The port of Guayaquil received 1,764 vessels and the port of Manta served 461 vessels.
There are 3,383 international traffic vessels, of different draft, that were mobilized through the commercial and oil ports of the country, both public and private, during 2021, according to the Undersecretary of Ports and Maritime and River Transport.
The port of Guayaquil, through public and private terminals, received 1,764 vessels, the port of Manta served 461 ships, 396 ships arrived at Puerto Bolívar thanks to the entry of new international shipping companies and Esmeraldas, 66 ships.
While at the Petroleum Superintendencies of Balao (Esmeraldas), La Libertad (Santa Elena) and El Salitral (Guayaquil), through which the national hydrocarbon is mobilized, 696 international traffic tankers arrived.
Regarding the movement of containerized cargo, the Ecuadorian ports reflected a slight increase in imports and exports, which went from 2,294,681 TEUs in 2020 to 2,370,031 TEUs in 2021, which represents a growth of 3.28%. . While in metric tons (MT) it grew by 8%, going from 52,743,426 mt to 57,029,484 mt.
In Guayas, the delegate DP World Posorja, responsible for the Deep Water Port of Posorja, set records in productivity figures at the regional level, reaching movements of up to 47.1 containers per hour.
Puerto Bolívar received 11 RTG cranes as part of the port terminal modernization project
The share of the port market obtained 10% of intake and 35% of transshipment cargo, competing with important ports on the west coast of the South Pacific. Thus, it also reached a draft of 14.65 meters, when receiving the post-panamax ship CMA – CGM.
Meanwhile, the multinational Contecon, in charge of the operation of the Libertadores Simón Bolívar multipurpose container terminal in Guayaquil, continued with the extension works of the cranes (QC5-QC6). This makes it possible to serve ships of great depth and with greater cargo.
According to the Undersecretary of Ports and Maritime and River Transport, 85% of the transfer of non-oil cargo in the country is moved through the Port of Guayaquil through its public and private terminals.
The port area of the Grain Terminal (public), concessioned to Andipuerto Guayaquil SA, moved 2,681,433 t of bulk cargo.
In the port of Esmeraldas, liquid bulk occupied the number one position in “type” of maneuver cargo (palm and soybean oil) with 92,000 mt, solid bulk (PetCoke and scrap) with 83,000 mt and vehicular cargo with 27,000 mt ( automobiles and machinery).
In El Oro, copper concentrate was exported from Puerto Bolívar to China. This mineral is the second product with the highest transfer through this terminal, after bananas. In 2021, shipments increased by 222%.
In Manabí, the cargo mobilized in the international terminal of the Port of Manta, in terms of imports, exports and transshipment, had an increase of 30%, with 1,081,966 million MT, with vehicle imports obtaining the highest growth with 59% and 68,490 mobilized units.
And the Manta fishing and cabotage terminal served 4,876 vessels, including industrial and artisanal. (I)
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