Port of Santos container handling rose 20% in December

After decreasing in the first half of 2020, container handling at the Port of Santos recovered and ended the year at record levels for the segment that transports the highest added-value cargo. December registered a 20% growth in container handling compared to the same month in 2019, with 437,400 TEU handled.  Compared to November – already a record month at 399,300 TEU – handling increased by another 9.65%. 4.23 million TEU were handled in 2020, an increase of 1.6% over the previous record set in 2019 (4.17 million TEU). This survey was carried out by the Santos Port Authority (SPA) market intelligence and statistics department.

Considering total cargo, the Port of Santos ended December with 11.9 million tons handled, double-digit growth of 16.2% when compared to the same month of 2019. The numbers contributed to the overall record of the year, 146.6 million tons handled, up 9.4% over 2019. Santos’ accumulated share in the Brazilian trade flow remained at 28% in December, equivalent to US$ 103.2 billion. There were 4,904 vessel moorings in 2020, an increase of 1.3% compared to 2019 (with 4,842 vessel moorings).

Exports in December totaled 8.0 million tons, an increase of 16.1% on an annual basis, and exports totaled 3.8 million tons, a growth of 16.4%. In the accumulated result for the year, there was also an increase in both directions: 13.2% in exports, to 106.8 million tons, and 0.3% in imports, to 39.8 million tons.

Exports of soybeans, alcohol, pulp, fuel oil, and diesel and diesel oil complex grew the most, led by sugar shipments which increased 69.5% to 24.1 million tons.

Fertilizer was the most imported product, with 6.5 million tons imported, an increase of 16.3% in relation to 2019.

Consult the charts below for a comparison of container handling at the Port Santos, and imports and exports since 2017:

Comparison of Container Handling at the Port of Santos | Jan to Dec 2019-2020 | TEU

Source: DataLiner

Imports and Exports at the Port of Santos | Jan 2017 to Dec 2020 | WTMT

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