Last week, the Port of Itaqui was improved through infrastructure works including depth-monitoring services (bathymetry) and maintenance dredging in berths 100 to 104. At the same time, environmental monitoring of the entire process was also carried out in partnership with the Federal University of Maranhão. The works also included the structural recovery of the berths, paving access roads, and maintenance of the fenders and the electrical and fire-fighting systems. The maintenance of the berths was carried out within 48 hours of services: while the dredging removed sediment such as silt from the seabed that had accumulated naturally, the bathymetry monitored the depth of the berths and the internal channel using ultrasound equipment. “This service is necessary because it contributes to maintaining our competitive advantage and, most importantly, to ensuring navigation safety”, says Porto do Itaqui’s President, Ted Lago. In August, the Novo Tegram operations began, which increases Itaqui’s total flow capacity to 20 million tons/year. The new structure of the COPI terminal is in the commissioning (testing) phase, which will increase the fertilizer-handling capacity to 3.5 million tons per year. The constant increase in traffic and the attraction of new business also includes maintaining the port infrastructure, EMAP’s strategic axis of action.
Source: Datamar News