TCP, the operator of the Paranagua Container Terminal in Brazil, closed 2024 with a record-breaking 1,558,453 TEU handled - representing a 24 per cent increase compared to 2023.
The container volume, equating to 10.8mt of cargo, positions the Port of Paranagua as the second port in Brazil to surpass the 1.5m TEU milestone. The throughput increase was driven by expanded services and its ability to host large container ships.
In 2022, TCP handled 1.16m TEU, a 5 per cent increase compared to 2021, when the terminal handled 1.1m TEU, reports Rotterdam's WorldCargo News.
The 2024 achievement was supported by 992 vessel calls at TCP's quayside in 2024, marking a 19 per cent rise in vessel activity year on year.
Carolina Merkle Brown, TCP's shipping lines commercial manager, credited the success to an expansion of maritime services. 'In 2024, TCP welcomed eight new services - six long-haul and two cabotage - bringing the total to 25 weekly lines. This firmly establishes us as Brazil's largest service hub and reflects our ambition to become one of South America's leading port hubs on the Atlantic coast.'
The terminal also demonstrated its capacity to handle next-generation vessels, accommodating Brazil's largest container ships, each 366 metres long and over 48 metres wide.
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The container volume, equating to 10.8mt of cargo, positions the Port of Paranagua as the second port in Brazil to surpass the 1.5m TEU milestone. The throughput increase was driven by expanded services and its ability to host large container ships.
In 2022, TCP handled 1.16m TEU, a 5 per cent increase compared to 2021, when the terminal handled 1.1m TEU, reports Rotterdam's WorldCargo News.
The 2024 achievement was supported by 992 vessel calls at TCP's quayside in 2024, marking a 19 per cent rise in vessel activity year on year.
Carolina Merkle Brown, TCP's shipping lines commercial manager, credited the success to an expansion of maritime services. 'In 2024, TCP welcomed eight new services - six long-haul and two cabotage - bringing the total to 25 weekly lines. This firmly establishes us as Brazil's largest service hub and reflects our ambition to become one of South America's leading port hubs on the Atlantic coast.'
The terminal also demonstrated its capacity to handle next-generation vessels, accommodating Brazil's largest container ships, each 366 metres long and over 48 metres wide.
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