NORTH AMERICA

Porto Alegre completes harbour move

21 years ago

After 81 years of activity at Maua Harbour, Porto Alegre has moved operational activities to Navegantes Harbour, some six kilometres further north, but closer to the city centre. This area, which has 4.6km of quay, has increased the ports capacity from 2,000 to 4,500 tonnes per day. The aim is now to increase the depth of the access channel to enable 18,000dwt vessels to access the port.

The companies are worried that the present financial chaos afflicting the port authority will prevent them from eventually being paid.

Around 70% of all cargo movements in the port are imported fertiliser from Russia, Israel or the US. Exports consist of frozen chicken, electrical transformers and car body shells.