Port of Cabedelo increases movement by 90% in November

The Port of Cabedelo experienced its largest cargo-handling month of the year in November. According to the port, 157,200 tons of products passed through the dock during the month. In addition to being the busiest month of the year, the result represents a growth of 90% in relation to the month of October, when the movement was 82,688 tons.

Considering  the year-to-date figures, cargo handling has already increased by 12,67 %. This year, 1,062,529 tons have already been operationalized. The amount is almost 120,000 tons more than that recorded in the first  eleven months of 2019, when 943,000 tons were moved by Companhia Docas da Paraíba (Docas-PB).

Of the eleven months of 2020, ten showed a positive balance in relation to the previous year. “In May, at the height of the pandemic, we kept our operations going 24 hours a day and grew 32% over the previous year,” details Companhia Docas’ CEO Gilmara Temóteo.

The most-handled cargo in November was the petroleum coke (petcoke) which filled 3 ships and represented almost 50 tons. The month still had two fuel operations, one ilmenite, one wheat, one malt and one clinker. The latter was not operationalized by the port since 2013.

The clinker load arrived at Cabedelo Port by means of the Orient Trail grain ship. There were 28,650 tons of material. Clinker is a kind of cement in a basic phase. Portland cement is manufactured from it. The ship that brought the cargo was manufactured in 2011 and left the United States to the site. The last time that Companhia Docas da Paraíba had carried out the operation was in February 2013, when 26.504 tons were imported.

The Port of Cabedelo will soon export sea salt for the first time. The material comes from Rio Grande do Norte and will be exported to Europe in December. The product is part of the new cargos that Docas began working with or returned to working with in 2020.

The sea salt load will be stored in Warehouse 7 of the Port of Cabedelo. The export will be of the “big bag” type.

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