Tag: Santos Port

The city of Santos in the state of São Paulo, which has the largest port in Latin America, is on a list of four places that play a unique role in the global maritime drug trade. The study is part...

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Federal Police in Brazil along with the country’s Naval Patrol Group have uncovered a very unusual way for drug traffickers to transport their drugs to the European continent from...

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Although Brazil’s economy has not yet recovered from the worst recession in decades, the Santos Port, largest port complex in Latin America, is forecasting to move a record 120.6 million...

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Firefighters continue to combat a fire which has engulfed at least four large fuel tanks at the Port of Santos in São Paulo, saying that containment of the flames may...

By Lise Alves, Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Movement of goods at Brazil’s busiest port, Santos, set a record in June, totaling 9.8 million tons and 5.4 percent above that registered in June of 2013 according to CODESP (São...

By Lise Alves, Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Coffee exports (including green grains, soluble, roasted and grounded) registered an increase of 9.9 percent in volume during the 2013/2014 season, but declined by 11.6 percent in revenues, according to CeCafe...

By Anna Fitzpatrick, Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – With an oil leak off the Brazilian coast and tense negotiations over state oil royalties, the deep sea "pre-salt" oil discoveries have shown that it is not just the state of...