WITH 2.4 MILLION TONS, PARANAGUA PORT EMBARKED THE DOUBLE OF SOYA IN MAY

Exports of soybean grain and bran through the Port of Paranaguá (PR) doubled in May, reaching 2.4 million tons, compared to 1.2 million in the same month of 2019. Shipments this year surpassed the 2 million mark. tons for the third consecutive month. The volume loaded in the first five months of the year already totals 9.6 million tons, 33% above that shipped in 2019. “Despite the coronavirus crisis, the market remained very strong. The appreciated dollar favored and dry weather guaranteed the pace of shipments ”, explains the CEO of Portos do Paraná, Luiz Fernando Garcia. Soybeans grew by almost 70% in the comparison between the first five months of 2019 and 2020. It rose from 4.29 million to 7.28 million tons. In May alone, around 1.95 million tonnes were exported, almost four times more than the 561,284 tonnes loaded in the same month of the previous year. In May 2019, 22 ships docked in the berths of the export corridor of the Port of Paranaguá. This year, there were 39. The number was only possible, according to the company, because the waiting time of the vessels reduced and the productivity of the berths increased. The time it took a ship to load dropped from an average of 2.9 days to 2.2 days. The volume handled jumped from 801 tons / hour to 1,138 tons / hour.
Source: Revista Globo Rural