TIMELAPSE: Busiest and Largest Seaport in South America - Port of Santos - BRAZIL 🇧🇷

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The Port of Santos is in the city of Santos, state of São Paulo, Brazil. As of 2006, it is the busiest container port in Latin America. In 2016, it was considered the 39th largest port in the world for container handling, and the 35th per ton, according to the AAPA - American Association of Port Authorities ranking, being the busiest in Latin America.
It possesses a wide variety of cargo handling terminals-solid and liquid bulk, containers, and general loads. It is Brazil's leading port in container traffic. The terrestrial access system to the port is made up by the Anchieta and Imigrantes highways and by the railroads operated by Ferroban and MRS.
The port of Santos was originally founded in 1892. In 1913, there were about 90,000 inhabitants in the city of Santos and the economically active population was at about 37,000 with 22.7 percent working in the port as longshoremen, stevedores, carters, porters and coffee sackers. During the time after World War II, up to 1960, the port was known as the “Red Port” because of strong influence of Communism in the workers unions and city's politics.Lack of investments and high tariffs were factors observed at the time and led the Port of Santos to a rapid decay around 1970. In 1980, the 90-year concession period ceded to Companhia Docas de Santos CODESP was a big player in the ports structure and worker culture. CODESP was in control of most of the port operations, created a new culture of work that created stronger bonds between the workers, and allowed for the creation of institutions to unite different categories of workers. Ever since the late 19th century the CODESP has tried to gain even more control over port operations. This, however, violated the workers’ sense of freedom and independence and caused the uprising of many of the worker institutions through different strikes for worker rights. In 1993, the Brazilian government realized that the singular control over the port that CODESP had was inhibiting the ports ability to be competitive and be more efficient.They then passed a law that de-monopolized the port's operational services.
It was once considered the "port of death" in the 19th century due to yellow fever, and ships often avoided docking at the wood plank port. The floods in the city's area provoked illnesses.
Today it is Latin America's largest port. Its structure is considered Brazil's most modern.
The Port of Santos rests on the alluvial plain of Sao Vicente Island in the State of Sao Paulo in Brazil. Just a few feet above sea level, a tidal channel cuts the island off from the mainland, and concrete channels drain the swampy island to keep the Port of Santos dry. The city lies on both the island and the mainland. The city lies on the shores of a bay with a navigation channel dredged to 14.5 meters, max LOA for the channel is 220 meters. It has been discussed to increase the max LOA to 320 meters and increase the draft to 17 meters but due to environmental concerns, it has not been approved by the government.
Major cargo types handled by the Port of Santos include coffee, sugar, cotton, oranges, wheat, corn, soy, citrus juices and pulp, alcohol, paper, fertilizer, coal, and vehicles. The Port of Santos is Brazil's largest port, and is the largest port in South America. Today, the Port of Santos handles well over 120 million tons of cargo per year. Almost all of Sao Paulo's industrial base is located less than 200 kilometers (124.3 miles) from the Port of Santos. The Port of Santos' primary area of influence includes the States of Sao Paulo, Goias, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, and Mato Grosso do Sul.
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