The Port of Imbituba ended November with 484,300 tons handled in the month, an increase of 12.4% in relation to the volume registered in the same period of 2019 (430,700). The strong performance was leveraged by the variety of products transported: pulp, food in bags, containers, iron ore, urea, malt, and crane, in addition to the large volumes of petroleum coke, which totaled 122,000 tons per month, a growth of 25.7% compared to the same month of 2019. Also noteworthy is the increase in the quantity of corn shipped (+ 153%) and in salt unloadings (+ 107.4%), with more vessels. So far, the Port of Imbituba has broken two monthly operating records this year, in June (602,370 tons) and September (602,737 tons), and four shipment/ship records, the largest, with an operating record of 119,700 tons on a single vessel.
Source: Datamar News