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Green light for Port of Santos to berth 14,000 TEUers
来源：Shipping News Headlines 编辑：编辑部 发布：2021/03/10 09:40:33
THE Port of Santos has been given the nod by the Brazilian Navy to receive vessels of 366 metres in length, equating to 14,000 TEU, the largest ships calling the East Coast of South America.
Currently, the port receives vessels of up to 340 metres in length, with a capacity for around 9,000 TEU, while the new maximum size of vessels arrivals will allow Brazil's largest port to handle 14,000 TEU-vessels and improve its capacity
Santos Port Authority (SPA) worked with the Pilotage of Sao Paulo and the University of Sao Paulo (USP) to study the manoeuvrability, hydrodynamic interaction and mooring plans, proving the viability of traffic of these vessels in the navigation channel.
The researchers used mathematical simulations in which the current channel, with a depth of 15 metres, and a future option, with a depth of 17 metres, were feasible for ships of up to 15,000 TEU.
Greater container traffic at the Santos port complex is on the horizon with the expected expansions of existing terminals and planning for the destination of two other areas, in Saboo, on the right bank, one for the port terminal and the other for the back port.
The port authority further expects cargo to be concentrated in Santos due to BR do Mar, a project by the Ministry of Infrastructure to encourage cabotage.
Excluding BR do Mar, expected growth is 3.3 per cent annually for containerised cargo, generating an increase from 4.4 million TEU at present to 7.9 million TEU in 2040, as projected in the port's development and zoning plan (PDZ).
In January, the port handled 374,100 TEU, representing an increase of 11 per cent rise compared to the same period last year.
The Port of Santos began 2021 by registering record volumes in cargo movement in January of this year. According to statistics from the Santos Port Authority (SPA) the total cargo volume was 9.18 million tonnes, 10.5 per cent higher than in 2020 and 1.4 per cent higher than the record for the month, recorded in 2018 with 9.05 million tonnes, according to UK's Seatrade Maritime News.
Currently, the port receives vessels of up to 340 metres in length, with a capacity for around 9,000 TEU, while the new maximum size of vessels arrivals will allow Brazil's largest port to handle 14,000 TEU-vessels and improve its capacity
Santos Port Authority (SPA) worked with the Pilotage of Sao Paulo and the University of Sao Paulo (USP) to study the manoeuvrability, hydrodynamic interaction and mooring plans, proving the viability of traffic of these vessels in the navigation channel.
The researchers used mathematical simulations in which the current channel, with a depth of 15 metres, and a future option, with a depth of 17 metres, were feasible for ships of up to 15,000 TEU.
Greater container traffic at the Santos port complex is on the horizon with the expected expansions of existing terminals and planning for the destination of two other areas, in Saboo, on the right bank, one for the port terminal and the other for the back port.
The port authority further expects cargo to be concentrated in Santos due to BR do Mar, a project by the Ministry of Infrastructure to encourage cabotage.
Excluding BR do Mar, expected growth is 3.3 per cent annually for containerised cargo, generating an increase from 4.4 million TEU at present to 7.9 million TEU in 2040, as projected in the port's development and zoning plan (PDZ).
In January, the port handled 374,100 TEU, representing an increase of 11 per cent rise compared to the same period last year.
The Port of Santos began 2021 by registering record volumes in cargo movement in January of this year. According to statistics from the Santos Port Authority (SPA) the total cargo volume was 9.18 million tonnes, 10.5 per cent higher than in 2020 and 1.4 per cent higher than the record for the month, recorded in 2018 with 9.05 million tonnes, according to UK's Seatrade Maritime News.