With 200 jobs created and a throughput capacity of 1.5 million tonnes of cargo, Hidrovias do Brasil returned to the Port of Santos at the STS20 terminal in the Outeirinhos region. The company had maintained operations at the port for a short period between 2020 and 2021 and earlier this month received the first fertilizer carrier of the year. “The terminal will have kickstart operations with a preliminary capacity of 1.5 million tonnes of cargo per year, which will gradually increase to 2.75 million,” says the director of operations at Hidrovias do Brasil, Ricardo Cerqueira. Trucks are expected to bring 6,400 tonnes of fertilizers and 2,000 tonnes of salt per day, whereas 2,000 tonnes of fertilizers shall reach the terminal every 24 hours.
Sources: A Tribuna/Datamar News