Waterway Panorama - Antaq

l Waterway Panorama
Northeast Region
In the first half of 2009, the ports in the Northeast
Region handled 74,124,495 tonnes (22%
of the total volume), with a decrease of 4.65%
over the same period of 2008, which recorded
77,745,269 tonnes handled (22.7% of the total
volume). In 2008, total handling in the Northeast
was 176,424,179 tonnes (23% of the national
volume), with an increase of 8.3% over 2007 and
31.2% in the five-year series.
By type of loading, bulk solid handling in the
Northeast was 47,324,486 tonnes in the first
half of 2009 against 50,848,369 tonnes in the
same period last year, representing a decrease of
6.9%. In 2008, bulk solid handling was
116,635,887 tonnes (66.1% of the total regional
volume and 25.35% of the bulk solids handled in
Brazil), with an increase of 9% over 2007 and
34% in the five-year series.
In the first half of 2009, bulk liquid handling
was 21,360,738 tonnes against 22,168,901
tonnes in the same period in 2008, with a decrease
of 3.6%. In 2008, bulk liquid handling
was 47,865,036 tonnes (27.1% of the total regional
volume and 24.47% of bulk liquids handled
in Brazil), with an increase of 2.3% over
2007 and 18.3% in the five-year series.
In the first half of 2009, general cargo handling
was 2,295,551 tonnes, with a decrease of
57.8% over the same period in 2008, when
1,454,879 tonnes were handled. In 2008, general
cargo handling was 5,021,054 tonnes
(2.84% of the total regional volume and 12.79%
of the national general cargo volume), with an
increase of 186.7% over 2007 and 85.8% in the
five-year series.
Container handling reported 3,143,720
tonnes handled in the first half of 2008, with a
decrease of 3.95% over the first six months of
2008, which reported 3,273,120 tonnes. In
2008, container handling was 6,902,202 tonnes
(3.9% of the total regional volume and 9.42% of
the national volume of containers handled), with
a decrease of 6% over 2007 and an increase of
61.9% in the five-year series.
By type of navigation, long-haul shipping handled,
in the Northeast Region, 53,452,391
tonnes in the first half of 2009, with a decrease
of 9% over the same period in 2008, when
58,726,745 tonnes were handled. In 2008,
long-haul shipping handled 127,339,438 tonnes
(72.1% of the total regional volume and 22.4%
of total volume handled by long-haul shipping in
Brazil) in the Northeast Region, with an increase
of 9.23% in relation to 2007 and 37.6% in the
five-year series.
Cabotage handled 20,298,087 tonnes in the
first half of 2009, 9.7% more than in the first six
months of 2008, when 18,504,717 tonnes were
handled. In 2008, cabotage reported
47,237,459 tonnes handled (26.7% of the total
regional volume and 28.23% of total Brazilian
cabotage), with an increase of 8% over 2007 and
8.7% in the five-year series.
Other types of navigation totaled 374,017
tonnes handled in the first half of 2009, with a
decrease of 27% over the same period last year.
In 2008, other types of navigation handled
1,847,282 tonnes (1% of the total regional volume
and 5.67% of the national volume handled
by all types of navigation, except long-haul
shipping and cabotage), with a decrease of
28.2% compared to 2007 and 14.2% in the
five-year series.
Imports handled 6,406,009 tonnes and exports
handled 47,046,382 tonnes in the first half
of 2009, with decreases of 9.2%% and 8.9% respectively,
in relation to the same period last
year. In 2008, imports totaled 16,538,748
tonnes (13% of total regional volume and
14.42% of the national volume) and exports totaled
110,800,690 tonnes (87% of total regional
volume and 24.37% of the national volume),
with increases of 2.92% and 10.24% compared
to 2007, respectively, and 39% and 61.38% in
the five-year series, respectively.
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