YTD Portos RS handling already surpasses 2020 level

On November 16, the Superintendence of the Ports of Rio Grande do Sul (Portos RS) released the results for the January-October period. The Port of Rio Grande registered the best October YTD  in the history of the complex. The Port of Pelotas increased handling by 40.97% compared to the same period last year.

During this period, the three public ports under its administration (Rio Grande, Pelotas, and Porto Alegre) plus the private handling of the Rio Grande Superport complex handled a total of 40,647,273 tons, an increase of 17.39% compared to October 2020 and an increase of 11.17% compared to the YTD in October 2020.

The Rio Grande Superport port complex – which involves the public port, the five leased private terminals, the two shipyards, and the four private-use terminals – was responsible for most of this amount: 38,545,987 tons for the period up to October, an increase of 16.60% compared to the same period in 2020.

YTD handling from January to October of this year was characterized as the best in the history of the Superport complex. In these ten months, handling in the city of Rio Grande has already exceeded the 2020 level for the full year, 38,090,430 tons.

The chart below shows a history of the cargo movement in RS ports since 2019. Data are from DataLiner:

Cargo handling in the ports of Rio Grande do Sul | Jan 2019 to Sept 2021 | WTMT

Source: DataLiner (click here to request a demo)

Concerning handling at the Superport, the highest percentage increases in cargo were due to wood cargo, which increased by 184.58%, followed by corn (64.53%), urea (32.70%), and soybean grains (31.61%). Soybeans were also the largest cargo handled at the port in the southern region of the state and the largest cargo exported, totaling 12,086,524 tons in the period.

The Port of Pelotas recorded an increase of 23.24% in October handling compared to the same period last year. The two main drivers in the port of Pelotas continue to be wood logs, accounting for 76.7% of the YTD total handling, and clinker, which accounts for 18% of cargo in the port of Pelotas.

The Port of Porto Alegre moved 633,404 tons of fertilizers in 2021, which, together with barley, wheat, salt, and others, reached the level of 908,129 tons in ten months. Compared to last year, the total cargo handled at the Porto Alegre pier registered an increase of 26.02%.

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