Suape Port sets new handling record in 2020

Annual figures for the Port of Suape shows that in 2020, 25.6 million tons were handled, an increase of 7.53% in relation to 2019 when the port handled 23.8 million tons. In absolute numbers, there are 1.8 million tons more. It is the largest volume ever recorded in Suape’s 42 years and above the target set for the year, marked by a pandemic that hit the world economy.

“The increase in demand for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG, cooking gas), bunker oil (marine fuel) and petroleum had a great influence on the results, and we must also highlight the growth in container transshipment, the result of a Tecon joint commercial strategy with the port, offering special conditions to the market. These transshipment operations grew by 57.6%, jumping from 26,361 TEU in 2019 to 41,560 TEU in 2020 “, observes the president of Porto de Suape, Leonardo Cerquinho. “This is the first step towards Suape’s vocation to become a hub in the northeast region for container operations like we already are for liquid bulk and vehicle operations. New actions are planned for 2021, which will lift Suape container operations to a new level of competitiveness “.

According to the port, Suape remains the national leader in the handling of liquid bulk (fuels, LPG, mineral oils, etc.), which also makes it the main coastal port in Brazil for the distribution of products to other terminals on smaller ships. This type of cargo, which represents 74% of handling in Suape, grew by 8.4%, from 17.6 million tons in 2019 to 19.1 million last year, an increase of 1.4 million tons.

Containerized cargo grew by 3.6% in tons, from 5.3 million tons to 5.5 million tons. In TEU, this increase was 1.6% (from 476,304 TEU to 483,919 TEU).

Driven by the growth in demand for wheat, solid bulk had the highest percentage increase, having ended the year with 588,200 tons, 19.8% more than in the previous year at 490,800 tons. The general loose cargo accounted for an increase of 4.4%, from 386,500 tons in 2019 to 403,400 tons in 2020.

Consult the chart below for monthly container handling at the Port of Suape since 2017:

Container handling at Suape Port | Jan 2017 to Nov 2020 | TEU

Source: DataLiner

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