The shipping platform

Location: The port of Aratu is located on the E side of All Saints Bay on the Caboto estuary, approx 40km from Salvador. Dow Quimica Terminal, Ford Terminal and Grande Moinho Terminals are situated in the Cotegipe Channel between Matanga Point and Lage Point. General overview: Facilities include two solid bulk terminals, one liquid bulk terminal and one gas products terminal. There are also private terminals operated by Ford, Grande Moinho Terminals and Dow Quimica SA, used for the loading and unloading of chemical products such as caustic soda and liquid propane oxide, glycols, perchlorethylene and crude TET via flexible hoses. Berths: -TGS1 North: Length: 153.2m; depth: 12.0m; size: 100,000DWT; LOA: 200m; remarks: discharge of Dry bulk -TGS1 South: Length: 202.6m; depth: 12.0m; size: 100,000DWT; LOA: 250m; remarks: discharge of Dry bulk -TGS 2: Length: 210.0m; depth: 12.0m; remarks: discharge of Dry bulk -TGL North: Length: 234.0m; depth: 12.0m; size: 35,000DWT; LOA: 220m; remarks: loading of Petrochemicals -TGL South: Length: 234.0m; depth: 12.0m; size: 25,000DWT; LOA: 120m; remarks: loading of Petrochemicals -TPG: Depth: 12.0m; size: 90,000DWT; LOA: 200m; remarks: loading of LPG Main imports: Petrochemicals, coal and fertilisers. Main exports: Petroleum and gas products, chemicals. Traffic figures: Approx 2,000,820t of cargo handled annually. Load line zone: Tropical. Max size: LOA 250m, beam 30m, draught 12.0m, 65,000DWT (Solid Bulk),20,000 DWT (Gas), 45,000DWT (Tankers) Largest vessel handled: LOA 230m, 100,000DWT and 10.6m draught. Dow Quimica Terminal: LOA 185m, beam 32m, max draught 11.0m, 42,000DWT.