APM Terminals Pecém

APM Terminals Pecém marks volume records for 2023/24 fruit harvest season

In August 2023, APM Terminals Pecém, the primary operator of the Port of Pecém in the metropolitan area of Fortaleza, Brazil, achieved a milestone by surpassing the mark of 23,000 containers handled within a single month for the first time.

This upward trajectory continued, with October and December 2023 witnessing 32,058 and 32,466 moves respectively, marking the first months, in which container moves exceeded 32,000. Throughout the year, a total of precisely 283,079 containers were handled—an...

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APM Terminals Pecém breaks box volume records and boosts fruit exports

Brazil’s APM Terminals Pecém handled 55,000 TEUs in October, representing the highest monthly volume ever recorded in the terminal’s history.

The terminal also saw an important 11% growth in container moves year to date, versus the same period in 2022, mainly driven by a 23% growth in the export of produce from the fruit growing centers of Pernambuco, Bahia, Ceará and Rio Grande do Norte.

Daniel Rose, CEO of APM Terminals Pecém, commented, “Our agile response to increased demand ensured the...

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APM Terminals Pecém achieves 10% container volume growth

APM Terminals Pecém has reported a two-digit growth for the second consecutive year, registering close to 430,000 TEU in 2021.

The figures show a growth of 10% compared to the 2020 movements, mainly resulting from refrigerated cargo exports, which grew approximately 21% compared to 2020 figures.

Cabotage moves in the terminal grew by 6%, with more than 350,000 TEU handled in Pecém throughout the year, while refrigerated cargo shipments boosted this strong growth, resulting in 47.7% above 2020...

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APM Terminals Pecém invests in infrastructure

APM Terminals Pecém has invested US$58.4 million in four cranes, which will be delivered to the Brazilian terminal in the coming months.

Three of them will be rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes for container operations in the yard, and one will be ship-to-shore (STS) crane for vessel operations.

Daniel Rose, managing director of APMT Pecém, said the investments follow the company’s strategic plan and demonstrate the development of the business in recent years.

Currently, the terminal which is of the...

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Largest non-containerised cargo operation in Pecém

The shipment of three wind blades of 72.5m each to APM Terminals Pecém was the largest shipment of non-containerised cargo on a container ship in the world, according to APM Terminals.

The operation was the result of joint action between several companies within Maersk, with the carrier Aliança Navegação e Logística responsible for sea freight, APM Terminals Pecém being the port of shipment and Maersk Brazil’s Logistics and Services team providing logistics solutions for the customer.

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APM Terminals signs partnership with Brasco

Brasco, a Wilson Sons Group company, has partnered with APM Terminals Pecém to set up a temporary logistics base at the Pecém Industrial and Port Complex. It will be the first offshore port support operation to take place in Ceará.

Scheduled to start in the first half of 2020, the logistics base will support the drilling of a well in block CE-M-717, located in the Ceará Basin and operated by Premier Oil, the British oil company. Among the services to be provided are cargo receiving and storage,...

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