Brazil breaks record for movement in ports

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Waterway sector has the best 1st half of the historical series, with 616 million tons transported. Port of Santos Alex Ferraz The waterway movement in Brazil hit a historic record in the first half of this year. The country’s public and private ports handled 616 million tons in the period — a growth of 2.4% in relation to the volume handled between January and June 2021, which, until then, recorded the best performance for the first half of a year ( 601.4 million tons). Compared to the same period last year (579.1 million tons), the performance this time is 6.38% higher. The data were obtained exclusively by g1 and GloboNews and will be released this Wednesday night, by the National Waterway Transport Agency (Antaq), at an industry event. This year, the highlight was the months of March and May, which registered an increase of 11.7% and 11%, respectively, in comparison with the same months of the previous year. According to Antaq, commodities were responsible for boosting the expressive result for the semester. The largest quantity moved, by product, was iron ore, with 172.8 million tons — an increase of 6.73%. Next came crude oil, with 103.7 million tons handled in ports and an advance of 13.28%. Next, the highlights came from agriculture. The most expressive percentages were for soy, with a movement of 87.8 million tons (+21.6%) and corn, with 13.28 million tons (+40.7%). Exports From January to June of this year, 349.2 million tons were sent abroad through Brazilian ports — a number that represents an increase of 9.4% compared to the same period in 2022. Bulk represented almost 90% of exports, being 79% as solid bulk and 10% as liquid bulk. Brazil still exported 2.5 million tons of frozen poultry meat in containers through ports in the first half of 2023, a growth of 9% on the same basis of comparison. Breaking down by region, the southern ports concentrated 89% of these exports, with 2.2 million tons. Only the port of Paranaguá, in Paraná, sent 1.2 million tons of poultry meat to other countries. Shipping Long-haul shipping handled 427.3 million tons in 2023, with a growth of 7.02% compared to the same period last year. Cabotage grew 1.36% between January and June, and handled 142.1 million tons, while inland navigation grew 18.76% in the same ratio, handling 45.1 million tons. Public x Private Ports Public ports handled approximately 213.35 million tons, an increase of 4% compared to the same period last year. The port of Santos was the busiest, with 63.3 million tons — an increase of 1.1% in the same relation. Next came the ports of Paranaguá (PR) and Itaguaí (RJ), with 27.4 million tons and 24.6 million tons handled, respectively. In percentages, registrations are an increase of 6.4% and 7.75%, in that order, when compared to the same period last year. Private Use Terminals (TUPs) registered 402.7 million tons in the first half of 2023, an increase of 7.67% compared to the same period last year. Among the private ports The highlight among the private ports was the oil terminal Tpet/Toil, located in Porto do Açu, in the north of the state of Rio de Janeiro, with a 99% growth in cargo handling (26.9 million tons). The most common destination for crude oil extracted from the region, the Santos sedimentary basin, is China, with 77% of shipments. Another private highlight is the Tubarão Terminal, in Vitória, Espírito Santo, which handled more than 36.5 million tons, a performance 16.14% higher than the similar period in 2022. In an interview with GloboNews, the general director of Antaq , Eduardo Nery, explained that the better performance of private ports is directly related to investments, highlighting that the biggest challenge to improve the performance of Brazilian commodities is to make them reach the ports with reduced costs. “For public ports to be able to compete with private ones, it is necessary to have investment capacity and professional management, so that [os portos] have an ever-increasing capacity offered and so that they can operate with lower logistical costs […] and more competitive shipping. Our commodities will become more attractive to foreign trade and our products will also become more attractive to consumers,” he said.

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