# Port Of Ilheus (BRIOS)

**UN/LOCODE:** BRIOS  
**Country:** Brazil  
**Water Body:** South Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Breakwater)  
**GPS:** -14.7833, -39.0167

Cocoa beans, soybeans, magnesite, magnesium oxide and nickel ore make up the working cargo mix at Ilhéus, on the South Atlantic coast of Bahia. Operated by the state port company CODEBA, the harbour was for decades Brazil's leading cocoa-export point before a crop crisis cut volumes sharply. Diversification has since revived it: 2023 throughput of 556,597 tonnes was the strongest since 2008, helped by project cargo such as wind-turbine components. A dredged channel of about 9 metres and a cargo-pier depth near 8 metres cap vessel sizes, so deep-draught and mainline container services tend to use Salvador and the Aratu industrial port instead. For regional agribulk, minerals and breakbulk drawn from the Bahia interior, Ilhéus remains a useful loading point with road access. Shippers should confirm berth windows and customs handling, since capacity is modest and seasonal cocoa and grain peaks can tighten availability.

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*Freight Academy — Seaport Profile: [https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/ilheus-port-brios](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/ilheus-port-brios)*

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