Port of Imbituba beats historical record of annual movement

The year 2019 is not over yet, but it is already marked as the best operating year in the history of Port of Imbituba. In November, the southern port of Santa Catarina exceeded the 5.2m tons handled in 2018, previous annual record. The increase in grain handling, the attractiveness of new cargo, and the good performance of container cabotage are some of the factors that contributed to this result. The expectation of SCPar Port of Imbituba, Port Authority, is that the port closes December with about 5.7m tons in the year, registering a growth of approximately 9% compared to 2018.

Imports led the way, with 47.4% of the total. Exports accounted for 37.8% and cabotage 14.8% of all cargo that passed through the Port of Imbituba from January to November 2019. In March, the public port achieved its highest monthly operating performance, with 592,000 tons handled in the period.

As the operation hit a record high, the number of ships at berth declined by 16% from January to November, compared to the previous year. The relationship is explained by the receipt of ships with greater cargo capacity, motivated by the ease of maritime access to the port. Besides being situated in an open cove, the Port of Imbituba has deep water conditions that make it one of the best navigable conditions in the country.

Petroleum coke (19.4%), corn (17%), containers (14.7%), and soybean (11.5%) cargoes were the products with the highest volume of handling at the port. During the year, imports of salt (9.5%), urea (8.4%), and bituminous coal (4.8%), and exports of logs (3.2%) also stood out. The percentages refer to the total cargo handled from January to November 2019. In addition, some cargoes started operated again, such as malt and iron ore.

The CEO of SCPar Port of Imbituba, state owned company that manages the port, believes that this growth reflects the joint efforts of the Imbituba port community. “I would like to congratulate our tenants, operators, agencies, workers, intervening agencies, career servants, in short, all this complex and interconnected chain of actors who have been working daily to develop the Port of Imbituba and region, all those who contributed so that this end of the year we celebrate another mark in history,” emphasizes Ziegler.

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