Aiming at a logistic optimization plan in the Brazilian Northeast, the Volkswagen do Brasil company uses the Port of Suape for its operations. The company seeks more optimization and quality for its actions and creates expectations in the port terminal.
Last Wednesday (20/07), the Volkswagen do Brasil company announced that it has returned to using the Port of Suape for optimizing logistics in the Northeast of the country. The resumption of the partnership aims to bring more agility in the distribution of the brand's vehicles to customers in the Northeast region.
Greater agility and optimization in operations is the company's focus when using the Port of Suape as its ally
In this sense, the Volkswagen company creates great expectations with the Port of Suape and seeks, with the partnership, greater optimization of vehicle distribution operations and logistics in northeastern Brazil. Therefore, the Pernambuco port terminal has already received the first batch of vehicles, around 60 units of the Taos model, coming from Argentina.
“Suape is strategic and very advantageous for the brand and customers, as we will be able to distribute our vehicles more quickly in the Northeast. It is located within a radius of 800 kilometers from the main consumer centers in the region, which enables reductions in logistical costs and CO2 emissions; and faster service for the dealership network”, says Ciro Possobom, CEO of Volkswagen do Brasil.
It is worth mentioning that the movement of vehicles in the Port of Suape was one of the major highlights of the terminal in 2021. According to the state-owned company, the number of imported and exported cars was 20% higher compared to 2020. This percentage gave the total of 47.841 units in 2021 against 39.922 in the previous year. In 2022, until the month of June, there are already a total of 26.542 cars against 24.111 in the previous year, an increase of 10%.
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In this way, Volkswagen's operations in the complex intend to move around 2 vehicles of the brand per year and involve around 30 professionals, including stevedores, moorers, drivers, coordinators and also ship and ground agents. . As soon as they are unloaded, the cars are inspected and transferred to a distribution center located 15 km from the dock.
In this distribution center where the vehicles are transferred, there will be a branch of Volkswagen do Brasil, where they will be prepared for commercialization and distribution to markets in the region. In the Northeast alone, the company has points of sale in 55 cities and serves with quality in each of them.
The logistics and optimization process ensures that all points of sale receive their percentage of vehicles that are able to meet their own demands and, therefore, the company has invested heavily.
“Suape is the entry and exit door for vehicles from several important groups and companies that, from here, leave for other countries and other states in Brazil. The arrival of VW only strengthens our position as the main hub for vehicle operations in the North and Northeast of the country”, emphasizes Luiz Alberto Barros, Business Development director at Suape.
This is because the port terminal is located on the southern coast of the State, between two municipalities, Cabo de Santo Agostinho and Ipojuca. And being only 40 miles (ca. 64 km) from Recife, the Port of Suape is connected to more than 160 ports on all continents and presents itself as the most strategic public port in the Northeast, considering that it guarantees 90% of GDP Of region.
