Vila do Conde is not in Belém, and that hour of road is the whole planning problem.
The terminal sits in Barcarena, across the water and down the coast from the
city. A supplier who keeps everything in Belém and decides to drive when the call comes has
already lost the morning. The order has to leave before the window opens, not after.
We plan it from Belém with the terminal access arranged in advance, because access here is
the part that is granted, not negotiated at the gate.
What Vila do Conde is
Vila do Conde, in the municipality of Barcarena, Pará, is the deep water
industrial terminal of the Belém cluster. It serves the alumina and aluminium chain and the
bulk traffic of the northern corridor, and it takes larger vessels than the city port does.
Note for anyone reading a port list: Vila do Conde and Barcarena are the same place.
Vila do Conde is the terminal, Barcarena is the municipality it sits in. Lists that show them as two
ports are counting one twice.
The cluster works as one: Belém is the city port and the base,
Vila do Conde is the industrial terminal, and Santarém is upriver.
What we put on board
- Provisions: fresh, frozen and dry stores, in refrigerated transport
- 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 Vila do Conde
Send the vessel name and IMO number, the terminal, the ETA and the requisition, by e-mail.
Because this is a private industrial terminal an hour from the city, two things decide the day:
- Name the agency, early. Terminal access runs through them, and arranging it on
the morning of the call is what turns one delivery into two trips - Send the requisition with margin. Anything that has to come from Belém is
already on the road before your window opens, and that only works if we know in time
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 Vila do Conde? Send the vessel, the IMO number, the ETA and the
requisition to quotation@tropicalshipsupply.com
and we will come back with a quotation.
