The Port of Santos set another cargo throughput record in October. It scored the highest volume in October compared to previous years (14.4 million tonnes) and the best year-to-date result (138.2 million tonnes, up 11.7% from January-October last year). The port’s performance in October indicates that it may beat the best annual mark in its history – 147 million tonnes in December 2021.
October outperformed the same month last year by 34.5%, owing primarily to an increase in shipments of 48.1%, totaling 10.5 million tonnes. Emphasis on farming goods, such as soybeans and derivatives, whose shipments increased by 106.8% to 1.5 million tonnes; sugar (39.3% to 2.3 million tonnes); and corn (130.6% to 2.5 million tonnes). Pulp also had a strong performance, increasing by 69.4% to 863.7 thousand tonnes. On the other hand, the arrival of imported goods increased by 8.1% in the month to 3.9 million tonnes.
Container operations, which account for more than 30% of the total volume handled at the port, also reached new highs. Santos operated 452 thousand TEU in October, a 9.5% increase over October 2021 (413 thousand TEU). The total movement for the year reached 4.2 million TEU, a 5.4% increase over the same period last year (4 million TEU).
The number of moorings increased by 10.4% compared to October last year: 434 vs. 393, with two moorings of ships measuring 347 meters in length, the largest to visit the Port of Santos. There were 4,333 dockings year-to-date (7.3% more than in 2021, when there were 4,039).
Santos’ participation in the Brazilian trade flow was 29.1%, totaling 148.3 billion US dollars FOB. 23.3% of this volume was traded with China (40.6 billion US dollars FOB).
