In early July, during the 17th BRICS Summit held in Brazil, COSCO SHIPPING Specialized Carriers, after successfully establishing the VITORIA hub port, officially signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Brazil’s SEPETIBA Port. This collaboration marks COSCO SHIPPING Specialized Carriers’ further efforts to deepen the construction of key port clusters in the eastern South America region, forming a new regional logistics network anchored by dual core ports.
SEPETIBA Port serves as a hub for COSCO SHIPPING Specialized Carriers in South America, with an average of 8–10 vessel calls per month. The strategic partnership will leverage SEPETIBA Port’s hub functions by developing yard and truck services around the key port while actively promoting unpacking, storage, and transshipment services for vehicle frame containers within the SEPETIBA terminal. This provides a new logistics option for exporting Chinese new energy vehicles to Brazil. Additionally, the partnership will capitalize on the cargo attraction effect of the key port to establish a “heavy-in, heavy-out” and “single-port loading and unloading” operational model around existing import businesses. This will help COSCO SHIPPING Specialized Carriers further enhance its differentiated weekly BRICS Express service in eastern South America, improving vessel operational efficiency and customer service. This model will also set an example for integrated port-shipping marketing. Currently, the marketing teams of both parties are jointly visiting local clients, receiving enthusiastic responses.
This cooperation goes beyond business synergy between shipping companies and ports—it represents a deep integration of China’s smart logistics solutions with BRICS infrastructure. By combining shipping capacity and port resources, the two sides will deepen collaboration in route services, joint marketing, and extended supply chain services, achieving service upgrades and jointly building an integrated “port-shipping” ecosystem to create world-class supply chain hubs and shipping products.
