Petroleum coke represented the highest handling volume at the Port of Imbituba in 2020, exceeding one million tons (1,017,306.15). In all, 28 ships at the port transported this mineral bulk: 19 ships unloaded and 9 ships were loaded. Coke handling took place at Pier 1 and Pier 3; these are connected to a belt conveyor system running to the storage yard of the TIEGS (solid bulk import and export terminal) which was leased to CRB – Grupo Votorantim. During the handling, the mineral bulk is removed from the ship by a mobile harbor crane (MHC) on wheels, placed in the hopper, then transferred to TIEGS by the conveyor belts. The other operations for loading and unloading coke take place with MHCs and rely on the support of metal pools and funnels to support the removal of cargo from trucks or to load them. The imported bulk came mainly from the United States. The exported bulk was heading towards several destinations: Bahrain, Canada, China, and the USA.
Source: Datamar News