Brazil’s Northeast, the country’s largest region by number of states, is home to key organized public ports and private-use terminals that play a vital role in national logistics. Overall, ports in the region handled 9 million tonnes in February, up 6.68% year on year. Data from the Waterway Statistics system of Brazil’s National Waterway Transportation Agency, Antaq, for February show that the main cargo handled in the region was oil products excluding crude oil — refined products such as fuels — with a total of 2.1 million tonnes moved during the period. The figure represents a sharp 29.59% increase from the same month a year earlier. In addition to oil products excluding crude oil, the second-largest cargo category was crude oil and oil products, which totaled 1.6 million tonnes and grew 11.48%. Salt ranked third, with throughput of 568,000 tonnes and a sharp 38.45% increase in the period.
Source: MPOR/Datamar News