In the period July to September 2010, Santos Brasil
Participações S.A., the country's largest container operator,
reported an increase of 45% (compared with same period of 2009) in
the volume of containers handled in three container port terminals
- Tecon Santos, Tecon Imbituba and Tecon Vila do Conde. The total
was 276,339 containers - with 78% full containers - a record for
the company. In the accumulated total for the year, the volume of
containers operated by the company on the wharf reached 664,585, a
28.4% increase over the same period of 2009, with a 32.4% increase
in the total for full containers.