A record bulk shipment is being carried out in Paranaguá Port’s Export Corridor this week, with vessel E.R Bayonne being loaded with 104,200 tonnes of soybean meal at berth 214. It is the second shipment at the port to exceed 100,000 tonnes. The other was the Pacific South which, in June, carried just over 103,000 tonnes. According to the CEO of Paraná Ports, Luiz Fernando Garcia, the trend is to receive more and more large bulk carriers. “Paraná is already preparing the remodeling, modernization and repowering project for the Export Corridor, which will allow our ports to be even more competitive”, says the president. E.R Bayonne has a Liberian flag. Like the Pacific South, this ship also measures 292 meters in length and 45.05 meters in width and has nine holds (two more than vessels that normally carry bulk through Paraná Ports). The soybean meal loaded in Paranaguá will be taken to the port of Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. The director of operations for Paraná Ports, Luiz Teixeira da Silva Júnior, states that the ports in Paraná are prepared in maritime and land infrastructure to receive and operate large vessels and large volumes of cargo. According to Teixeira, this type of super vessel does not generally operate directly, as is commonly done with vessels up to 225 meters. “This type of vessel needs to turn in order to fully load, which demands more mooring time. The advantage is that they take twice the amount of cargo as a vessel that is normally handled (carrying 65,000 tonnes)”, he adds. Currently, the Port of Paranaguá exports the second largest amount of soybean meal in Brazil.
Source: Portos e Navios