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In Ceará, Port of Pecém Handled Over 3 Million Tons of Goods in the First Two Months of 2021

Written by Roberta Souza
Published on 10/03/2021 at 16:14
Porto, Porto do Pecém, Ceará
Porto de Pecém/ Fonte: reprodução – Via Google
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Located in São Gonçalo do Amarante in Ceará, the Port of Pecém had over 1.36 million tons of cargo transported in January

Cargo transportation at the Port of Pecém increased by 7% in the first two months of this year and reached a new milestone – the terminal handled over 3 million tons of cargo in 2021. According to data from the Pecém Complex, the volume increased by 21.7% from January to February. The volume of cargo transported at the port, located in Ceará, was over 1.36 million tons in January and 1.66 million tons in February.

Increase in Movement at the Port of Pecém

The traffic observed at the Ceará terminal this year is also slightly higher than the monthly average of 2019 (the year with the highest movement in the history of the Port of Pecém). In the first two months of 2021, the average production was 1.54 million tons.

Check the cargo movement in the first two months of the last four years:

  • 2021 – 3,093,868 tons;
  • 2020 – 2,879,626 tons;
  • 2019 – 2,584,235 tons;
  • 2018 – 2,564,097 tons.

Cabotage at the Port of Ceará

During this period, more than half of the cargo was transported along the coast, with 1.69 million tons in the first two months of 2021, an increase of 27% compared to last year. In cabotage transportation, iron ore, steel plates, grains, and salt stand out among the cargo transported.

The main discharges of cabotage: ores (722,678 t), pig iron (76,269 t), cereals (59,643 t), and plastics (25,371 t). The main shipments of cabotage carried out at the Port of Pecém in Ceará were: pig iron (269,846 t), salt (72,001 t), grinding industry products (27,803 t), aluminum (21,217 t), plastics (16,706 t), and cereals (11,830 t).

Roberta Souza

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