The beginning of the soybean harvest in Brazil is encouraging the prospects for the handling of the agricultural grain in the Port of Imbituba for the coming months. The port operator Granéis Imbituba confirmed the scheduling of at least six bulk shipments in the period between March and May. The cargo is already arriving by road transport and being stored in the warehouses of Fertisanta and Serra Morena, which form the joint venture Granéis Imbituba. Together, the operators have a static storage capacity of around 220,000 tons. The product comes from the Midwest. According to José Roberto Martins, Managing Partner of Granéis, the late start of the harvest ends up putting pressure on the flow going through Brazilian ports and, as there is the capacity to send the cargo through Imbituba, the market seeks these solutions, closing new contracts. “We moved around 1.4 million tons of corn and soybeans through Imbituba in the last year and our expectation is to exceed this mark in 2021”, highlights Martins. The ships scheduled for the coming months are of the Panamax class and are expected to load, on average, 66,000 tons each, bound for China.
Source: Datamar News