The Port of Rio Grande is one of the main

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s of

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and

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. It's located in the city of

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, in the Brazilian state of

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...

. It's the third largest in the country.Porto RS
/ref> The land access system to the port is made up of BR-392, BR-471 and

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. It's located on the right bank of the North channel, which connects Lagoa dos Patos with the Atlantic Ocean. The port bar is kept open thanks to two piers built at the mouth of the access channel. It belongs to the Union, but its administration and exploitation was granted, in 1997, to the State of Rio Grande do Sul, which does so through the Superintendency of Ports of Rio Grande do Sul (SUPRG), a state body linked to its Secretariat of Logistics and Transport, which since 2017, in addition to this port, manages the entire gaucho hydroport system. In 2009, the Port handled around 150 million tons, equivalent to 3% of all national handling, making this port the third main port in Brazil. Port activities in the town date back to 1737, the year the city was founded, however the construction of Porto Velho do Rio Grande began in 1869 and its inauguration took place on October 11, 1872. On June 2, In 1910 the execution of Porto Novo began, which came into operation on November 15, 1915, with the delivery to traffic of the first 500 meters of dock. In 2003, the main products exported were: soybeans, soybean meal, wood chips, corn, wheat, rice, soybean oil, benzene, cellulose, cerrado wood. The main imports were: wheat, barley, urea, phosphates, fertilizers, potassium chloride, rice, ammonium sulphate, ammonium nitrate, petroleum coke, sea shells, salt, crude oil, sulfuric acid, LPG, phosphoric acid and ammonia. PORTO DE RIO GRANDE by Antaq
/ref> Its area of influence includes the states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, Uruguay, southern Paraguay and northern Argentina. Wendroth14

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{{Ports of Brazil Ports and harbours of Brazil Buildings and structures in Rio Grande do Sul