{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Porto Alegre","identifier":"BR POA","unlocode":"BR POA","city":null,"country":"Brazil","waterBody":"South Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Medium","harborType":"River (Natural)","channelDepthMeters":4.9,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":-30.033333,"longitude":-51.233333},"description":"Porto Alegre (BR POA) is best understood as a regional river port rather than a deep-sea gateway, serving the farming and industrial economy of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil. Open since 1921, it offers around 8 kilometres of quays across the Mauá, Marcílio Dias and Navegantes wharves, handling grain, rice, fertilisers, breakbulk and containers. Annual traffic runs at roughly 300 vessel calls and about 576,000 tonnes. In early 2025 the port resumed long-haul ocean calls after a break, with","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/porto-alegre-port-br-poa","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/porto-alegre-port-br-poa","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Porto Alegre · (UN/LOCODE: BR POA) · Brazil · Medium · 4.9 m"}