TCP completes expansion works in Paranaguá yard

The company managing the Paranaguá Container Terminal (TCP) in Paraná has completed the expansion works of its reefer yard, an area dedicated to the storage of refrigerated containers, such as those used in the transportation of meats and frozen goods. With a 45% increase in the number of power outlets, from 3,624 to 5,268, TCP now has the largest reefer yard in South America.

TCP's Commercial, Logistics and Customer Service manager, Giovanni Guidolim, explains that "the expansion project of the reefer area was designed to meet the demand of the meat export market, the most prominent segment within TCP, bringing greater flexibility and storage capacity to our clients".

Throughout 2023, out of the 482,389 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) exported via TCP, 242,199 TEUs, or 50.2%, were frozen meat. In the first four months of 2024, the quantity of reefer cargo handled reached 80,650 TEUs.

"Today, TCP is the national leader in the handling of refrigerated containers and holds the position of the world's largest export corridor, and we expect to expand our participation in this market by offering greater operational capacity, specialized services to the sector and excellent services, such as early receiving for reefer volumes for export", emphasizes Guidolim.

Another available feature at TCP is the handling of refrigerated cargo by rail, the only one in southern Brazil to reach the bonded area of a container terminal.

"Approximately one out of every six containers received by the terminal uses the rail mode, and reefer volume has a significant share in this movement", he adds.