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The Port of Santos near São Paulo is the busiest container port in Latin America and the 37th busiest in the world. Situated on the left margin of the Port of Santos, Tecon Santos (Santos Brasil) is considered a benchmark in matters of efficiency in South America and holds the highest average MPH (movements per hour) in Latin America: 81.86. [1]
The port of Santos is Brazil's largest port providing exports and imports to and from all over the world. The main exports are coffee, sugar, and soy. The port handles 28% of Brazil's total cargo and in 2010, the Port of Santos handled a record of almost 97.2 million tons of cargo. [9]
The top 10 busiest container ports by year (2004–2023) This article lists the world's busiest container ports (ports with container terminals that specialize in handling goods transported in intermodal shipping containers ), by total number of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) transported through the port.
DP World and Brazil’s Odebrecht each own shares in the project through a joint venture called Coimex Investments Ports (CIP). [2] [3] Embraport, is being erected near existing port facilities in Santos, in São Paulo (State). Santos is Brazil's largest container port, handling nearly 75 percent of the local trade and 25 percent of Brazil's ...
Brazil has more than 1.7 million km of roads, of which 215,000 km are paved, and about 17,000 km are divided highways. The two most important highways in the country are BR-101 and BR-116. [145] Due to the Andes Mountains, Amazon River and Amazon Forest, there have always been difficulties in implementing transcontinental or bioceanic highways ...
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday temporarily militarized security at some of the country's most important ports and airports, as he seeks to tame ...
The Port of Manaus is a riverport located on the Rio Negro in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. The Port of Manaus is an important commercial center for ocean-going vessels traveling the Amazon. In fact, it is the main transport hub for the entire upper Amazon basin. It imports beef from the hinterlands and exports hides and leather.
The following lists of ports cover ports of various types, maritime facilities with one or more wharves where ships may dock to load and discharge passengers and cargo. Most are on the sea coast or an estuary, but some are many miles inland, with access to the sea via river or canal.