The shipping platform

Location: Alemoa Terminal is situated within the port of Santos, state of São Paulo, Brazil. General overview: The terminal is specialized in chemical products and is a hub for heated vegoil. Alemoa Terminal is used for imports, exports, cabotage and distribution. Currently an expansion project is going on. There are 112 tanks (from 100 to 3,746 cbm) which can hold petroleum products, chemicals, vegetable oils and biofuels. The piers operated by the Marine Terminal of Santos, that is, piers 1 and 2, are located at the Alemoa Terminal, on the right bank of the Piaçagüera channel, in the Santos estuary. Alemoa Terminal has four different piers for ships (P-1A, P-2A, P-3A and P-4A) and two for operations with barges (P-1 and P-2). The Marine Terminal of Santos uses only P-1A and P-2A, the former for exclusive use by Transpetro, and P-2A shared with other companies. P-3A and P-4A are used by private chemical companies. The other two piers at the inner side (P-1 and P-2) are operated exclusively by Transpetro, and are used for loading barges with maritime fuel oil (bunker), for supplying ships at the Port of Santos. The piers (P-1A and P-2A), where Transpetro’s ship loading and discharging operations are carried out, are located to the west of the central raised access platform, from which the piers P-3A and P-4A begin to the east. The piers P-1A and P-2A are used both for loading and discharging oil byproducts and LPG. In addition to Transpetro, the following companies also handle liquid bulk products at the Alemoa Terminal: -Stolthaven -Ultracargo -Vopak -Granel Load line zone: Tropical.