According to the Santos Port Authority (SPA), the Port of Santos started the year 2021 recording record volumes of movement. The total volume of cargo was 9.18 million tons, 10.5% higher than in 2020 (8.31 million) and 1.4% higher than the last record for January set in 2018 (9.05 million). 3.9 million tons were registered, a record for this modality in January, surpassing the previous record obtained in 2018 (3.6 million tons) by 7.8% and surpassing the 2020 level by 10.1% (3,5 million). In total, shipments reached 5.71 million tons, surpassing the figures for January 2020 by 8.9%. Ship unloadings, on the other hand, totaled 3.47 million, 13.1% above the same period last year. The busiest products in the Port of Santos were sugar (1.33 million); fertilizer (698,300); corn (604,100) and soybean meal (414,200). Solid bulk reached 3.3 million tons, an increase of 11.0% over the result of January 2020. In this modality, shipments of bulk sugar, soybean meal, and corn continue to perform well, showing a growth of 47.5%, 56.9%, and 13.6%, respectfully, over the figures for January 2020. It is also worth noting the fertilizer shipments increased by 77.7%. Liquid bulk also performed well, totaling 1.5 million tons, 9.0% above the same period last year. 342 ships docked at the Port of Santos in January, 9.5% fewer than in January 2020, characterizing the increase in the volume of cargo per vessel.
Source: Datamar News