{"id":3084,"date":"2021-05-05T09:54:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T12:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/?p=3084"},"modified":"2023-01-13T09:00:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T12:00:15","slug":"malha-ferroviaria-no-porto-de-santos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/massa.ind.br\/en\/malha-ferroviaria-no-porto-de-santos\/","title":{"rendered":"Railroad network in the Port of Santos: Understand how it is composed!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Port of Santos is the busiest in the country. Used for export and import, the port in the coastal city handles a wide variety of items that are fundamental to the country's economy. For this to be possible, the rail network at the Port of Santos is essential, being one of the main means of transporting goods to the port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the existence of a large number of ports in Brazil, the Santos port has always been and continues to be the most used, precisely by the railroad network in the port of santos and by the easy access by the highways, which connect the city of S\u00e3o Paulo, the largest in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goods<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Goods\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Several data can explain why the Port of Santos is the most important for Brazil, mainly the movement of goods that arrive at the Santos port station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firstly, the Port of Santos is the first place in container handling and also in the handling of solid vegetable bulk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each year, the number of containers handled by the Port of Santos increases. In 2019, for example, more than 45 million tons were handled in containers, a slightly higher number than the previous year, which also passed this mark, being the second largest port in container handling in Latin America. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The profile of goods transported is placed in 3 categories: solid bulk, representing 49% of the movement, general cargo with 38% and liquid bulk with 13%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As it is a port used for both import and export, the products handled vary slightly. For export, for example, soy is the most important product, followed by crude oil, beef, sugar and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding imports, insecticides, pesticides and herbicides, widely used in agribusiness, are the items that most arrive at the port. Then, car parts, petroleum oils, nitrogen compounds, fertilizers, medicines and other products complete this picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In total, the Port of Santos represents 28% of all port handling in the country, while the 2nd to 5th places represent 22%. All other ports represent the remaining 50%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is also important to highlight the economic partners in Brazil that benefit the most from the activity of the Port of Santos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both in terms of origin and exit of goods, the countries most benefited are China, the United States, Germany, Japan and Argentina, in order of major importance for the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rail network<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Rail<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For products to reach the Port of Santos, they need a wide rail network at the Port of Santos, both by road and by rail, these being the two main models of port transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent years, the road line accounted for 58% of goods transported to the port, while the railroad line accounted for around 36%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In relation to the railroad network in the port of santos, it is a very extensive network and comprises a large percentage of the entire railroad network in the country. In total, about 67% of the Brazilian railroad network supplies the Port of Santos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this system, there are 3 railroads that have a landing point at the Port of Santos, representing such an expressive number over the national railroad network<\/a>. Are they:<\/p>\n\n\n\n