Santos port reaches new record in July with 13.49 million tonnes handled

Santos Port broke a record for cargo handling in July, reaching 13.49 million tonnes –  an increase of 0.05% over the best month on record so far which was April 2020. The growth was 5.9% compared to July 2019, which until now was the port´s best July in its history. The data were released on Thursday, August 13, by the Santos Port Authority (SPA).

The cumulative result for the year so far also shows the best result for the seven-month period, with 84.1 million tonnes handled – a 10.2% rise on the same period last year. Above all, the results show the strength of agribusiness and the favorable exchange rate for exports.

In the month, solid bulk grew by 7%, totaling 7.6 million tonnes, with the main highlights being sugar exports, shipments of which grew 86.2% to 2.2 million tonnes, and soybeans, with an increase of 6.3% to 1.3 million tonnes.  Liquid bulk increased 22.8% to 1.7 million tonnes. Among the cargo that grew the most, the highlight was diesel and gasoline, with a 111% increase to 471,200 tonnes, and fuel oil, which had an increase of 127.5%, totaling 203,400 tonnes in the month. Loose cargo also grew by 14.8% to 464,400 tonnes.  The cumulative total for the first seven months of 2020 shows that solid and liquid bulk increased year-on-year by 17.4% and 10.9% respectively, reaching 44.6 million tonnes and 10.5 million tonnes.

The only drop in the month was containerized cargo, which dipped 3.8% year-on-year to 3.7 million tonnes. Even so, containerized cargo reversed the downward bias recorded in June, growing in July by 7.5% in tonnage. By TEU, the drop was 12.7% to 323,400 TEU.  Nevertheless, the cumulative total for the year so far shows container cargo maintaining an upward trend, registered 0.8% growth year-on-year to 25.8 million tonnes. In TEU there was growth of 1.7%, reaching 2.3 million TEU in the period.

Main highlights:

– 13.49 million tonnes in July, a new monthly movement record;

– Increase of 0.05% over the previous record, reached in April 2020 (13.48 million tonnes);

– 5.9% increase over July 2019 (12.74 million tonnes);

– 10.2% growth in the cumulative total between Jan-July 2020, reaching 84.1 million tonnes.

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