Brazil’s main ports are as follows:
1. Santos SANTOS
Santos loading and unloading equipment includes various shore cranes, removable cranes, grab cranes, Container cranes, floating cranes, forklifts, automatic loaders, conveyor belts, tugboats and ro-ro facilities, etc. The maximum lifting capacity of container cranes is 35 tons, floating cranes can reach 150 tons, the maximum power of tugboats is 1734kW, and the diameter It is used for loading and unloading oil pipes of 150~400mm. The port warehouse capacity reaches 1.2 million tons. The dedicated container terminal has an area of ??320,000 m∧2, has a container crane that can lift 10.6m, and has a loading and unloading efficiency of 20TEU per hour. Grain is loaded at 300 tons per hour, ore is unloaded at 600 tons per hour, crude oil is unloaded at 2,000 tons per hour, coal is unloaded at 1,000 tons per hour, and fertilizer is unloaded at 2,000 tons per hour. The bonded warehouse area in Hong Kong is 89,000 m∧2. The bulk cargo terminal is suitable for ships with a deadweight of 45,000 tons. In 1994, the container throughput was 438,000 TEU, and the annual cargo handling capacity was approximately 40 million tons.
2. SALVADOR, El Salvador
The port is protected by north and south breakwaters. The south breakwater extends from the land to the northwest, and the north breakwater hangs alone outside the port area. There are four wharves extending along the coast from southwest to east: 1. Coastal boat wharf, 683 meters long, with a water depth of 7-8 meters at the front. 2. Ocean-going ship wharf, 782 meters long, with water depth of 7-9 meters along the edge. 3. Connected to the dock, 238 meters long, with a water depth of 8-9 meters along the edge. 4. The ten-meter pier is 370 meters long and the water depth along the edge is 9-10 meters. The total length of the terminal lines in Hong Kong is more than 2,000 meters and there are more than ten berths. There are also 4 offshore oil terminal berths in the northern waters of the harbor. Exports textiles, tobacco, coffee, cocoa, sugar, leather and petroleum, etc.; imports coal, grain, etc.
3. VITORIA
Victoria Port service facilities include: ship repair, fueling, small boats, medical treatment, towing, fresh water, supplies, repatriation, and no dry dock or sewage facilities. The port city has consulates from Argentina, Belgium, Finland, France, Italy, Lebanon, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, and Germany. The entrance channel is 120 meters wide and the water depth is 13 meters. The port berths are divided into two parts: on the north shore, there are 5 berths, one with a water depth of 4.3 meters, one with a water depth of 7.3 meters, and three with a water depth of 7.8 meters, with a total length of about 600 meters, for shipping scrap steel. Pig iron, grain, containers, cocoa, coffee, pallet cargo; South bank: 1 tanker berth, 182 meters long, water depth 10.2 meters, a bollard berth; pig iron and coal berth shoreline 600 meters long, water depth 10 meters to 11 meters ; A bollard-type berth for shipping alcohol and syrup; a concentrate sand berth, 160 meters long, with a water depth of 11 meters; a 650-meter general cargo and bulk cargo berth, with a water depth of 12 meters, for loading corn, wheat, containers, groceries, steel, etc. .
4. Fortaleza
Fortaleza (Fortaleza) is an important seaport in northeastern Brazil and the capital of Ceará state. It is located on the Atlantic coast, straddling both sides of the Pareu River estuary. It covers an area of ??336 square kilometers and has a population of 1.309 million (1980); it was founded in 1609 as a castle built by the Portuguese and the Dutch to compete for sugar cane plantations in the northeast. It was occupied by the Dutch from 1637 to 1654. It was established as a city in 1823 and became the capital of Ceará state, changing its current name.
5. Manaus
Manaus is the capital of the state of Amazonas in northwest Brazil. Located on the left bank of the Negro River, a tributary of the Amazon River, it is an important port on the Amazon River. 10,000-ton cargo ships can arrive here via the Amazon River. It covers an area of ??14,300 square kilometers and has a population of approximately 834,000. It has a typical tropical rainforest climate. It was an Indian village in the 16th century. The city was built in 1669 and its name changed several times. It was named Manaus in 1825. It became the state capital in 1850. From 1890 to 1920, it developed rapidly due to the prosperity of the surrounding rubber industry. In 1912, rubber exports ranked first in the world. In 1967, the Brazilian government established the city as a free trade zone.
In 1972, Brazil's first electronic computer factory and color TV factory were established. It is an important production base of Brazilian computers, color TV sets and motorcycles, as well as an oil refinery and thermal power plant. Cultural center and tourist destination in western Brazil. It houses a university, the National Amazon Research Institute and a zoological and botanical garden. There is an international airport.
6. Paranagua
Paranagua is a city in southern Brazil and the second largest coffee export port. Located on the Atlantic coast of Paraguay Bay. Population 68,000 (1980). Founded in 1585. The port is excellent with a water depth of 10 meters. It mainly exports coffee, yerba mate, wood, etc. The industry is mainly agricultural product processing and wood processing. The road leads to Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay; it is also a free port for Paraguay's exports. Famous buildings from the colonial period. There is a Paraguayan transit area in the port area. Warehouse 9A is managed and controlled by Paraguay. They use closed trucks to transport imported goods back to the country. It has a great impact on Paraguay's import and export trade. Many container liner companies have opened transportation from China to this port.
7. Rio de Janeiro
The second largest city in Brazil and the largest seaport in Brazil. It is located in the southeastern part of Brazil, facing the Atlantic Ocean to the south. On the west coast of Guanabara Bay, which extends to the north, there is a 14-kilometer-long cross-bay highway bridge connected to the city of Niterói on the east coast. It has an area of ??1,255.3km?, an altitude of 2.3 meters, a length of 35 kilometers from north to south, and a length of 70 kilometers from east to west. It has a green area of ??325.6km? and a population of 9 million. The annual average temperature is 17-36℃. In January 1502, Portuguese navigators came to the bay and mistakenly thought it was the mouth of a large river. They casually named it "January River", and the Portuguese transliteration was "Rio de Janeiro". The city was founded in 1565, became the capital of Brazil in 1763, and became the capital in 1822; in 1960 the capital was moved to Brasilia. It was later changed to the state of Guanabara (with the same scope as the city). In 1975, after the state of Guanabara was abolished, it became the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro. National economic and cultural center. There are textile, clothing, printing, automobile, shipbuilding, machinery, petroleum processing, chemical, metallurgical and food industries. The country's largest financial center; many large companies, banks and monopoly organizations have managers here. The city has more than 60 museums of various types, more than 70 libraries, 85 large and small theaters and 82 clubs.
8. Rio Grande
FUEL: AVAILABLE The mouth of Lake Patos at the southern tip of Brazil, a port on the Atlantic coast. When adopting West 3 zone standards. The maximum draft is 11.28 meters. The load density of water is 1000-1005. No tidal changes. Prevailing northeast and southwest winds, forced pilotage. Communications are via the JUNCAO radio station, call signal PPJ. Frequency: AL group 484, 500, 4251, 4231, 8460, 84660.5, 12840, 12689.5, 16918, 17170; A3J group: 2086.6, 2182, 2096, 4125, 4143.6, 4413.2, 4118.8, 4382.2, 4087. 8, 8802.6, 8278.7, 8774.7 , 8250.8, 8790.2, 8266.3, 13184.5, 12413.7; 16F3 group, VHF channels 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28. The port city has consular offices of the United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and Norway. Vessels exceeding 200 meters in length are not allowed to berth in the inner anchorage. The port has a commercial terminal with a total length of berth shoreline of 1920 meters and a maximum draft of 8.84 meters. It can load and unload groceries, fertilizers, off-port, grain flour, vegetable oil, phosphoric acid, frozen meat, etc.; two container berths are 275 meters long and have a draft of 11.28 meters; One tanker berth, 300 meters long, with a draft of 10.06 meters, is used for loading and unloading crude oil, petroleum products, ammonia, and phosphoric acid; a bollard berth can accommodate bulk grain vessels with a length of more than 220 meters and a draft of 11.28 meters.
There are also two private piers, one dedicated to loading and unloading bulk fertilizers, ammonia and phosphoric acid, with a draft of 10.97 meters; a grain berth, which can also load and unload bulk vegetable oil, with a draft of 11.28 meters. Ships less than 200 meters long can berth at the inner anchorage and use barges to load and unload cargo.