The shipping platform

Location: Sao Francisco do Sul port is situated on the E side of Babitonga Bay on the W side of Sao Francisco do Sul Island in the N of Santa Catarina State. General overview: There are berths for containers, Ro/Ro vessels, bulk grain vessels and vegetable oil tankers, an offshore tanker SBM is positioned S of the river mouth. Terminals: - Terlogs (Area 40,000m2 // 140,000t Storage Capacity) Bulk - Bunge (Area 125,000m2 // 1,500 t/h (solid bulk), 1,000 t/h (soy oil) // Storage 200,000t (bulk) 45,000 (soy oil)) - CIDASC (Irineu Bornhausen Grain Terminal) (Storage 110,000t (bulk) // Storage 9,000m3 (vegetable oils)) Warehousing: - 3 Warehouses (2 of 4,000m2 // 1 of 1213 m2) (For General Cargo) - Open storage 150,000m2 (For Containers) Cargoes - Imports: Soya oil, reels (steel), wheat, PVC, petroleum products and wheat. - Exports: Engine parts (motors), soya bean (chaff) pellets, soya oil, textile manufacturing, frozen chicken, tiles, tobacco and motor engine parts. Traffic figures: Approx. 13,600,000t of cargo and 300,000TEU handled annually. Load line zone: Summer. Max size: - Port: LOA 250m // Draught 13.1m // 120,000DWT. (No restrictions on LOA or beam) - SBM: LOA 310m // Draught 18.0m // 190,000DWT.