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Manitoba - CANADA | 25.02.14 - The Fall of a structure loading on a ship in Tergrasa terminal in Rio Grande (RS), stops shipments of grain in one of the five bulk berths of the port, the second largest exporter of soybeans from Brazil, said the company that operates the terminal.
Technical Central Cooperative Gaucha (NGLCC), which administers the Tergrasa, assess the damage in order to determine when the structure could again operate the company through the press office said.
A source from the local market, heard by Reuters, said that "Shiploader" fell on Sunday on the ship Hokuetsu Hope 2, which is caught and stopped charging.
The expectation is that the ship is released by mid this week and that the repairs to the structure load last for about two weeks, the source said.
"The boot is supported on the ship," said the source, who asked not to be identified.
The interactive map of the financial terminal Eikon, Thomson Reuters, which provides the position of ships in real time, showing the vessel at the terminal stop on the afternoon of Monday.
Rio Grande was the second port which shipped more soybeans in the country in 2013, behind only the Saints, surpassing the port of Paranaguá, according to the Brazilian government.
Although Rio Grande primarily drain the state's grain crop, which has not yet begun to be harvested in the current 2013/14 season, the port has registered a strong volume of shipments since January.
At least 3 vessels soy and corn 4 ships have departed from Rio Grande since the beginning of the year, according to the scale of ships shipping agency Williams.
A local source heard by Reuters said this volume of soybeans and corn early in the season is mostly grain from the Midwest and Paraná, sent to boarding Rio Grande by businesses seeking to escape the queues at ports such as Santos and Paranagua .
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Accident stops loading grain cradle port of Rio Grande
