Santana expansion raises the potential for cargo and ship traffic in Amapá

Studies on the Port of Santana show that the draft of ships at the site can reach close to 12 meters. With that, the vessels can receive up to 5,000 tons more of cargo. In this way, the port area would receive not only Handysize ships, with a capacity of 40,000 tons, but also Panamax ships with a capacity of more than 100,000 tons.

Companhia Docas de Santana, which manages the site, loaded 230 ships in 2012 at the height of the mineral boom in Amapá, when more than 7.5 million tons of products were transported. In 2020, this quantity was much smaller, with 49 ships loaded, a movement of 1.5 million tons.

The longer it takes to load a ship, the longer the waiting time in line, increasing the cost. And this is one of the major bottlenecks in the port sector in Amapá.

Present and future solutions

The docks are only able to receive two ships at a time. Alternatives may come from the private sector, where two companies have announced projects to build private ports for grain and fuel. The completion forecast is within 5 years.

Another novelty is that the Santana Docks will receive a container terminal that will operate in a space with the capacity to store up to 300 pieces of equipment per month.

The base will function as a warehouse, where the containers can be sent to other ports in the Amazon region after storage.

In addition, the docks are used for private company storage. The company Caramuru Alimentos has silos to store up to 21 tons of soy bran, while the Cianport company can store up to 54,000 tons of corn and soy.

The dock area still has around 100,000 tons of iron ore waiting to be shipped abroad. There is also the Amapá Celulose area that ships chips to manufacture paper and derivatives.

Source: G1

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