Brazil’s Port Of Pecém To Add Three New Berths

Early in November 2016, Brazil’s Port of Pecém, in the state of Ceará, received a number of technicians from the country’s National Institute of Waterways Research (INPH) and the nation’s Navy Hydrography Center (CHM), to perform bathymetry tests at the port terminal, as a way to expand it. The port should add three new berths, 7, 8 and 9, to receive cargo ships and container carriers. A port official said the bathymetry tests should indicate a depth of between 17 and 18 meters (56 and 59 feet). Such a depth would allow the facility to receive the Panamax, the Post Panamax as well as Ultra Large Container Vessels. The Port of Pecém currently has six working berths: two at its first pier, two in the second and an additional two at its Multiple Utilities Terminal (TMUT), reaching up an average depth of 18 meters (59 feet).

Source: IDR