PARANAGUA

Paranagua is a port on the southeastern Atlantic coast of Brazil. When using the West Zone 3 standard in Paranagua. Paranagua has a maximum draft of 10 meters and a tidal range of 1.5 meters. The prevailing southeast wind. Compulsory pilotage. The pilot station is located at PORTAL DO SUD and is equipped with a very high frequency radio station. The estimated arrival time of the vessel is 24 hours ahead of schedule, and further confirmation or modification must be made 12 hours in advance. The call signal PG is at 340 kHz. The pilot boarded the ship at the entrance of the waterway on Domel Island. Ships weighing over 2000 tons must use tugboats (which are relatively expensive). Use several tugboats, designated by the pilot. When the wind and waves are too strong and visibility is low, which hinders operations, the port director may announce the closure of the port. Working hours are from 00:00 to 4:00 and from 7:00 to 23:00. The port service facilities in Paranagua include ship repair, refueling, small boats, medical care, towing, fresh water, supplies, repatriation, but there are no dry docks or sewage facilities. There are consular offices in Denmark, Italy, Norway, and Paraguay in the port city. There are three entry channels: the northern channel can only accommodate small inland boats, while the middle and southern channels have a restricted draft of 8.8 to 9.1 meters. There are 4 to 5 strong southerly winds encountered in a year. Forming waves on the shore, ships can only wait outside. The total length of the berth shoreline in the port is 2454 meters, with 16 berths. The first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, twelfth, and thirteenth berths are grain berths (among which the second, sixth, and seventh berths are dedicated to loading and unloading grains and cereals, and the twelfth berth also holds vegetable oil). The total capacity of the barn is 405000 tons, with specialized grain loading equipment, 3000 ton capacity vegetable oil tanks, and oil pipelines. The soybean oil processing plant in the port city has 11 oil storage tanks with a total capacity of 5900 tons, and soybean oil products are transported to the dock by tank trucks. The 11th berth is for bulk fertilizers and mineral sands. Number 14 is a container ship berth for unloading general cargo, containers, and exporting instant coffee facilities. The 8th, 9th, 10th, and 3rd berths are general general cargo berths for shipping bagged coffee, wood, and other items. Two liquefied petroleum gas berths, 130 meters and 184 meters long respectively, with a water depth of 10 meters, have storage tanks with a capacity of 128000 tons and 5400 cubic meters of storage tanks, dedicated to exporting petroleum products from the Kulantinba Refinery. There is a transit area for Paraguay in the port area, and Warehouse 9A is managed and controlled by Paraguay. They use closed trucks to transport imported goods back to the country. 22.4 kilometers upstream of Paranagua is the Port of Antonina, with a channel width of 120 meters and a water depth of 6-8 meters. It has a 90 meter long dock and is a calm harbor.