Port of Itajaí receives landing of 840 imported vehicles

Last Friday, 09/13, the Port of Itajaí’s berth 03 received another landing of vehicles imported from General Motors (GM) through the Roll On Roll Off operations system. The Panamanian flagged ship – Guangzou Highway – belongs to the K-Line Shipowner, bringing on board 840 Equinox (820) and Camaro (20) vehicles, totaling 1.46m kilograms.

The vessel departed from the Port of Cartagena (Colombia), and on its way made stops at the Ports of Altamira and Vera Cruz, both in Mexico, where all vehicles were boarded. Then, at the Port of Itajaí, it was moored in berth 03 (public port).

In just over a year of operations, the number of moorings now reaches 26 landings. The first “test” mooring took place on June 9, 2018, when 500 vehicles of the Cruise model were unloaded from Panama’s flagship Apollon Highway.

The current sum of the 26 moorings totals 31,482 vehicles imported by the automaker General Motors/Chevrolet landed in the Port of Itajaí.

According to information from the Operations Management of the Port of Itajaí Superintendency, the operations follow a landing schedule with an average handling of 70 to 90 vehicles per hour. All vehicle displacement work is performed by teams of single port workers (TPAs) of different categories, using the bonded enclosure of the public port.

This type of port movement is known as the roll on roll off system – when vehicles are moved off the ship and forwarded to a primary port area.

Since November 2018, the APM Terminal has been servicing roll on roll off ships on a bi-weekly basis for vehicle imports. In October 2018, a contract was signed with APM Terminals for a one-year term, following the testing phase in Itajaí with maritime lines from different countries, including the United States, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina. According to preliminary information, there is a positive expectation to renew the contract in October this year for a period of two years.

According to information from the Itajaí Port Operations Management, GM’s next landing with vehicles is scheduled for later this month. With the next landing, the Port of Itajaí may surpass the mark of more than 33,000 vehicles of the assembled GM.

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