Port of Rio de Janeiro expects to greatly increase liquid bulk handling

The Port of Rio de Janeiro is expected to move around 800,000 tons of liquid bulk per year to the Manguinhos Refinery (currently REFIT). This will correspond to an increase of 214% in the handling of this type of cargo in the port, compared to the volume reached in 2018.

The Rio de Janeiro Dock Company (CDRJ) spread mooring system, located north of the Port of Rio de Janeiro Cruise Terminal, is in the final testing phase for re-use after seven years of inactivity. Thus, the project takes REFIT to a new logistic and operational level, strengthening the prospect of new businesses. According to REFIT President Jorge Monteiro, the initial expectation points to a movement of approximately 33,000 tons of liquid bulk per mooring, with one vessel per month for the first year and two vessels per month for the second year. With this, an annual handling of around 800,000 tons is expected.

To CDRJ’s Port Management Director, Shalon Gomes, “these perspectives bring great optimism to the movement of liquid bulk in the Port of Rio de Janeiro, given that this cargo had a significant presence in 2003 and 2004, when the landings of crude oil for the Manguinhos Refinery was around 700,000 t/year.”

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