TCP handled record number of containers in 2020

TCP, the company that manages the Paranaguá Container Terminal, closed the year 2020 with its best cargo-handling level on record, totaling 983,383 TEU. The number represents a 7.44% growth compared to 2019 when the terminal handled 915,242 TEU.

Throughout the year, the terminal broke records monthly for the handling of different cargoes. In November, the terminal broke its record for the busiest container handling in a single month when it registered 94,406 TEU handled. “Despite the problems that the pandemic brought to the country, 2020 overcame expectations and took us to a record-breaking level of cargo handling. We took a series of measures to combat Covid-19, such as access controls, reinforced hygiene, and removing high-risk employees from service – without compromising their income”, highlights Thomas Lima, TCP’s Commercial and Institutional Director.

The executive credits 2020’s good results to a set of factors, mainly, the company’s level of preparation. “From the infrastructure point of view, we prepared with investments of over half a billion in recent years, expanding our capacity from 1.5 million TEU to 2.5 million TEU per year. The logistical platform that the company has built is also one of the great differentials: TCP has a railway with direct access to the yard, internal warehouses, and intermodal bases to meet the different market demands”, he states.

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Agribusiness played a decisive role in TCP’s handling throughout 2020, both in import and export. An example of this is cotton that reached the level of 3,359 TEU exported, a value that represents 116% growth compared to 2019.

Refrigerated cargo also played an important role with its record-breaking handling level of 185,192 TEU exported, maintaining its position as the largest exporter of refrigerated cargo in the country.

Imports were driven by the fertilizer cargo that ended the year totaling 33,809 TEU, 28.43% higher than the previous record set in 2018 when 26,324 TEU passed through the terminal.

Another highlight was the electronics segment which also grew, reaching 3,930 TEU, surpassing the record set in January 2020 (2,870 TEU). The civil construction/infrastructure sector also played a significant role, also with a record in the second to last month of the year, with 1,162 TEU handled – the last record recorded was in March 2018, when 1,102 TEU were handled.

For 2021, the company’s goal is to surpass the mark of 1 million TEU handled.

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