DRIVE IN THE PORT OF CABEDELO GROWS IN 2018

The Port of Cabedelo repeated and expanded its good performance in 2017, registering another year of growth in its cargo handling. In the year of 2018, Porto registered a growth of 17.43% in relation to the previous year, moving a total of 1,230,741 tons of products and raw materials. In 2017, the terminal handled 1,048,072 tons and recorded a growth of 11.39% compared to 2016. According to the Operations Department of the Companhia Docas do Paraíba (Docas-PB), 100 ships passed through the port and once again oil products were the busiest cargoes. In crib 101, 486,742 tons of fuels were discharged, 322,965 of gasoline, 160,827 of diesel and 2,950 alcohol. The second busiest cargo in the port of Cabedelo in 2018 was petcoke, which is imported from the United States and has as final destination the cement hub of Paraíba and a company in the state of Pará, which imports the product through the port of Paraiba. 350,808 tons of petcoke passed through the port last year. Despite the importing characteristic, the Paraiba port is also an important port for the disposal of high added value goods from the State to other countries. For the president of Companhia Docas do Paraíba, Gilmara Temóteo, the good performance of the Port of Cabedelo during two consecutive years, in the midst of the crisis, accompanies the growth that the State of Paraíba has been experiencing in practically all sectors, thanks to fiscal policy, austerity and the investments adopted by the State Government. Also according to Gilmara, investments in improving the
infrastructure of Porto, combined with the prospection of new
charges, complete the revenue that led to the positive
numbers.
Source: Ports and Ships