Waterway Panorama - Antaq

l Waterway Panorama
South Region
In the first half of 2009, the ports in the South
Region handled 48,165,143 tonnes (14.33%
of the total volume), with a decrease of 5.5%
over the same period in 2008, which reported
50,964,175 tonnes handled (14.91% of the total
volume). In 2008, total movement in the
South Region was 99,254,790 tonnes (12.91%
of national), with a decrease of 6.8% over 2007
and 12.8% in the five-year series.
By type of cargo, bulk solid handling in the
South was 22,525,612 tonnes in the first half of
2009 against 24,467,495 tonnes in the same
period last year, representing a decrease of
7.9%. In 2008, bulk solid handling was
42,074,321 tonnes (42.39% of the total regional
volume and 9.14% of total bulk solids handled in
Brazil), with a decrease of 14.7% over 2007 and
an increase of 3.2% in the five-year series.
In the first half of 2009, bulk liquid handling
was 14,040,329 tonnes against 14,591,560
tonnes in the same period of 2008, with a decrease
of 3.7%. In 2008, bulk liquid handling
was 29,437,679 tonnes (29.65% of the total regional
volume and 15.05% of bulk liquids handled
in Brazil), being stable over 2007 and rising
21.2% in the five-year series.
In the first half of 2009, general cargo handling
was 2,764,144 tonnes, with a decrease of
23.3% over the same period in 2008, when
3,605,978 tonnes were handled. In 2008, general
cargo handling was 7,504,882 tonnes
(7.56% of the total regional volume and 19.12%
of the national volume of general cargo handled),
with an increase of 13.85% over 2007 and
22.35% in the five-year series.
Container handling recorded 8,835,058
tonnes handled in the first half of 2009, with an
increase of 6.4% in the first six months of 2008,
which recorded 8,299,142 tonnes handled. In
2008, container handling was 20,237,908
tonnes (20.38% of the total regional volume and
27.63% of the national volume of containers
handled), with a decrease of 3.8% over 2007
and an increase of 20.4% in the five-year series.
By type of navigation, long-haul shipping handled,
in the South Region, 35,552,512 tonnes in
the first half of 2009, with a decrease of 8.7%
over the same period in 2008, when the drive
was 38,967,974 tonnes. In 2008, long-haul
shipping handled 74,382,766 tonnes (74.94% of
total regional volume and 13.09% of the volume
handled by long-haul shipping in Brazil) in the
South Region, with a decrease of 1.23% in relation
to 2007 and an increase of 12 % in the fiveyear
series.
Cabotage handled 8,948,824 tonnes in the
first half of 2009, 1.1% more than in the first six
months of 2008, when 8,849,058 tonnes were
handling. In 2008, cabotage reported
17,026,980 tonnes handled (17.15% of the
total regional volume and 10.17% of total
Brazilian cabotage), with a decrease of 1.23%
over 2007 and an increase of 25.7 % in the
five-year series.
Other types of navigation totaled 3,663,807
tonnes handled in the first half of 2009, with an
increase of 16.4% over the same semester in the
previous year. In 2008, other types of navigation
handled 7,845,044 tonnes (7.9% of the total regional
volume and 24.08% of the national volume
handled by all types of navigation, except
long-haul shipping and cabotage), with a decrease
of 7.2% in relation to 2007 and 2.5% in
the five-year series.
Imports handled 10,210,653 tonnes and exports
handled 25,341,859 tonnes in the first
half of 2009, with a decline of 36% and an increase
of 10.2%, respectively, in relation to the
same period last year. In 2008, imports totaled
30,625,482 tonnes (42% of the total regional
volume and 26.7% of the national volume) and
exports handled 42,190,291 tonnes (58% of
the total regional volume and 9.28% of the national
volume), being stable and dropping
15.7% over 2007, respectively, with an increase
of 28.8% and a decrease of 1% in the five-year
series, respectively.
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