Rio Grande sets new handling record

The Superintendency of the Ports of Rio Grande do Sul (Ports RS) released the January-August handling results from its three public ports and the Rio Grande superport complex. The trade balance is calculated monthly by the statistical sector of the Port of Rio Grande.

The main highlight is the Port of Pelotas that recorded an increase of 42.88% year on year.

The Port of Rio Grande registered its best month ever in August, surpassing the record set in May this year. In the eighth month of 2021, Rio Grandino’s public pier reached 4,704,476 tons handled, an increase of 23.40% in relation to the same month last year.

See the chart below for a history of long-haul loading in the port of Rio Grande since January 2020. The data is from Dataliner:

Port of Rio Grande long-haul handling | Jan 2020 – July 2021 | WTMT

So far, the Port of Rio Grande has handled 30,026,626 tons from January to August, 13.29% more than in the first eight months of 2019, when the movement reached 26,505,138 tons. The main highlight was wood, with a variation of 218.43% in relation to the same period of 2020.

Other products that increased handling were urea (38.44%), soybean meal (18.17%), wheat (17.24%), soybeans (5.39%), and other goods (4.92%). China led exports from Port of Rio Grande, importing 60.02% of exports, followed by South Korea (5.09%), the USA (3.66%), Morocco (2.48%), France (2.19%), Vietnam (2.00%), and Portugal (1.74%).

In the period from January to August 2021, the export of soybeans reached 9,202,831 tons, an increase of 4.32% over the same period last year when 8,821,500 tons were exported.

The Port of Pelotas handled 973,566 tons in the period from January to August, 42.88% more than in the year 2020. Among the main loads were wood logs, clinker, and soybeans, of which 107,506 tons, 24,661 tons, and 8,787 tons were moved, respectively.

The Port of Porto Alegre has the highest handling in fertilizers, with 519,507 tons handled from January to August. Wheat totaled 38,544 tons, Other Cargo reached 34,488 tons.

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