Port of Itaqui in São Luís breaks last year's record in cargo handling

The Port of Itaqui located in São Luís – MA reaches the end of 2020 with cargo handling above the historical mark reached in 2019 and closes the year with 25,3 million tons of cargo handled. Grains (soybeans, corn and soy bran) reached 12,1 million tons – including Tegram and VII –, an increase of 8,5% over the same period last year. And the volume of fertilizer reached 2,6 million tons handled, registering an increase of 21%.

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President of the Port of Itaqui in São Luís says he was surprised by the result of cargo handling

Also noteworthy is cellulose, with 1,4 million tons exported and 35% above the cargo limit that was exported in 2019; in addition to cargo in containers, with the consolidation of the weekly scale this year. These results were achieved together with the intense work to prevent and combat covid 19, defined in a plan to face the pandemic in São Luís - MA, launched in the first months of the year, with a focus on maintaining the health of workers and the safety of operations .

“We had a difficult year in São Luís, full of uncertainties, which began with the first news of covid-19, when we began to understand the possible impacts of the pandemic on the markets in which we operate and to take measures to keep our teams safe and regularity. of operations. But with determination and resilience we reached this record that confirms the positive sequence we have been achieving since 2015”, says the president of the Port of Itaqui, Ted Lago.

“A result that would not have been possible without the partnership and commitment of the EMAP teams, operators, lessees, shipowners, shipping agencies, consenting bodies, pilotage, OGMO, port workers and all those who make the Port of Itaqui a reference for the Maranhão and for Brazil”, he adds.

Expansion at the Port of Itaqui in São Luís

A milestone in the expansion project that has been undertaken at the Port of Itaqui since last year, Novo Tegram began its activities at the end of the first half and inaugurated a new stage of growth that further strengthens the importance of the public port of Maranhão as a leader in the outflow of grain production from Arco Norte in the country.

The investments of the Tegram Consortium in Itaqui make it possible to carry out simultaneous shipments of grains through Berths 100 and 103, increasing the port's capacity to handle 20 million tons of grains per year, also considering VLI's operations in Berth 105. The Consortium invested R$ 260 million in this second phase of the undertaking. Added to the contribution of resources from the first phase (R$ 600 million), the total invested is R$ 860 million. The work generated around 500 jobs and in the post-work phase the terminal should absorb more than 100 new workers.

A logistical highlight for Brazilian agribusiness, Tegram is one of the largest infrastructure works for the export of the Brazilian grain crop and has directly benefited producers in the MATOPIBA region (Maranhão, Tocantins, Piauí, Bahia) and in the Northeast of Mato Grosso. The proximity of Itaqui to the new agricultural frontier in Brazil generates greater agility in transporting the crop to strategic markets, such as Europe and Asia.