Port of Pecém ends 2019 with second largest number of cabotage routes

The Port of Pecém, which is part of the Pecém Industrial and Port Complex, will close 2019 with six regular cabotage routes – the second largest number of routes between Brazilian ports, only behind the Port of Santos.

“We have been preparing a lot in recent years to conquer this mark. About 3 or 4 years ago we had a productivity of 28 containers/hour. At that time we did not serve the market satisfactorily. So we prepared ourselves, mainly, with the construction of cradles 7 and 8 and the purchase of new equipment. Today our productivity averages 65 containers/hour with a peak of 110 containers/hour. It is a very expressive movement within the national market and explains this amount of routes,” says Waldir Sampaio, Executive Director of Operations of Pecém Industrial and Port Complex.

Today the six routes serving Port of Pecém are operated by three companies:
– Alliance (4);
– Log In (1);
– Mercosur Line (1).

“Thanks to the operational capacity and competitiveness of the Port of Pecém we have been able to bring new container routes to the Port in recent years. So the expectations for 2020 are the best possible. We will continue to work hard to offer increasingly appropriate solutions to our customers,” says Raul Neris Viana, Port Business Manager of Pecém Industrial and Port Complex.

Brazilian ports connected to the Port of Pecém in 2019

Manaus/AM;
Vila do Conde/PA;
Itaqui/MA;
Suape/PE;
Salvador/BA;
Itaguaí/RJ;
Santos/SP;
Paranaguá/PR;
Itapoá/SC;
Itajái/SC;
Imbituba/SC;
Rio Grande/RS;

Cabotage directly contributed to the growth of the Port of Pecém in 2019, which in October broke records. It was the month in which 65 ships docked at the Ceará port terminal – the largest number of cargo ships moored in a single month since the port was opened in March 2002.

The result of so many ships docking directly influenced the movement of cargo: in October 2019 there were 1.92m tons handled – record in the port’s history.

“And by the first quarter of next year we will be inaugurating and operating a new berth – berth 10. Thus we will be expanding our operating capacity. In practice we will be able to receive more ships and consequently more cabotage routes,” says Danilo Serpa, president of Pecém Industrial and Port Complex.

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