Port of Itaqui beats historical record of monthly cargo movement

The Port of Itaqui set a historical record of monthly movement, closing August with more than 2.8m tons of cargo. The increase is 17% over the previous monthly record of October 2018 (2.4m tons) and 37% higher than last August. Since January, the public port of Maranhão handled 16.1m tons of cargo, 18% more than in the same period in 2018.

These numbers are mainly due to the growth of corn, fertilizers, and liquid bulk handling. Also contributing to this new record are the investments of the Maranhense Port Administration Company (Emap) and the private initiative in the expansion of the Port of Itaqui infrastructure.

“Our results reflect efforts to increase productivity through team training, investments in equipment, and technology, all within a results-focused management design,” says Emap President Ted Lago.

With 745,300 tons handled, fuel operations had an increase of 79% over what was planned and 31% compared to the total operated in August 2018. This increase has been registered since the start of operation of Berth 108 and the resumption of the handling of cargo from the fuel warehouse to other regions of the country last year.

Also, a historical record was registered in the monthly movement of corn and fertilizers. The volume of corn reached 693,000 tons, which is 162% higher than planned for the month and 421% over what was moved in the same period last year.

With a volume of 310,500 tons handled, fertilizer operations grew 41% over what was planned and 228% over the total imported last August. These numbers will soon be even higher due to investments of more than R$1bn, between public and private resources to be invested by 2022 in the expansion of Tegram infrastructure and a new fertilizer terminal and expansion of tankage (fuels).

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