Swiftnes brings 30,000 tons of petcoke

The Port of Cabedelo reported receiving a bulk carrier, Swiftnes, this morning. The Panamian flagbearer will unload 30,000 tons of petcoke at the port terminal over the next five days. The petcoke shipment is from the USA; the last port the vessel left was the Port of Groves, according to Vessel Finder AIS data.

Trinta mil toneladas de petcoke chegaram nesta manhã no #PortoDeCabedelo, vindas no navio Swiftnes. Ele veio dos EUA ?? e deverá ficar cerca de cinco dias conosco.
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? #DocasPB #GovernoDaParaíba #SegueOTrabalho pic.twitter.com/lezsoyNtDT

— Porto de Cabedelo (@portocabedelo) May 9, 2019

According to Secex data, Brazil imported a total of 208,964 tons of petcoke (HS 271311 and 271312) in April 2019, down from 323,568 tons in the same month last year. The country’s year to date petcoke imports reached 956,204 tons in the first four months of 2019, down 8.04% from 1.05m tons in the same period last year.

The following Secex graph shows Brazil’s petcoke import trends since 2015:

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