In the port of Itajai, it has already become common practice to operate Roll On, Roll Off cargo ships filled with cars, which are removed from the ship through the lifting ramp.

After landing, the cars are distributed throughout the country.

This Monday afternoon (19) “California Highway”here again appeared the well-known giant ship with 688 imported cars on board. 559 from Chevrolet (General Motors) and 129 from German BMW.

The Panamanian-flagged vessel is almost 200 meters (199.9 meters) long to carry goods such as cars.

According to the Coordination of Operations and Intelligence of the Itajai Port Supervision Authority, the total weight of the vehicles delivered to the Itajai Port is 1,138 tons.

Port of Itajai releases footage of vehicles being unloaded – Video: Port of Itajai/Disclosure/ND

After finishing work in Santa Catarina, the ship continues on its way to the port of Doc Sud in Argentina.

And here new arrivals of cars should occur, since it is assumed that the operation will take place on a monthly basis.

“Working efficiency comes from an excellent alliance of forces, which has ensured us the frequent arrival of vehicles with this type of operation”, comments Fabio da Veiga, manager of the port of Itajai.

Monthly car landing operations take place at Itajaí Port – Photo: Disclosure Porto de Itajaí/ND

The post-disembarkation procedure is to move the vehicles to the ValePort warehouses and to the Adjacent Customs Area (RAC) for proper screening.

Subsequently, the cars are sent in stork trucks to other cities and states in Brazil.

In 2022, in seven ship operations Roll on a roll away 4213 cars have already landed in Itajai.