Port of Imbituba sees 18.7% growth in February

Keeping up with the operational growth trend seen in the last few months, the Port of Imbituba handled 464.7 thousand tonnes in February, up 18.7% from the same period in 2021. Last month’s result also stood out as the best February performance ever recorded in the harbor’s history. In total, 22 vessels docked at the port, an increase of 15.8%. Year-to-date, the first two months ended with a 42.2% increase in the volume handled compared to the first two months of 2021.

Imports drove monthly handlings up, representing 56.2% of the trade flow. Exports, in tur, represented 35.9% and cabotage shipping, 7.9%. Solid bulk products were the majority of transported cargo, with 423.5 thousand tonnes throughout the month, an increase of 47.9% compared to February 2021. Calcined and non-calcined coke was the products most handled, with 180.4 thousand tonnes, followed by iron ore (88.7 thousand tonnes), calcined coke (40.8 thousand tonnes), containers (37.2 thousand tonnes), salt (31.8 thousand tonnes), and malt/barley (31.7 thousand tonnes). The port also transported fertilizers, steel products, soy slurry, and bran.

Also, in February, the Port of Imbituba saw Brazil’s largest shipment of wood logs, according to data from the National Waterway Transportation Agency (Antaq). Altogether, 52.9 thousand tonnes of eucalyptus and pine were exported to China on the vessel Great Aspiration, which undocked from Pier 1 in early March.

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