Qualla: Porto do Itaqui https://qualla.com/porto-do-itaqui en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:09 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Porto do Itaqui https://qualla.com/porto-do-itaqui Porto do Itaqui: Introduction https://qualla.com/porto-do-itaqui/ A government survey team in 1939 found what engineers always hope for: a stretch of coast where the deep water comes almost to the beach. Sheltered by São Marcos Bay, the site that would become Porto do Itaqui had the geology for berthing and the geography for shipping lanes. And then it waited. Twenty-seven years passed before construction began in 1966; eight more before the first vessel tied up in July 1974. The port is now one of Brazil's largest cargo terminals and the gateway for a hinterland that stretches west to the border of Bolivia.

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