Port Rankings

Ranking of Brazilian and Plate ports – January to December 2020

Feb, 17, 2021 Posted by Ruth Hollard

Week 202107

Which Brazilian and Plate ports performed the best in 2020? Which recorded the greatest growth? And the biggest drop? See the results of a survey conducted by the DatamarNews team based on DataLiner data on the performance of ports in 2020 and the comparison with 2019:

Brazil

The Port of Santos was the port that exported the most in 2020, with 1,132,161 TEU sent abroad, an increase of 7.05% in relation to 2019. The biggest drop in exports was in the Port of Fortaleza, which fell 28.39%.

Ranking of Brazilian Ports | Exports | Jan to Dec 2019-2020 | TEU

wdt_ID Classificação Portos 2019 2020 % Mudança
1 1 SANTOS 1.057.600 1.132.161 7.05%
2 2 PARANAGUA 364.528 392.056 7.55%
3 3 NAVEGANTES 273.382 316.275 15.69%
4 4 RIO GRANDE 234.084 228.643 -2.32%
5 5 ITAPOA 182.445 174.391 -4.41%
6 6 ITAJAI 137.390 162.570 18.33%
7 7 SALVADOR 96.139 94.905 -1.28%
8 8 RIO DE JANEIRO 97.350 93.723 -3.73%
9 9 VITORIA 67.829 74.277 9.51%
10 10 VILA DO CONDE 53.936 51.751 -4.05%
11 11 PECEM 26.711 39.157 46.60%
12 12 PORTO DE ITAGUAI 32.034 26.102 -18.52%
13 13 NATAL 22.418 24.034 7.21%
14 14 SUAPE 22.290 24.017 7.75%
15 15 FORTALEZA 26.074 18.672 -28.39%
16 16 MANAUS 17.411 14.772 -15.16%
17 OUTROS 2.116 944 -55.39%

Source: DataLiner

In imports, the positive highlight was the Port of Itajaí, which grew 20.32% in 2020, to 140,503 TEU.

Ranking of Brazilian Ports | Imports | Jan to Dec 2019-2020 | TEU

wdt_ID Classificação Portos 2019 2020 % Mudança
1 1 SANTOS 966.694 867.848 -10.23%
2 2 PARANAGUA 246.093 243.056 -1.23%
3 3 NAVEGANTES 222.429 229.642 3.24%
4 4 ITAPOA 186.718 176.212 -5.63%
5 5 MANAUS 156.598 165.828 5.89%
6 6 ITAJAI 116.775 140.503 20.32%
7 7 RIO DE JANEIRO 131.290 116.511 -11.26%
8 8 SUAPE 82.161 80.629 -1.87%
9 9 RIO GRANDE 77.952 67.418 -13.51%
10 10 SALVADOR 71.062 67.351 -5.22%
11 11 VITORIA 63.273 57.183 -9.63%
12 12 PECEM 31.712 37.914 19.56%
13 13 PORTO DE ITAGUAI 40.439 24.048 -40.53%
14 14 VILA DO CONDE 7.709 8.129 5.45%
15 15 FORTALEZA 2.346 1.600 -31.78%
16 16 NATAL 857 425 -50.35%
17 OTHERS 1.795 1.239 -30.97%

Source: DataLiner

Plate

In the Plate region, the leadership in exports was the Port of Buenos Aires, which grew 7.72%. The Port of Montevideo registered 4.95% growth in the same period.

Ranking of Ports in the Plate region | Export | Jan to Dec 2019-2020 | TEU

wdt_ID Classificação Portos 2019 2020 % Mudança
1 1 BUENOS AIRES 399.498 422.352 5.72%
2 2 MONTEVIDEO 197.967 207.776 4.95%
3 3 ZARATE 31.853 31.827 -0.08%
4 4 ROSARIO 23.182 19.058 -17.79%
5 5 SAN ANTONIO ESTE 10.756 13.334 23.97%
6 6 BAHIA BLANCA 11.102 8.910 -19.75%
7 7 PUERTO MADRYN 10.298 7.969 -22.62%
8 8 LA PLATA 1.627 729 -55.19%
9 9 MAR DEL PLATA 42 716 1604.76%
10 10 PUERTO DESEADO 252 708 180.95%

Source: DataLiner

In imports, most of the ports have decreased handling. While imports fell 8.02% at the Port of Buenos Aires, at the Port of Montevideo, imports fell 2.60%.

Ranking of Ports in the Plate region | Imports | Jan to Dec 2019-2020 | TEU

wdt_ID Classificação Portos 2019 2020 % Mudança
1 1 BUENOS AIRES 533.421 490.625 -8.02%
2 2 MONTEVIDEO 161.633 157.434 -2.60%
3 3 ZARATE 54.848 44.275 -19.28%
4 4 ROSARIO 20.221 20.564 1.70%
5 5 USHUAIA 12.793 15.785 23.39%
6 6 PUERTO MADRYN 2.632 1.932 -26.60%
7 7 PUERTO DESEADO 965 462 -52.12%
8 8 BAHIA BLANCA 924 225 -75.65%
9 9 MAR DEL PLATA 294 125 -57.48%
10 10 LAS PALMAS +AR 2.201 104 -95.27%
11 11 SANTA FE 43 44 2.33%
12 12 CALETA OLIVIA 0 7 0.00%
13 13 LA PLATA 2 4 100.00%
14 14 RIO GRANDE(AR) 0 4 0.00%
15 15 CAMPANA 0 2 0.00%
16 16 SAN MARTIN 1 2 100.00%
17 17 COLONIA 20 0 -100.00%
18 18 CORRIENTES 6 0 -100.00%

Graph source: DataLiner (To request a DataLiner demo click here)

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