The Port of Recife handled more than 590 thousand tons in the first half of 2021. The numbers show a growth of 4.06% compared to 2020. Cargoes such as sugar, malt, ash, fertilizers, wheat, and metallurgical products are among the highlights. In the first six months of the year, 147 vessels docked at the Port of Recife, operating a wide range of cargoes. Sugar was the most-handled cargo, followed by malt, with a growth of 48.38%, soda, fertilizers, wheat, and metallurgical materials. At the end of the first half, the terminal totaled 592,632 tons handled. In this semester, exports presented a growth of 59.57%, going from 98,272 tons to 156,811 tons. This scenario is due to the good performance in the handling of sugar, our main export product. From January to June 2020, the Recife anchorage handled 56,091 tons of sugar, while in the same period of 2021, it handled 145,079 tons. Bulk sugar exports grew 354.62% and sack sugar exports, 102.30%.
Source: Datamar News