Wilson Sons: Tecon Rio Grande grows 44% in July, with more ship calls and significant recovery of market share

Wilson Sons recorded at Tecon Rio Grande (RS), in July, a growth of 44% compared to the same period of 2022, totaling 49.1 thousand TEUs. In exports, there was an increase of 83%, with more ship calls and greater volume of products such as tobacco and resins. Imports, on the other hand, grew (38%) due to the increased reliability of shipowners’ scales and larger volumes of chemicals and resins. With the normalization of bottlenecks caused by the pandemic in global maritime transport, exporters are benefiting from lower freight costs and more regular services, facilitating the increase in volumes. The growth of agriculture in Brazil also favors terminals such as Tecon Rio Grande.

Transhipment and removal also increased (38%) in July at Tecon Rio Grande, mainly due to the increase in transhipment of cargo to/from the US East Coast and South America West Coast markets. Inland navigation, on the other hand, increased by 32% with larger volumes of resins.

“The growth in our movement is largely based on the increase in exports, but also in imports and inland navigation. One of the main reasons is the significant recovery of the Rio Grande do Sul cargo market share. The gradual recovery of the reliability of calls also led to a reduction in cancellations of calls and an improvement in congestion in foreign ports. In July, cancellations reduced by 82% and, in the year, by 76%. In addition, we have a greater repositioning of empty containers, which also allows us to practice containerization of cargo such as tobacco, wood, rice, among others”, said Rodrigo Velho, commercial director of Tecon Rio Grande.

The executive highlights among export products, tobacco, which in July had an increase of 153%, and 20% in the year. Other expressive results in July are those of rice, with growth of 168% (66% in the year); pork meat, with 140% (62% in the year); wood, with 95% (63% in the year); resins, with 86% (26% in the year); and furniture, with 44% (8% in the year). “This scenario of increased scales allows us to increase the number of transfers, which in the year were already 57 more scales than in the same period of 2022. The new line to Northern Europe also helped to leverage this performance, providing greater capacity and shorter transit time for the Rio Grande do Sul market”, he concluded.

Wilson Sons, in the total movement of containers, including Tecon Rio Grande and Tecon Salvador, registered in July a 22% increase in relation to the same period of 2022. The company handled 83.3 thousand TEUs, against 68.2 thousand TEUs in July last year.

Tecon Salvador, in turn, handled 34.3 thousand TEUs in July, an increase of 0.5% compared to the volume of the same month last year, with exports growing 6% (increased volumes of fruits and ores). At the Bahia terminal, transshipment and removal increased by 48%, mainly due to the increase in the transshipment of cargo from Saudi Arabia, Morocco and the port of Vitória, as well as volumes destined for China, Argentina and the port of Itapoá (SC ).

Of the total volume registered last month, 63.1 thousand were full units, 27% above the same period in 2022, while empty containers totaled 20.2 thousand TEUs, an advance of 9% on the same basis of comparison.

In the first seven months of the year, the company’s operating data are also robust. 573,800 TEUs were handled at Tecon Rio Grande and Tecon Salvador, an increase of 9% compared to the aggregate volumes reported at the two terminals from January to July 2022.

Another highlight of last month’s operational data was the tugboat division of Wilson Sons. 5,035 port maneuvers were carried out in the period, an increase of 10% compared to July 2022. The maneuvers increased, mainly due to the increase in the number of ships transporting containerized cargo, iron ore, grains and oil.

The results of the July operating data were disclosed on Friday (04/08) by Wilson Sons.

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