Port Performance Measures in Brazil: An Analysis in Port of Santos

Competitiveness of Brazilian agribusiness depends on the capacity to sell products through the largest port in South America, Santos. The aim of this paper is to analyze the port efficiency indicators of Brazilian National Waterways Transportation Agency regarding the Port of Santos. To this end, we collected the indicator of port for handling, service time, and tariffs (fee) during of period of 2016–2018 and analyzed using time series. The results showed a tendency of slight growth for handling, moderate growth for the tariff, and a slight decrease in the service time.