l <strong>Waterway</strong> <strong>Panorama</strong> Ports Movement at private ports and terminals between July 2008 e June 2009 General cargo Santos (SP) leads the movement of general cargo in Brazil: from July 2008 to June 2009, the port of Santos handled 29,641,832 tonnes or 37.3% of the national volume of 79,427,531 tonnes, 13.2% higher than the total volume in the previous period, which was 70,128,234 tonnes. Movement in Santos is 271% higher than the Portocel Private Terminal in Aracruz, ES, with 7,985,780 tonnes or 10.05% of the national movement. Even so, the main port of the country, the volume decreased 8.9%, compared to the previous period, while Santos handled 32,553,568 tonnes, and its percentage share, which was 46.42%, decreased as well. This reduction in volume is an effect of the global crisis, which affected the port of Santos from December 2008, peaking in January 2009, when there was a decrease of 40%. From July 2008 to June 2009, Itajaí fell from fourth to eighth place in the ranking of the 10 top ports handling general cargo in Brazil: the movement was 2,628,896 tonnes or 3.3% of the national volume, implying a 55.1% decrease over the previous period, when the Santa Catarina port handled 5,858,395 tonnes, or 8.3% of the total volume. The movement was affected by the fact that the port was partially destroyed due to heavy rains that occurred in the State of Santa Catarina, in November 2008. The port of Paranaguá handled 7,967,608 tonnes or 10.03% of the national volume between July 2008 and June 2009, representing an 8% increase over the previous period, when total handling was 7,376,689 tonnes. This release demonstrated that the positive effect of the migration of charges from Itajaí to Paranaguá was greater than the negative effects of the global crisis. Despite the increase, the relative share of the Paraná port in total handling decreased 0.5 percentage points. In the ranking, Paranaguá left the second position to occupy the third position. The port of Vila do Conde (PA) was not included in the ranking in the previous period. In the tenth position, the Pará port handled 1,833,491 tonnes or 2.31% of the aggregate volume of general cargo. Founded in 1985 to assist the movement of bauxite and alumina from the industrial complex Alumar/Alunorte, the Pará port has increased its share in general cargo over recent years, counting on terminals specializing in containers, leased by Santos Brazil S.A. since 2003. The ports handled 83.83% of the volume of general cargo between July 2008 and June 2009, reflecting an increase of almost 4 percentage points in relative share, compared to the previous period, when the ports were responsible for 80% of the movement. That means a decrease in the relative share of private terminals (PTs) in the total volume handled, which was 20% in the previous period. 06
SPATIAL GENERAL CARGO DISTRIBUTION MAIN PORTS AND TERMINALS – July 2008 to June 2009 Amount Handled and Percentage Share on the Total National Volume 35.000.000 50% 30.000.000 29.641.832 40% 25.000.000 30% 20.000.000 15.000.000 37,32 25% 10.000.000 7.985.780 7.967.608 7.010.357 20% 5.000.000 0 10,05 10,03 8,83 4.366.853 5,50 3.701.051 3.421.738 2.628.896 4,66 4,31 3,31 2.598.846 1.833.491 3,27 2,31 10% 0% SANTOS-SP TUP PORTOCEL-ES PARANAGUÁ-PR RIO GRANDE-RS VITÓRIA-ES SUAPE-PE SÃO FCO. DO SUL-SC ITAJAÍ-SC SALVADOR-BA VILA DO CONDE-PA l Amount in tonnes handled at the Port l Share percentage of the port on the total national volume MOVEMENT SHARE – GENERAL CARGO (%) 16,17 TUP PO 83,83 07