Sugar cargo exported as break-bulk via Santos for first time in 10 years

On October 1st, the ship MV Lady Cansen will dock at the Port of Santos to carry out a break-bulk sugar operation before proceeding to West Africa with 25,000 tons of the exported product.

A common sight until the 1990s, a sugar break-bulk load has not left the Port of Santos for a decade, ever since the popularization of containers. However, the recent demand for the last Brazilian sugar harvest and, consequently, the congestion at the Port of Santos, led Évolus Logística to invest in the solution. The cargo will depart from a port terminal that is specialized in the operation of break-bulk cargo.

With the terminals operating at full capacity with containers, the company saw the possibility of investing in exports through break-bulk. The practice is not uncommon at the ports of São Sebastião and Rio de Janeiro, but is unusual in Santos. A second such operation is scheduled for early October.

See the graph below for Brazilian sugar exports via the Port of Santos since 2017:

Sugar exports via the Port of Santos (HS 1701) | Jan 2017 to July 2020 | WTMT

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

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