Port of Santos ranks in the top 40 for container throughput

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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