Port of Paranaguá receives largest ship in its history

The Port of Paranaguá received the largest ship in its history this week: the bulk carrier Pacific South. The ship is 292 meters long and 45 meters wide and will carry a historic volume for the solid bulk segment at the Paraná terminals. It will hold 103,000 tons of soybean meal.  The vessel docked at berth 214, one of three in the Export Corridor of the Port of Paranaguá.

Bearing the flag of the Marshall Islands, Pacific South came from the port of Shanghai, China. Generally, ships that carry bulk cargo have 5 or 7 holds. Pacific South has nine holds to receive and transport all the bran that needs to be loaded.  The 103,000 tons of soybean meal will be loaded from three terminals. About 84,000 tons will leave Coamo; 15,000 from Cotriguaçu; and 4,000 tons from public silos (horizontal).  According to the company responsible for the operation, Cargill, the bran will go to the port of Amsterdam, in the Netherlands.

The Export Corridor consists of nine private terminals: Cargill, AGTL, Interalli, Centro Sul, Coamo, Louis Dreyfus, Cotriguaçu, Cimbesul, and Rocha. As well as two public terminals: a vertical silo, with a static capacity of 100,000 tons, and a horizontal silo, with a total capacity of 60,000 tons.

In the Corridor, there are six ship loaders with the capacity to load around 1,000 tons per hour. Through the use of conveyor belts, this equipment transports the load received from 11 different terminals.

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