Port handling in Brazil grows 5.5% from January to October

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The national port sector, which includes public and private ports, handled one billion tons from January to October 2021, according to data released today (13), in Brasilia, by the National Agency of Waterway Transport (Antaq). The number represented a growth of 5.5% in relation to the same period in 2020.

Public ports registered 344.5 million tons, an increase of 5.01%, and private facilities 665.8 million tons, a high of 5.70%.

significant growth were the Waterway Terminal of São Francisco do Sul, in Santa Catarina, (95.3%), the Port Terminal of Pecém, in Ceará, (36.2%), the ports of Itaqui (+27.0%), in Rio Grande do Sul, and Itaguaí, in the state of Rio de Janeiro (+21.1%).

Dry bulk handled 589.7 million tons, 58.4% of total cargo at Brazilian port facilities, and grew 1.8% compared to the same period in 2020. Liquid bulk totaled 260.8 million tons, 25.8% of the total, an increase of 9.7% compared to the ten months of last year.

Among the navigations, the long course, representing 70.5% of all Brazilian port movements, presented an expansion of 6%. Inland navigation dropped 5% in the period.