TIMELY TERMINAL BOOST FOR WILSON, SONS

摘要

In the January-February edition of Port Strategy, it was reported that Wilson, Sons had removed its two terminal operations from the market due to lack of a suitable offer. Now, the diversified Brazilian shipping group, has received a major boost for these same two facilities with news that CMA CGM and other carriers are now preferring to offload their River Plate transhipment cargo at Tecon Rio Grande (in the far South of Brazil) and Tecon Salvador (in the Brazilian northeast region). For many years, shipping lines have been running "simulations" and researching "options" to avoid the extra two to three days sailing down to the River Plate [from Rio Grande], especially with the restricted draft making it almost impossible for the larger vessels calling East Coast of South America to berth at Buenos Aires these days.