The Port of Sao Francisco do Sul broke its cargo loading time record with the operation of a soybean carrier, that is, 67 thousand tonnes in 26 hours. The record was set thanks to efficient shiploaders. The machinery was the target of constant investments from the port, exponentially improving its performance. “We managed to get both shiploaders working at their maximum capacity of 1,500 tons per hour throughout the entire procedure,” explains Guilherme Medeiros, Port Infrastructure manager. He also clarified that the only time the operation was halted was to change which vessel hold was receiving cargo. Thus, the average loading of the 67 thousand tonnes of oilseeds was 1,278 per hour for each shiploader. “We achieved our goal, which we had been aiming for a long time: zero shiploader downtime,” celebrates Medeiros.
Sources: O Município Joinville/Datamar News