Cargill guarantees 35-year operation at the Port of Paranaguá

Cargill was the winner of the auction held today for the lease of the port area known as PAR15, in Paranaguá, in the state of Paraná. The region, which is home to the largest grain port in Latin America, had three of its terminals auctioned and is expected to receive significant investments in increasing capacity, modernizing structures and investing in logistics infrastructure.  

The port terminal currently operated by Cargill has an area of ​​43.279 m² and a storage capacity of 115 tons, distributed across four horizontal silos. Moving grains and soybean meal from road and rail transport, the unit currently has around 200 employees.

“Paranaguá is strategically located for the transportation of Brazilian grains and bran to different markets. We are very pleased to have won the auction and to have the guarantee that over the next 35 years we will continue to have the capacity under our management to serve our customers at both ends of the agricultural chain: rural producers, who need to take their products to consumer markets, and destination customers, who need food produced in Brazil,” explains Paulo Sousa, president of Cargill in Brazil and of the Agricultural Business in Latin America. “This year we celebrate 60 years of Cargill in Brazil and our relationship with the state of Paraná goes back a long way: our first plant in the country, in Ponta Grossa, has been in operation for 52 years and we have been in the Port of Paranaguá for 35 years,” he adds.

The lessee will be responsible for improving the road reception system to serve at least 2,2 million tons per year, including the installation of four new scales and two new dump trucks by the fifth year of the contract. It will also be responsible for implementing new berths at "Pier T" and the structures for their operation.

Pioneering PortIn addition to the volumes handled, Paranaguá has stood out for the actions it takes to promote the sustainability of its operations. Ships considered “green” have priority to dock at the location, which was the destination of the maiden voyage of the Pyxis Ocean ship, chartered by Cargill, which is the first cargo ship to cross the oceans using wind power to increase its energy efficiency and reduce the impact of carbon emissions.