Cabotage Reaches Record 26 Million Tons in July, Historical Series

26 million tons were moved with a growth of 2.09%. Long-haul also set a record.

Published on 03/11/2026 11h21 Updated on 03/11/2026 15h41

Brasília, 15/09/2025 - With consecutive records, the port sector had another month with several positive results. Cabotage - the transport of goods and passengers between ports of the same country - moved 26 million tons of cargo in July, a growth of 2.09%.

This is the highest volume of cargo for cabotage in July since the beginning of the historical series in 2010. The data comes from the Waterway Statistician of the National Waterway Transportation Agency (ANTAQ).

Long-haul navigation also set a record for the seventh month of the year. With a 5.8% increase compared to the same period last year, 90.8 million tons of cargo were moved. Inland navigation, in turn, moved 7.8 million tons of cargo.

Total Movement

In July, the waterway sector moved 124.7 million tons of cargo, a growth of 4.16% compared to the same month in 2024, which also represents a record for the period. The accumulated movement between January and July totals 780.4 million, an increase of 1.76%.

Movement in public ports grew by 4.32% and in Private Use Terminals (TUPs) by 4.07% in July. This was the highest volume of cargo registered in port facilities for the month.

Among the 20 public ports that moved the most in the country, the one with the highest percentage growth in the seventh month of the year was the Port of São Francisco do Sul (SC). The facility, which moved 1.7 million tons, grew by 51.04%.

Another highlight of the period is the Port of Itajaí (SC), which moved 0.42 million tons of cargo in July.

In turn, among the 20 TUPs that moved the most in the period, the one with the highest growth is the Terminal Marítimo Ponta Ubu (ES), with an increase of 61.68%. The facility moved 1.2 million tons of cargo.

Cargo Profiles

The increase in movement was driven by records in containerized cargo, solid bulk, and general cargo movements. Containerized cargo reached a movement of 13.9 million, an increase of 3.32% compared to July last year.

Of this total, 9.3 million tons were moved in long-haul, 4.5 million by cabotage, and 0.1 million by inland navigation and port support. In TEUs, container movement was 1.3 million.

Solid bulk, which represented 61.4% of all cargo moved by Brazilian ports, registered 76.6 million tons of cargo, a growth of 3.73%. General cargo showed an increase of 0.89% in the seventh month of the year, with a movement of 5.4 million.

Liquid bulk showed a movement of 28.8 million tons of cargo in July this year and a growth of 6.38%.

Goods

Among the percentage highlights of goods moved in July are Soybean Oil Extraction Residues, with a growth of 23.71% and 2.2 million tons of cargo moved; Soy, with an increase of 21.72% and 13.1 million moved; and Salt, with an increase of 19.62% and 0.6 million moved.

The ANTAQ Statistical Panel is available on the Agency's website and can be accessed via smartphones and tablets. In the electronic query, data on long-haul transport, cabotage, inland waterways, and container port movement can be checked.