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Seaports in Brazil

Brazil has 45 portsin the World Port Index — 4 large deep-water ports, 7 medium and 34 smaller harbours. They sit on South Atlantic Ocean. Below: how they split by size, and the biggest harbours. From the NGA World Port Index, snapshot 2026-06-22.

PORTS45

LARGE · MEDIUM4 · 7

ONSouth Atlantic Ocean

By harbour size

Large4 · 9%

Medium7 · 16%

Small19 · 42%

Very small15 · 33%

Biggest ports in Brazil

The largest harbours in the snapshot, with their water body and harbour type.

largeSantosSouth Atlantic Ocean · Coastal (Natural) · BR SSZmax 354 m

largeRio GrandeSouth Atlantic Ocean · River (Natural) · BRRIGmax 337 m

largeRio De JaneiroSouth Atlantic Ocean · Coastal (Natural) · BR RIO

largeTubaraoSouth Atlantic Ocean · Coastal (Breakwater) · BRTUB

mediumPorto AlegreSouth Atlantic Ocean · River (Natural) · BR POAmax 235 m

mediumBelemSouth Atlantic Ocean · River (Natural) · BR BELmax 210 m

mediumDtse / Gegua Oil TerminalSouth Atlantic Ocean · Open Roadstead

mediumItajaiSouth Atlantic Ocean · River (Natural) · BR ITJ

mediumPort De SalvadorSouth Atlantic Ocean · Coastal (Breakwater) · BR SSA

mediumRecifeSouth Atlantic Ocean · Coastal (Breakwater) · BR REC

mediumVitoriaSouth Atlantic Ocean · River (Natural) · BRVIX

smallItaquiSouth Atlantic Ocean · Coastal (Natural) · BRIQImax 365 m

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