TCP sets another cargo throughput record in less than two months

TCP, the company that manages the Paranaguá Container Terminal, set a new handling record. In July, 111,862 TEUs were registered, 3,227 more than in May, the month of the last broken record.

Frozen meat remained the type of cargo handled the most, accounting for 50.2% of exports and 29.3% of the total. In July alone, TCP handled 10,303 reefer containers.

The terminal is the world’s main frozen chicken export corridor (in 2021,1,957 tonnes). This year there has already been a 9.5% increase in the first seven months, compared to the same period in 2021, with 1,167 tonnes.

The significant investment in the refrigerated area (reefer), which will be expanded by 43% by 2023, demonstrates that the numbers will only continue to rise. The port will increase the number of reefer container outlets, keeping it first in Latin America’s reefer infrastructure: from 3,624 to 5,178 outlets for powering and storing containers.

Rail transport is responsible for a large part of the cargo inflow to the port. Currently, TCP handles 22% of all export containers by rail. In the month of July, that represented 17,138 TEUs in total.

Pesticides

The transfer of products from the chemical industry grew as well. From January to July 2021, the top 10 crop protection product customers handled 2,575 TEUs, with a monthly average of 322 TEUs. In 2022, this movement nearly doubled: 4,742 TEUs, with a monthly average of 593 TEUs. As a result, pesticide imports at the terminal have increased by 84%.

According to Giovanni Guidolim, commercial and customer service manager, before the COVID-19 pandemic, the agricultural sector was booming. However, in 2021, there was a lack of raw materials from the Chinese and Indian markets, which reduced imports. “In 2022, expecting the possibility of a lack of products on the market again, importers intensified imports of pesticides in anticipation of the next crops,” he explains.

Auto industry 

The presence of the automobile industry was also underlined in the terminal, with a 15.75% growth in exports between January and July 2022 compared to 2021. With the end of the COVID-19 pandemic and manufacturers’ significant industry expenditures, they were critical for increasing terminal traffic.

According to Giovanni Guidolim, “the growth in transactions with Latin American markets – such as Peru, Chile, and Colombia – was crucial for the increase in numbers. In addition, there was a large purchase of components produced in Brazil to supply assembly lines in North America – such as in the United States and Mexico. The same is true in Europe, Sweden, France, Romania, and Belgium.”

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