Port of Itajaí grew 3% in cargo handling in July

The Port of Itajaí continues its excellent performance and recovery in the domestic port market. Proof of this are the positive numbers released each month when compared to the same period last year.

When comparing July 2018 and July this year, APM Terminals (leaseholder of Ports of Itajaí’s berths 1 and 2), alongside the public dock, recorded a 10% growth in TEUs, increasing from 36,190 to 39,813 TEUs.

Based on movement in tons, the number was also positive, from 407,164 to 419,295 – highlighting a stable 3% increase in the overall sum of loads. As for the numbers of vessels moored on the right bank of Rio, five more ships docked from 34 to 39, resulting in a 15% increase.

In comparison with the Port Complex, the numbers are also stable, but relevant in July’s statistics scale this year. The number of 20-foot containers increased by 1% over the same period of 2018 (97,142 to 98,047 TEUs).

At berthing, the growth was 8% with 91 ships at berth. The handling in tons fell slightly by -4%, which can still be considered a stable variation within the second semester.

“The behavior of July follows the pattern of the rest of the year where all the months from 2019 to date are being recorded with numbers higher than the months of 2018. In practical terms for the Itajaí Port Superintendence, the trend of loads have remained within a constant level where we seem to compete with ourselves, that is, to surpass month by month those results that are already being higher than last year”, observes Héder Cassiano Moritz, Senior Technician of the Superintendency at Port of Itajaí.

Product Comparison (US$/FOB)

Export:
In the month-to-year comparison of the main products exported to the Itajaí Port Complex in July, we highlight: mechanical and electronic products with 64.8%, paper and derivatives with an increase of 52.2%, apples with 51.2%, plastics and rubbers with 39.8%, ceramics and glass with 37.1%, meats 34.7%, and textiles and miscellaneous with 19.1%. Other commodities such as tobacco, fish, chemicals, wood and its derivatives, and chicken fell by an average of 31%.

Import:
Regarding the main products imported by the Itajaí Port Complex in July, the most notable commodities are: wood and its derivatives with 41.1%, ceramics and glass with 36.9%, paper and its derivatives with 31.3%, fish with 27.3%, food in general with 14.4%, mechanical and electronic with 9%, and plastic and rubbers with 8.2%. Chemicals, textiles and miscellaneous goods, vehicles and other products registered an average drop of 14.6%.

PUTs – Private Use Terminals of the Itajaí Port Complex:

The other terminals showed favorable performances in July 2019. At Portonave Terminal, in Navegantes, the handling performed in July was of 49 calls, increasing the accumulated handling of the year to 295 moored ships, a decrease of 5% compared to the same period last year, which totaled 309 ships at berth. In July, 5,234 containers (TEUs) were handled, a decrease of 4% compared to 2018. In July, total cargo handled was 649,449 tons operated on the left bank of the river.

Teporti: two scales registered with 9,672 tons moved, increasing the year’s accumulated movement to 18 scales with 89,540 tons, highlighting a 72% increase in the annual movement comparison.

Poly Terminals: a 5,356-ton scale was recorded, bringing the year-to-date handling to 7 scales with 34,356 tons, with a 115% increase in cargo handling over July of the previous year.

Braskarne, Trocadeiro, and Barra Do Rio terminals had no records of vessels moored during July.

Roll On Roll Off Operations: In July, two Roll On Roll Off ships were moored, registering the unloading of 1974 vehicles in berth 3 of the Port of Itajaí, thus far totaling 29,038 units with 24 berths of this cargo operations system.

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