At a river port there is no second delivery. That is the whole thing.
Santarém sits far up the Amazon, where the Tapajós meets it. Everything a vessel needs
has to travel inland to reach her, and nothing travels inland quickly. A coastal chandler can
improvise; here, improvisation means the ship sails without it.
Which is why the useful thing we sell at Santarém is not speed. It is lead time you can
plan against, because we treat the inland leg as part of the order rather than as a surprise.
What Santarém is
Santarém, in Pará, is a river port on the Amazon, deep inland from the
coast. It is one of the grain outlets of the northern corridor, and the bulk carriers that call here
have already spent days on the river before they arrive, and will spend days on it again.
Most chandlers on the Santos and Rio axis do not serve the river ports at all. The distances do
not suit a business built around a coastal warehouse.
Santarém belongs to the same northern system as Belém, the city
port and the base, and Vila do Conde in Barcarena, the industrial terminal.
What we put on board
- Provisions: fresh, frozen and dry stores, with the cold chain planned for the inland leg
- Bonded stores: under customs seal
- Deck and engine stores: ropes, paints, tools, lubricants, chemicals, consumables
- Cabin stores: linen, laundry and cleaning
- Safety and hygiene supplies
- Charts and publications, and spare parts
Ordering for a call at Santarém
Send the vessel name and IMO number, the port, the ETA and the requisition, by e-mail.
One rule matters more here than at any coastal port:
- Send it as early as you have it, even incomplete. A partial requisition sent a
week out is worth more than a perfect one sent the day before. We can start the inland leg on what
is certain and close the gaps later - Tell us if the vessel is berthing or staying at the anchorage. On the river that
changes the whole transport, not just the last mile
We answer 24/7, in Portuguese and English.
Tropical Ship Supply is a member of IMPA, the International Marine Purchasing
Association, and serves vessels at Brazilian ports from the south-east coast to the Amazon river.
We write about how calls at Brazilian ports actually run in our
Brazil maritime news and port guides.
Planning a call at Santarém? Send the vessel, the IMO number, the ETA and the
requisition to quotation@tropicalshipsupply.com
and we will come back with a quotation.
