The shipping platform

Location: Paranagua is located at the S edge of Paranagua Bay, approx 27km from the bar and 100km by highway from Curitiba, the state capital. General overview: Paranagua is the largest port of S Brazil. It consists of 24 berths (with different drafts) in a 5,347m quay. The port of Antonina (also known as Barao de Teffe) is accessed via the Paranagua River and is situated 14nm upstream from Paranagua. (See separate entry). There 24 berths are separated as follows: - 16 Berths in Paranagua commercial wharf - 2 Berths in 1 Pier of Fertilizers - 4 Berths in 2 Liquid Piers - 2 Berths in Antonina Paranagua handles mainly soya beans, pellets, fertilisers, vehicles, sugar, paper and timber. The port also handles general cargo, solid and liquid bulk cargoes, Ro-Ro's and containers. Cargo facilities include 2 combination tanker/LPG terminals and a Ro-Ro berth. Terminals: - Grain Terminal (Can load in 3 mooring berths simultanously) - Sugar Terminal (2 Interlinked areas) - Cereal Terminal - Solid Bulks Terminal - Fertilizers Terminal - 4 Liquid Bulk Terminals (Petrobrás / Transpetro) - General Cargo Terminal - Container Terminal - Ro/Ro Terminal The port has 45 Port Operating companies Traffic figures: Approx 2,000 vessels and 13,000,000t of cargo handled annually. Warehousing: - Vertical Silo (100,000t) - 4 Horizontal (Total = 60,000t) - Liquid Bulk (540,781 m3) - General Cargo (63,980m²) - Containers (302,800 m²) Load line zone: Summer. Max size: Harbour: LOA 348m, beam 50m, draught 12.5m, 182,588DWT. Anchorage/Transshipment area: LOA 350m, beam 70m, 150,000GT.