With a cargo throughput of 503.8 kt in February, up 8.4% from the same month of last year, Brazil’s Port of Imbituba has set a new record, making it the best February on record for the port complex. In total, 21 vessels were brought into operation, mainly to export solid bulk. The bulk leadership in the Port of Imbituba was leveraged by the flow of agricultural products, which increased by 418.7% compared to February last year. Bulk minerals, which accounted for around 80% of operations in Feb/2022, contracted by 34.6% in the previous month, moving to 48.8% of total operations but still maintaining the lead in the ranking of most handled cargoes. In this period, the main cargoes that passed through the port complex were: petroleum coke (176.3 t), corn (71.6 t), containers (59.8 t), pig iron (56.7 t), corn meal, and soymeal (56.3 t). Shipments of agricultural bulk, coke, pig iron, and wood logs were the driving force behind the export increase, which closed February with a rise of 108.2% and a 69% share of the total volume of tonnes that passed through the Port from Imbituba. In 2022 alone, the value exported at the Port of Imbituba rose 61.2% compared to 2021, surpassing the 1-billion-dollar mark, according to Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade, and Services data.
Source: Datamar News