Port of Rio de Janeiro grows 14.7% in container and solid bulk handling

The Port of Rio de Janeiro handled 3.5m tons of cargo in the first half of 2019. The biggest increases were containerized cargo and solid bulk, which grew 14.7% compared to the same period last year. The data were released by the Market Intelligence and Statistics Management of Companhia Docas do Rio de Janeiro (CDRJ).

In the total volume of cargo handled, there was an increase of 6.5% over the first half of 2018, with 2.01m tons of containers and 1.02m tons of solid bulk. Containers and solid bulk handling accounted, respectively, for 57.6% and 29.1% of the total operated at the Port of Rio de Janeiro.

The two container terminals – Libra Terminal Rio and MultiRio Port Operations – handled 172,000 TEUs together, an increase of 13%, with growth in both long-haul and cabotage.

Considering the busiest solid bulk in the port of Rio de Janeiro, it is worth highlighting the 62% growth in pig iron exports to the United States and 31% in imports of zinc concentrate from Calao, Peru.

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