Paraná ports close the year with fifteen broken records. The historic movement of more than 55 million tons of cargo handled, the largest number of trucks received at the Sorting Yard, the largest grain ship ever received, among others, made the ports of Paranaguá and Antonina stand out in the national sector .
“Despite the health crisis, the ports of Paraná advanced. The State had a spectacular soybean harvest and the price of the product in the international market favored exports. In addition, sugar was very prominent, frozen chicken and vegetable oil ”, comments the CEO of Portos do Paraná, Luiz Fernando Garcia.
For him, the results achieved reflect the work of the entire team and the port community. “The stevedores, the companies, the truck drivers, the railroad workers, each did their part so that the port would not stop and, more than that, exceed all the goals”, evaluates the director.
The number that most represented the marks hit by the terminals in Paraná was reached on the last day of November: 55,382,000 tons of cargo handled in 11 months. The best result in history, surpassing the annual record achieved in 2019.
In the assessment of the Director of Port Operations, Luiz Teixeira da Silva Júnior, good management in the different segments allowed for growth in productivity. “The Port of Paranaguá, which, in the 1970s, made 5 million tons a year, today, makes almost 6 million tons a month. This is because the system has developed, not with geographical expansions, but with improvements over time, with operational and scale gains ”, he highlights.
Check out the brands throughout the year:
January
Paranaguá Container Terminal (TCP) handles 84,601 TEUs (unit of measurement equivalent to 20 feet) in 31 days.
March
The Sorting Yard of the Port of Paranaguá had a record of truck movement. In 24 hours, 2,448 truckers were received. 20% increase in the flow normally registered, of 2 thousand vehicles / day.
Largest monthly movement ever recorded in the Export Corridor: 2.4 million tons of soybeans, in grain and bran. The volume exceeded by more than 180 thousand tons the previous record, of 2.2 million tons, reached in June 2019.
April
The largest monthly movement in the history of the Ports of Paraná was achieved, with more than 5.5 million tons of cargo.
Paranaguá Port breaks new record in truck movement. In April, the Sorting Yard Porto de Paranaguá received 58,499 trucks, surpassing the record 55,835, registered in March, by more than three thousand vehicles.
May
With 5.7 million tonnes, the volume of imports and exports was 44% higher than that recorded in the same month of 2019, surpassing previous historical marks.
June
The ship Pacific South docked at the Port of Paranaguá to set new records in the Export Corridor. In addition to being a bulk carrier of 292 meters in length and 45 in breadth (width) – the largest ever received at the complex – the vessel carried a historic volume for the solid bulk segment at the Paraná terminals: 103 thousand tons of soybean meal.
Public silos at the Port of Paranaguá record record performance. The amount of soybeans, in grain and bran, amounted to almost 1.66 million tonnes in the first half, the highest volume of shipment through public silos in the last ten years.
July
Port of Paranaguá embarks a new record volume on a single vessel. The ship E. Bandoneon loaded 104.2 thousand tons of soybean meal.
August
TCP – the company that manages the Paranaguá Container Terminal, recorded a record of container movement when operating 87,455 TEUs (units equivalent to 20-foot containers). The terminal also broke the record for handling carried out on a single vessel, with 2,083 movements at CAP San Lorenzo, operated on August 31.
September
The Ports of Paraná have the best result for the month of September in history, with 5,261,752 tons handled.
October
Best October month in history: 5,048,117 tons.
November
Largest bus boarding operation in a single operation. 155 vehicles were exported. With a month left to end the year, Paranaguá and Antonina break a record of 53.3 million tons of cargo handled – the highest volume in history.
December
Record new bus operation: 157 buses, with two more vehicles than the previous departure.
Source: Portos do Paraná
