General Description
Location: Manaus is located in Northern Brazil. Situated at the confluence of the Negro and Solimoes rivers, 925 n.m. upriver from Belem.
General overview: The capital of the state of Amazonas. The port has Port Authority (Sociedade de Navegacao, Portos e Hidrovias do Estado do Amazonas / SNPH) operated facilities for passengers, cruise, general and containers, and privately operated terminals for oil and LPG, containers, and bulk grain. General cargo accounts for most of the port's tonnage with 1 ore and bulk cargo terminal, 4 tanker terminals, 1 liquefied gas terminal, and 2 Ro-Ro offloading points available for specialized cargo. The major exports are rubber, nuts, potatoes, timber, hides, fiber, guarana, vegetable oils, and oil-bearing seeds.
Berths:
● SNPH:
- Roadway Internal: length: 236.9m; depth: 35.0m; remarks: passengers
- Roadway External: length: 353.0m; depth: 45.0m; remarks: cruise
- Torres Internal: length: 241.0m; depth: 35.0m; size: 12,000DWT, displacement: 30,000 tons, LOA: 190m; remarks: loading of general cargo, containers
- Torres External: length: 362.7m; depth: 45.0m; remarks: loading of general cargo, containers
● REMAN Terminal:
- POF-1: length: 83m; depth: 14.1m; size: 6,000-30,000DWT; draft: 10,6m; displacement: 50,000 tons; LOA: 225m; remarks: loading of crude, products, chemicals, LPG
- POF-2: length: 59m; remarks: crude, barge berth
- POF-3: length: 69m; depth: 14.1m; size: 30,000DWT; draft: 10,6m; displacement: 50,000 tons; LOA: 187m; remarks: crude, products, chemicals, LPG
● Super Terminais:
-Internal: length: 219.0m; remarks: loading and discharge of containers
-External: length: 237.0m; remarks: loading and discharge of containers
●Others:
- Port Vencemos: remarks: loading of bulk cement
- Terminal da Trigolar: remarks: loading of bulk grain
Traffic figures: Approx 600 vessels visit the port annually.
Load line zone: Tropical.
Max size:
- North Bar Channel: Max draught 11.45m HW, all seasons.
- General Cargo Stages: Up to LOA 175m, draught 8.8m or up to LOA 210m, draught 7.3m.
- Petrobras Reman: LOA 225m, beam 33m, draught 11.5m, displacement 66,000.