Transshipment operations up at Wilson Sons Rio Grande container terminal

The incorporation of increasingly larger vessels into shipping fleets has brought changes to navigation in South America, with a decrease in maritime services for the region and a greater concentration of transshipment operations in Brazil. This is Wilson Sons’ perspective on what is happening at Tecon Rio Grande. According to the company, the terminal, which is strategically located and has the infrastructure to receive large ships, became a stopover for transshipment operations in the Southern Cone. From January to September 2020, 9% of TEU handled by the unit were related to transshipment.

The terminal receives the main maritime lines that connect the Mercosur region with the most important foreign ports in Europe, Asia, and North America. “Tecon Rio Grande is now moving towards being a cargo-concentrating terminal. Good accessibility to the port, strategic location, and high average productivity make the service even more competitive”, explains the terminal’s CEO, Paulo Bertinetti.

From January to September this year, Tecon Rio Grande recorded an average productivity of 94 movements per hour. The recent dredging carried out at the Port of Rio Grande to increase the draft will allow the further expansion of transshipment operations at the site.

Tecon Rio Grande has an area of 735,000 m2 and 900 meters of linear pier (three berths), with an annual handling capacity of 1.4 million TEU. The equipment includes nine ship-to-shore (STS) dock cranes and 22 rubber-tired gantry (RTG) yard cranes. The terminal uses the Navis N4 operating system for managing the port terminal.

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