The growth in container movement at the Port of Santos continues in the double digits, coming up to September 3.6m teu, 19.6% above the 3m teu in the same period of 2020.

Container throughput at the Port of Santos in August during the first 8 months of the year reached 3.2m teu with a significant growth of 20%.

The Brazilian Navy has given the Port of Santos approval to receive vessels of 366 m in length, equating to 14,000 teu, the largest ships calling the East Coast of South America.

Brazil’s port of Santos closed 2020 with an all-time record in containerised cargo to 4.23m teu.

The Port of Santos, Brazil, handled 110.1m tonnes of cargo in the first nine months of 2020, up 10.2% year-on-year.