last four years in Pecém Port:

2021 – 3,093,868 tons

2020 – 2,879,626 tons

2019 – 2,584,235 tons

2018 – 2,564,097 tons

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