Public silo thoughput at Paranaguá break records by growing 68% in first semester

The public silos at the Port of Paranaguá recorded the highest volume of shipments in the last ten years. The number of soybeans, in grain and bran, amounted to almost 1.66 million tons in the first half of this year, an increase of 67.8%, when compared to the volume shipped by the Port of Paranguá in 2019 (about 988,400 tonnes).  The structure is managed by the public company Portos do Paraná and is part of the Export Corridor complex at the Port of Paranaguá.

The Port of Paranaguá has two public silos: one vertical, dedicated to soybeans, with a capacity to store up to 100,000 tonnes; and four horizontal ones, with total capacity 60,000 tonnes of soybean meal.  Companies that do not have their own terminals in Paranaguá operate through these structures. Currently, the operators of public silos are Céu Azul, Grano Logística, Gransol, Marcon, Sulmare, Tibagi, and Transgolf, who work with several smaller exporters.

To increase efficiency, Portos do Paraná uses the Export Corridor Logistics System (Silog), which analyzes a series of variables for scheduling offloading at public silos.

“We organize the appointments received, in chronological order for the berthing of the ships, which allows us to serve the ships according to the berthing sequence, otherwise it could seriously impair the terminal’s movement,” explains Luis Douglas, from the Silos Division.

According to him, synchronizing the scheduled date of berthing of the ship and the volume to be received, according to the terminal’s reception capacity and available space, is the main objective of this schedule. “It is precisely this system that allows public silos to serve all types of customers”, he concludes.

The following table shows the performance of public silos over the last 10 years:

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