Port

The Santos Port Complex is the set of terminals dedicated to the storage and movement of cargo and passengers installed along the Santos estuary, the natural boundary between the municipalities of Santos, Guarujá and Cubatão – constituting the largest port in Latin America.

 

The largest port complex in Latin America is multipurpose, operating a wide variety of cargo (solid bulk, liquid, loose general cargo, containerized and project cargo), and standing out, year after year, in the analysis of national and international cargo handling. .

 

The Port of Santos is the main Brazilian port in terms of cargo handled, historically responsible for at least 25% of Brazilian foreign trade, and annually appears in the upper half of the ranking of the 100 largest ports by the British publication Lloyd'sList (which takes into account only handling containers), a reference for the port and shipping industries.

 

Porto de São Sebastião or Companhia Docas de São Sebastião is located on the coast of the north coast of the state of São Paulo, in the city of São Sebastião, 180 km from the state capital.

 

Its geographic location is 23°49'S and 45°24'W in the city bay. For navigation, through Nautical Charts, chart nº 1645, from the Board of Hydrography and Navigation of the Brazilian Navy is used.

 

The berthing facilities, in the form of a pier, measure 362 m distributed in 04 berths. The main one with 150 m in length is associated with two dolphins, which allows the mooring of ships of up to 250 m, and a depth of 9 m. The other 03 berths of shorter length and depth of 7.0 m serve smaller vessels. For storage, the port has 1 masonry warehouse with 1,131 m2, three warehouses structured in canvas, with an area of ​​5,000 m2 each, and two yards totaling 58,500 m2, for general cargo. The Private Use Terminal - TEBAR (Terminal Marítimo Almirante Barroso), by PETROBRAS, for oil and derivatives, is located in the organized port area, operating on 02 piers and comprising four berths in an extension of 905 m, with a depth varying between 14 m and 26 m. For storage, 43 tanks are used, representing 2,100,000 t of capacity.