Located in São Gonçalo do Amarante in Ceará, the Port of Pecém had more than 4,96 million tons of cargo transported until March

Until March, the Port of Pecém, in São Gonçalo do Amarante, Ceará, almost reached the mark of 5 million tons handled. According to data from Complexo do Pecém, movement in March saw an increase of 8% in arrivals and 47% in departures. The monthly average also had an increase, before it was 1.546.934 tons and increased to 1.654.766 tons.

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Increase in cargo handling at the Port of Pecém, Ceará

The traffic observed at the Ceará terminal this year is also slightly higher than the monthly average of 2019 – the year that had the biggest year of traffic in the history of the Port of Pecém. Compared to March 2020, more cargo disembarked and embarked at the port in the state of Ceará.

Check the movements of goods in the first three months of 2021

January – 1.429.700 tons
February – 1.664.168 tons
March – 1.870.430 tons

Danilo Serpa, president of Complexo do Pecém, said that they are looking forward to economic recovery this year. It has been shown that the Port of Pecém has grown since the first month of 2021. New businesses, such as fuel transhipment, contributed to this growth in the first quarter, which was 4.964.298 tons at the end of the quarter, almost 5 million tons handled by the Port of Pecém.

Terminal movement in Ceará

The accumulated volume of loading and unloading at the Port of Pecém in 2021 was 4.964.298 tons, an amount that was 11% higher than the same period in 2020, when it reached the mark of 4.458.655 tons. Landing volume increased by 16%, from 3.069.549 tonnes in 2020 to 3.556.046 tonnes in 2021, and shipments increased by 1%, from 1.389.107 tonnes in 2020 to 1.408.251 tonnes in 2021.

In terms of cargo, dry bulk is the most relevant cargo in the ton index, with dead weight of 2.634.321 tons (53%), followed by container cargo with 1.201.388 tons (24%), and loose cargo with 857.069 tons (17%) and 271.520 tons of liquid bulk (5%).

Cabotage in the port complex in Ceará

In cabotage at the port complex in the state of Ceará, the main products handled were: ore (1.106.496 tons), cast iron (112.766 tons), grains (105.996 tons), mineral fuels (42.855 tons), etc. The main cargoes shipped at the Port of Pecém were cast iron (301.696 tons), salt (120.106 tons), milling products (45.729 tons), aluminum and its products (33.435 tons), mineral fuels (28.717 tons), plastics and their products (25.154 tons) and so on.

In the long haul landing the main products processed are mineral fuels (1.562.893 tons), cast iron (169.549 tons), fertilizers (6.373 tons), machinery (5.930 tons). In terms of long distance shipments in the state of Ceará, the main highlight is the processing of cast iron (333.856 tons), ore (109.500 tons), fruits (58.305 tons), mineral fuels (35.985 tons).

In the handling of cargo at the Port of Pecém, in Ceará, in the first two months of the year (January and February), more than half of the cargo was transported along the coast, a total of 1,69 million tons, an increase of 27 % compared to last year. In cabotage transport, iron ore, steel plates, grains and salt stand out among the goods transported.