Waterway Panorama - Antaq

l Waterway Panorama
North Region
The ports of the North Region handled
24,837,628 tonnes (7.4% of the total volume)
in the first half of 2009, with an increase
of 15.2% over the first half of 2008, when
total handling was 21,555,421 tonnes (63% of
the total volume). In 2008, total handling in the
north was 63,793,657 tonnes (8.3% of the national
volume), with an increase of 10.3% over
2007 and 26.6% in the five-year series.
By type of cargo, bulk solid handling in the
North was 16,920,287 tonnes in the first half of
2009 against 14,681,914 tonnes in the same
period last year, representing an increase of
15.2%. In 2008, bulk solid handling was
43,329,418 tonnes (68% of the total regional
volume and 9.42% of the bulk solids handled in
Brazil), with an increase of 4.9% over 2007 and
27.4% in the five-year series.
Bulk liquid handling was 5,687,126 tonnes in
the first half of 2009 against 4,655,420 tonnes
in the same period of 2008, with an increasing
22.1%. In 2008, bulk liquid handling was
12,293,218 tonnes (19.2% of the total regional
volume and 6.28% of bulk liquids handled in
Brazil), with an increase of 1% over 2007 and
7.8% in the five-year series.
General cargo handling was 778,705 tonnes
in the first half of 2009, with a decrease of
42% over the same period in 2008, when handling
was 1,343,701 tonnes. In 2008, general
cargo handling was 4,397,308 tonnes (6.9% of
the total regional volume and 11.2% of the
general cargo handled in the country), with an
increase of 53.5% over 2007 and 37.7% in the
five-year series.
Container handling reported 1,451,510
tonnes in the first half of 2008, with an increase
of 66% over the first six months of 2008, which
reported 874,386 tonnes. In 2008, container
handling was 3,773,713 tonnes (5.9% of the total
regional volume and 5.15% of the national
container handling), with an increase of 138.5%
over 2007 and 111.8% in the five-year series.
By type of navigation, long-haul shipping handled,
in the North Region, 7,657,965 tonnes in
the first half of 2009, representing an increase of
2.4% over the same period in 2008, when
7,474,171 tonnes were handled. In 2008, longhaul
shipping handled 24,731,259 tonnes
(38.7% of the total regional volume and 4.35%
of the total long-haul volume in Brazil) in the
North Region, with an increase of 26% compared
to 2007 and 35% in the five-year series.
Cabotage handled 10,095,018 tonnes in the
first half of 2009, 2.3% more than in the first six
months of 2008, when 9,869,915 tonnes were
handled. In 2008, the cabotage reported
24,269,040 tonnes handled (38% of the total regional
volume and 14.5% of total Brazilian cabotage),
with a decrease of 13.1% over 2007 and
an increase of 5.9% in the five-year series.
Other types of navigation totaled 7,084,645
tonnes handled in the first half of 2009, with an
increase of 68.2% over the same semester in the
previous year. In 2008, other types of navigation
handled 14,793,358 tonnes (23.15% of the total
regional volume and 45.41% of the national
volume handled by all types of navigation, except
long-haul shipping and cabotage), with an increase
of 44% over 2007 and 61.7% in the fiveyear
series.
Imports handled 1,371,367 tonnes and exports
handled 6,286,598 tonnes in the first half
of 2009, with a decrease of 23.1% and an increase
of 10.5%, respectively, in relation to the
same period last year. In 2008, imports totaled
3,341,567 tonnes (13.6% of the total regional
volume and 2.91% of the national volume) and
exports 21,203,046 handled tonnes (86.4% of
the total regional volume and 4.66% of the national
volume), with increases of 44.5% and
22.4% over 2007, respectively, and 70% and
29.6% in the five-year series, respectively.
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