In January 2022, the national port sector, handled 88.5 million tonnes. This is a 0.75% decrease from the same month in 2021 when 89.2 million tonnes were handled. The data were released by Antaq. Brazilian public ports handled 27.9 million tonnes in the month, up 4.41%. Authorized private terminals, in turn, handled 60.6 million tonnes, down 3.11%. The port sector handled 47.6 million tonnes of solid bulk (down 0.32% compared to January 2021). Liquid and gaseous bulk entailed handlings of 25.5 million tonnes, a 4.42% reduction. Also, 10 million tonnes of containerized cargo passed through Brazilian ports, a 1.06% reduction. Finally, the sector handled 5.4 million tonnes of general cargo, an increase of 14.32%. The commodity most commonly found among Brazilian port operations was iron ore with 25.8 million tonnes.
Source: Datamar News