Ports of Pará: Importance for the region's economy

The second largest state in Brazil by extension is still one of the most overlooked states when it comes to discussing transport and export in the country. This is because Brazil is a country that is not used to export models such as those of the ports of Pará.

This is due to an obvious obstacle in the region's economic infrastructure, and more specifically how what is produced and moved there can go through a more efficient and integrated logic with other states. After all, Pará has a great resemblance to the country itself, with an extensive coastal region, several convenient borders, rivers that cross its long geography, which allow a connection both with what is exported and with what is moved within. of your region.

For this very reason, as we will see later, the ports of Pará are not only of immense importance to the country, but also have the capacity to expand their own limits even further.

Main ports in Pará

One of the main qualities of the ports of Pará is in its coast. The ports that have already been built as well as those that are in the approval phase (with projects being created since 2020) demonstrate the importance of the production of ore and other products that are exported in the north of the country. 

Among the ports already built, the one in Belém, the oldest with more than a century of age, is central to understanding how the basis of export by sea in the ports of Pará works. In 2011, it exported US$919 million, with products ranging from chestnuts, bauxite, iron ore, wood and rubber. It is also a port that has a terminal and transport of people that, despite having only 10% of its area dedicated to this, has been actively working for many years, generating jobs and helping thousands of people every day to cross difficult-to-access regions.

Another port in Pará, which does not transport people, but is the largest port in the state is the Port of Vila do Conde, located in the Ponta Grossa region. Proven to increase the economy of a region with an already very high GDP in the state, it was also responsible for the increase in the HDI in the area, due to the remarkable success of the port's activities. With one of the most privileged positions of all the ports in Pará, it is a great indicator of how something was designed and built in a short time (the port was built only 37 years ago!) carries great potential for everyone.

As well as the Port of Santarém, built in 1970, in a project that aimed to improve the precarious conditions of the place, which, despite being quite convenient for being connected to the state of Amazonas, still faced difficulties in cargo handling. This cargo involved gasoline, wood, diesel oil and manioc flour. 

Waterway terminals

Pará is a state with many privileges, with an outlet to the ocean, also being bathed by several rivers that cross it, allowing a multimodal integration with different regions.

This is because in addition to the ports of Pará, the state also has waterway terminals, such as the Santarém Terminal, the Curuá Terminal and the aforementioned Belém Terminal, which together are part of this fundamental system for the region. It may seem different to someone not used to transiting through a region with rivers that connect the entire state, but for those who live in this way, multimodal integration ends up being a dream to improve their own way of life.

For this reason, several projects are being analyzed so that this situation can be used as much as possible by all Brazilians. Like the project for the integration of the North-South railroad with the ports of Pará.

These two projects, with simple but practical proposals, are perfect for demonstrating how the current problem of cargo handling in the country works, how this can be easily overcome, through concrete and real ideas. Considering such a vast country, it is a great waste not to think about ways to integrate the systems and tools available on the market, so that logistics can triumph and improve livelihoods, as the Port of Vila do Conde does.

Ports of Pará and their logistical integration with railroads

Another example of how things are changing and improving in the state are the new integration projects. As well as projects for the construction of ports and integration between railroads and waterways, there are also integration projects that involve all modes, also organizing the highways within the same set that is integrated.

One of the most ambitious is Ferrogrão, which aims to connect the State of Pará to the State of Mato Grosso, mainly connecting the southeastern region of the first State to the capital of the second, Cuiabá. Just the idea of ​​something so big being produced can already create the hope of a more connected Brazil, because together with the highways, a railroad of such extension, capable of connecting the states in this way, would be able to balance the commodities moved by the regions. 

In this sense, the Carajás railroad is absolutely important for the project, as part of it will be integrated into the project, demonstrating how everything is about working with what you have and expanding everything from there.

Because, as everyone knows, Brazil is a long-distance country that suffers from high road costs. Perhaps, with such a positive integration, the roads will finally stop being overloaded.

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