Port of Tubarão

The Port of Tubarão is a port in Brazil, near the city of Vitória in Espírito Santo. The port was created in 1966 by the Brazilian mining company Vale to export iron ore extracted from the Iron Quadrangle in Minas Gerais.[1] In 2007, the Port of Tubarão was the largest iron ore embarking port in the world,[2] shipping around 80 million metric tons of ore a year.[3] Lesser port trade includes grain and soybean meal. Vale is still the owner of the port.[4]

The port is among the fastest iron ore loading terminals in the world, with an average loading rate of 12,000 tonnes per hour and a nominal loading rate of 16,000 tonnes per hour.[5]

Transport

The port is served by a metre gauge railway.

See also
  • List of deep water ports

References
  1. Vale Archived 2008-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. News Article Archived 2007-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
  3. SEC Info - Companhia Vale do Rio Doce - 20-F - For 12/31/06
  4. Porto e Negócios Archived 2007-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Regulation of the complex of Tubarao and Prai Mole ports (PDF). Vale. Retrieved 14 September 2018.


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