If exporting is your business, CODERN - the Companhia Docas of Rio Grande do Norte, offers you excellent opportunities. CODERN is a joint state-private owned enterprise of the Federal Government.
The Port of Natal is specialized in cold storage cargo such as fruit, fish and shrimp, among others. It has its own customs facilities and is connected to Europe by direct navigation lines, mainly to the ports of Vigo, Rotterdam and Sheerness, which allows great agility and reduced costs for the shipment of your products.
Besides having a modern infrastructure, competitive prices and qualified professionals, the access to the management of the Port is easy, meaning less bureaucracy for your transactions. Visit us as soon as possible!
Location
• The Port of Natal is lies on the right bank of the Potengi River
• Geographic coordinates: Latitude 5º 46' 24” and Longitude 35º 12' 20”
• Dominant wind: ESE course with E and SE variations.
• UN LOCATOR CODE: BRNAT
• PORT ID NUMBER: 20043
• ASSIGNED PORT FACILITY NUMBER: 8400
Available Infrastructure
• Container's yard with 15,000m² with docking birth;
• 158 electric outlets for cold storage containers, in the area of the docks, in the container's yard and in port back area;
• Container handling equipment;
• 01 modern cold storage plant with capacity for 2,000 static tons;
• 05 warehouses, where 4 of them are public, 02 of those are 1.800m² each and the other 2 are 400m² each, and a private warehouse (leased) of 2,300m²;
• 02 Plants for self-generated electric power, with installed capacity of 710 KVA and 920 KVA;
• 02 step-down electric substations, with installed capacity of 1,300 KVA and 750 KVA;
• Modern equipment for handling solids in bulk .
Main Cargoes
• Fruits (melon, mango, papaya, banana, watermelon, grape, pineapple, coconut)
• Shrimps and fish
• Sugar
• Wheat
• General Cargo
Advantages and Unique Conditions
Exporting your products through the Port of Natal, you will have greater efficiency and agility, together with less cost. See what CODERN provides to the exporters:
• 24h operation, depending on user and client;
• Direct ship lines for Europe;
• Door-to-door logistic chain available for the exporting fruits and others refrigerated cargoes;
• Specialized in operation of palettized cargo, besides container operation;
• Labor and port operator specialized in the handling fruits and other refrigerated cargo;
• Customs facilities allowing immediate registration of the cargo in the SISCOMEX system and the beginning of the customs process;
• Possibility of introducing operational contracts according to the type of cargo;
• Efficiency, low cost, high productivity level and low incidence of mishaps in the operations;
• Port Attendance Center, gathering all the intervening agents in portuary operation, making possible speed and flexibility in the liberation of the operations by customs and inspector authorities;
• Safety system in both port facilities and operations;
• Good hygienic conditions of the port area.
Navegability
• Access channel: maximum draft recommended of 10m DHN (33 feet) and width of 100 m in the rectilinear spaces, and 120m in the curvilinear ones;
• Basin for Maneuvers: 540m length, 250m width with depth of 10m DHN;
• Docking pier: 540m of dock´s area with 03 attraction births, 02 of 200m each and 01 of 140m, with depth of 11,5m DHN in the whole extension of the dock´s area;
• Being a fluvial port, it has excellent navigability conditions with calm waters, favorable to the mooring and unmooring;
• Modern defense system along all mooring dock´s area and buoying system all over the access channel.
