A serious fire broke out at the Tiplam terminal in the port of Santos, Brazil's largest port, on the evening of 20 June.
A fire destroyed a conveyor belt and electrical system at the terminal on Thursday night local time, causing sugar shipments to be suspended from Terminals 2 and 3, Reuters reported, citing a statement from the Tiplam terminal. The fire was brought under control on Friday morning.
As Brazil's main maritime hub, the Port of Santos occupies a central position in the country's and international trade, handling large quantities of agricultural, mineral and industrial products.The Tiplam Terminal is one of the key components of the Port of Santos, handling agricultural and mineral products, including soybeans, corn, sugar and others. It is managed by VLI (Valor da Logística Integrada), a company specialised in providing logistics solutions that integrate port, rail and terminal.
In a statement to customers, VLI said there were no injuries as a result of the fire, but loading at the berth has been halted as the conveyor belts were burnt. Damage to the terminal's electrical infrastructure also led the company to suspend unloading of sugar and other products arriving at the port by rail.
According to port monitoring data provided by COSCO Haike's ShipVision for Maritime Circle Focus, the bulk carrier IVESTOS X, which sailed from Lianyungang on 24 April and arrived at the port of Santos on 19 June, is currently berthed at Quay 2 of the Tiplam Terminal in the port of Santos.
The bulk carrier NORDIC BC KIEL, departing from Freetown, Sierra Leone on 20 May and arriving in the Port of Santos on 20 June, at Pier 3 of Tiplam Terminal in the Port of Santos.
According to a local Brazilian shipping agency, the Tiplam terminal is expected to load 800,000 tonnes of sugar into 13 vessels over the next two weeks, most of which will be destined for China, with trader Wilmar being the most active shipper at the terminal.
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