Paranaguá recebe carga recorde de fertilizantes

: Agriculture, Fertilizers
23/01/20

Um navio carregando 73.310t de sulfato de amônio descarregou no porto de Paranaguá, no Paraná, a maior carga individual de sua história.

A descarga começou em 13 de janeiro no Fospar, terminal privado do porto de Paranaguá, de acordo com estimativas portuárias.

Paranaguá investiu recentemente para aumentar sua infraestrutura, o que permitiu a descarga de grandes navios no porto, de acordo com o diretor de operações de Paranaguá, Luiz Teixeira da Silva Júnior.

O navio Red Marlin partiu do porto de Tianjin, na China. A carga foi exportada pela empresa Yunnan, que é representada pela Fertibroker no Brasil.

Anteriormente, a maior descarga de fertilizantes em Paranaguá havia sido em julho de 2022, quando foram descarregados 64.777t de fertilizantes à base de nitrogênio e fosfatados.

Os portos de Paranaguá e Antonina receberam quase 10 milhões de t de fertilizantes em 2022, o que representa cerca de 27,5pc das importações de fertilizantes do Brasil.

O porto de Paranaguá também espera exportar 40pc mais volume de granéis sólidos no primeiro trimestre de 2023. O porto projeta embarcar cerca de 3,4 milhões de t de soja, 1,7 milhão de t de milho, 1,2 milhão de t de farelo de soja, 670.000t de açúcar e 46.500t de trigo no período, totalizando 7 milhões de t. O porto movimentou cerca de 5 milhões de t desses produtos no mesmo período de 2022.

A Portos do Paraná, autoridade portuária que administra o porto, pretende leiloar duas áreas portuárias em 24 de fevereiro. A PAR09 será destinada à movimentação e armazenagem de granéis sólidos vegetais, enquanto a PAR50 movimentará granéis líquidos.

Os investimentos previstos somam R$1,2 bilhão, dos quais R$910,6 milhões são para a PAR09 e R$338,2 milhões para PAR50.

Por Renata Cardarelli e João Petrini

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