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Port of Santos ranks in the top 40 for container throughput

Aug, 02, 2019 Posted by datamarnews

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In 2018, the Port of Santos ranking reached the 39th position among the largest ports in the world in container handling, according to a survey released on Wednesday (31) by the British specialized publication “Lloyd’s List Maritime Intelligence,” one of the most prestigious in the world dedicated to ports and navigation. The 4.12m TEUs moved in 2018 put Santos three positions above their previous ranking. At the top of the list is the Shanghai Port of China, with 42m TEUs. The top ten ports are in Asia – seven in China; one in Singapore; one in South Korea; and one in Dubai.

According to the “One Hundred Ports 2018” ranking, the Port of Santos is the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. The magazine highlights the 7% growth registered, which increased the movement from 3.85m TEU in 2017 to 4,12m TEU in 2018. In 2019, the movement is growing and registered monthly records in May and June, although in the year accumulated, it fell 3.5% to 1.9m TEU.

Between 2012 and 2015, the Port of Santos occupied the 1st position in Latin America. Since 2016 it is in 2nd place, behind the Port of Colón (Panama). A specialized Chinese container shipping company manages the Panamanian port, is the 2nd largest in the world for cargo transshipment (behind Hong Kong only).

Below is the list of the 50 largest ports in the world in 2018, highlighting the change in position compared to the previous year.

PORT COUNTRY TEU
1 Shanghai China 42,010,200
2 Singapore Singapore 36,599,300
3 Ningbo-Zhoushan China 26,351,000
4 Shenzhen China 25,740,000
5 Guangzhou China 21,922,100
6 Busan South Korea 21,663,000
7 Hong Kong China 19,596,000
8 Qingdao China 19,315,400
9 Tianjin China 15,972,000
10 Dubai United Arab Emirates 14,954,000
11 Rotterdam Netherlands 14,512,661
12 Port Klang Malaysia 12,316,003
13 Antwerp Belgium 11,100,000
14 Xiamen China 10,702,300
15 Kaohsiung Taiwan 10,445,726
16 Dalian China 9,770,000
17 Los Angeles United States 9,458,749
18 Tanjung Pelepas Malaysia 8,960,900
19 Hamburg Germany 8,730,000
20 Long Beach United States 8,091,023
21 Laem Chabang Thailand 8,070,000
22 Tanjung Priok Indonesia 7,800,000
23 New York/New Jersey United States 7,179,792
24 Colombo Sri Lanka 7,000,000
25 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 6,586,190
26 Yingkou China 6,487,000
27 Bremen/Bremerhaven Germany 5,450,000
28 Jawaharlal Nehru India 5,133,274
29 Valencia Spain 5,128,855
30 Manila Philippines 5,085,139
31 Taicang China 5,071,000
32 Piraeus Greece 4,907,708
33 Algeciras Spain 4,773,079
34 Lianyungang China 4,745,000
35 Tokyo Japan 4,570,000
36 Mudra India 4,418,700
37 Savannah United States 4,351,976
38 Colón Panama 4,324,478
39 Santos Brasil 4,122,243
40 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 4,116,935
41 Rizhao China 4,040,000
42 Felixstowe United Kingdom 3,849,700
43 Tanjung Perak Indonesia 3,865,646
44 Seaport Alliance United States 3,797,627
45 Cai Map Vietnam 3,556,994
46 Dongguan China 3,500,000
47 Tanger Med Morocco 3,472,451
48 Barcelona Spain 3,422,978
49 Fuzhou China 3,400,000
50 Vancouver Canada 3,396,449

Porto hits record for June

Cargo handling through the Port of Santos hit a record for June, reaching a total of 11.58m tons and surpassing the highest mark for the period by almost 5%, verified in 2017.

The performance was 6.7% higher compared to June of last year, reflecting the increase in movement in both shipments and discharges. Landfill operations, which increased by 7.0%, grew slightly above shipments, which increased by 6.5% year-on-year.

June’s performance also surpassed the initial forecast for the month for the first time this year, estimated at 11.30m tons. The achievement was almost 2.5% higher than the projection. The slight increase was mainly due to the significant expansion of corn shipments, with 1.24m tons, nearly 18 times higher than in June of the previous year. The sharp rise is the result of the significant increase in exports of bulk cargo (loose on the ship).

The shipment of bulk soybean meal, with 586,599 tons, and the discharge of fertilizer, with 466,654 tons, also showed growth of 88.3% and 35.3% respectively.

Another of June’s highlights was the increase in containerized cargo handling, with a 13.6% increase in tonnage and 12.5% ​​over the total TEU to 3.92m tons and 356,993 TEU respectively.

The monthly total increase would be higher if there were no falls in shipments of the most significant cargo in participation: soy complex and sugar. With 2.54m tons sold in the month, soybeans declined 16.6% with June 2018, while sugar, reaching 1.31m tons, fell 15.8% year-on-year.

The following DataLiner graph shows the Port of Santos container throughput from January 2015 to June 2019:

Accumulated until June

The year-to-date movement total fell by 1.4% to 63.58m tons, ensuring the second largest cargo movement for the period at the Port of Santos. Shipments fell by 2.1%, and discharges grew by 0.5%.

Despite the reduced operations of soy and sugar, it is worth highlighting the significant increase in cargo such as coffee (156.5% in the accumulated and 172.4% in the month), meat (140.1% in the accumulated total and 93.5% in the month ), and corn (61% in the accumulated and 1665.1% in the month).

The flow of ships until June showed a reduction of 3.3%. A total of 2,360 vessels docked in Santos during the period, raising the average consignment to 26,942 tons per ship.

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