2. The port of Montevideo is run by the
National Port Administration
(Administración Nacional de Puertos or
ANP).
The port of Montevideo is located on the
left bank of the River Plate at a latitude of
34º 55´S and a longitude of 56° 14´W.
The port of Montevideo has shown a
steady growth in traffic for many years.
Commercial cargo volumes have more
than doubled from 4.3 million tones in 2000
to 9.1 million tones in 2008.
Passenger Traffic: passenger traffic is
Main categories of cargo in 2008: becoming another key element of
•Containers: 54,4% Montevideo's port economy:
•General cargo: 9,3% •Ferry Traffic: 500.000 passengers and
65.000 vehicles carried.
•Bulk cargo: 36,3%
•Cruise traffic: 120.000 passengers
3. During 2008, Uruguay exported 1.9 million tons of forest
products (Montevideo Port only).
Over 750.000 tones of woodchips were exported in 2008.
4. Wood Chip: Wood Processing
After the harvest operation, the
wood is loading into trucks and is
delivered to the mills.
In the mills, the wood is cleaned
with pressure water, chipped and
storage in a pile, waiting to be
delivered to the port.
5. Wood Chip: Vessel loading
The wood chips are delivered to
the port by trucks. To load
38.500* tons is required 1900
truck loads. Is used 65 trucks
during 8 days.
*Average of tons per vessel loaded in 2008
At the port there are 2 belt
conveyors that have the capacity
to unload 2 trucks at the same
time. This belt conveyor goes
directly to the hold of the vessel.
6. Wood Chip: Operations in the vessel
The wood chips are loading with
an average of 300 ton/hour. The
wood chips are distributed by
two loaders in the hold of the
vessel.
Every hold is loaded with
different amount of wood chips in
order to stabilize the vessel until
it finished loading.
7. Summary of the operation at the port
of Montevideo
• 750.000 tones of wood chips were
exported in 2008
• 65 trucks do an average of 1900
loads to carry the wood chips to the
port.
• The vessel remains at the port an
average of 8 days.
