Terminal Marítimo do Guarujá S.A. - Termag

What Terminal Marítimo do Guarujá S.A. - Termag does

TERMAG — Terminal Marítimo do Guarujá S/A — is a privately-held Brazilian public customs port terminal (Terminal Portuário Alfandegado de uso público especial) located in Guarujá, São Paulo, on the left bank of the Port of Santos. The company occupies a partial footprint of the former TEFER (Terminal de Fertilizantes de Conceiçãozinha) site and operates exclusively as a solid mineral bulk discharge, storage, and dispatch facility for imported fertilizers and sulfur. Its customer base is concentrated in two narrow verticals: fertilizer importers serving Brazilian and South American agricultural distribution, and sulfur importers serving chemical and fertilizer manufacturers. The terminal's infrastructure is purpose-built and capital-intensive.

The asset base features a ship unloader rated at 12,000 to 15,000 tons per day, vessel handling capability for ships up to 75,000 DWT and 225 m length with a 14 m (45.9 ft) draft, an 85,000-ton static sulfur yard, three fertilizer warehouses totaling 180,000 tons of capacity (3 × 60,000 tons each), an internal railway spur (pera ferroviária) that optimizes rail-car movement, and dispatch capacity for 800 trucks and 120 rail cars per day. Operations are coordinated through an Operational Control Center and automation network focused on safety, sustainability, and productivity.

TERMAG's business model is transaction-fee based: the terminal earns revenue from tonnage-based ship discharge fees, duration-based storage charges — 20 days for Sulfur, 7 days for Ammonium Nitrate, and 15 days for other products after discharge — plus additional storage periods (5 days for Ammonium Nitrate, 10 days for others) and freight handling fees for road and rail loading. Tariffs are indexed to the IGPM inflation index and were last revised effective 15 April 2023 for the Mar/2021 to Feb/2023 reference period. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales directly targeting shipping companies, commodity trading firms, and industrial buyers. Ownership is not disclosed; headcount is reported as 1–10, almost certainly reflecting operator/management staff only given the scale of the underlying infrastructure.

Name

Terminal Marítimo do Guarujá S.A. - Termag

Legal name

Terminal Marítimo do Guarujá S/A

Website

https://termag.com.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

TERMAG is a Brazilian public customs port terminal in Guarujá (Port of Santos, São Paulo) that discharges, stores, and dispatches imported solid mineral bulk cargo — primarily fertilizers and sulfur — for fertilizer importers and chemical/fertilizer manufacturers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Port Terminal Services

akta.pro primary industry

Minerals & Ores Terminals (Iron Ore, Bauxite/Alumina, Concentrates) (TLAHABAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Hazmat Warehousing & Segregated Storage (Bonded/Compliance Facilities) (TLAIAJAB)

Keywords

• Port terminal services
• Bulk cargo handling
• Fertilizer logistics
• Sulfur storage
• Port infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Guarujá

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Port Terminal Services: Terminal charges for ship discharge operations, cargo handling, storage, and loading services for imported fertilizers and sulfur. Revenue derived from tonnage-based fees for vessel operations, storage duration charges, and freight handling for road and rail transport.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

TERMAG operates as a Special Public Use Customs Port Terminal at the Port of Santos in Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil, specialized in the discharge, storage, weighing, and multimodal dispatch of imported solid mineral bulk cargo, primarily fertilizers and sulfur. Core services include vessel discharge at a rate of 12,000–15,000 tons/day, dedicated static storage (85,000 tons for sulfur, 180,000 tons across three fertilizer warehouses), and onward freight handling to trucks (up to 800/day) and rail cars (up to 120/day) via an internal railway spur.

Product overview

TERMAG is a public customs port terminal (Terminal Portuário Alfandegado de uso público especial) located in Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil, at the left bank of the Port of Santos. The single offering is the port terminal service for unloading, storage, and logistics handling of imported solid mineral bulk cargo, primarily fertilizers and sulfur. The terminal infrastructure includes ship unloading equipment, fertilizer warehouses, sulfur storage yard, railway connections, and truck dispatch facilities, all coordinated through an Operational Control Center and Automation Network focused on safety, sustainability, and productivity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Port Terminal Services for Solid Mineral Bulk Cargo (Fertilizers and Sulfur) Public-use customs port terminal service covering vessel discharge, storage, weighing, and multimodal loading of imported solid mineral bulk cargo — primarily fertilizers and sulfur — at the Port of Santos in Guarujá, Brazil. Service includes ship discharge at 12,000–15,000 tons/day for vessels up to 75,000 DWT (225 m length, 14 m draft), 85,000 tons of dedicated sulfur storage (20-day window), 180,000 tons of fertilizer storage across three warehouses (7–15 day windows), and daily dispatch of up to 800 trucks and 120 rail cars via an internal railway spur. Targeted at fertilizer importers, sulfur importers, chemical processors, and trading firms handling bulk commodity imports through the Port of Santos.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Yara Brasil: Major global fertilizer producer/distributor with significant Brazilian import operations; represents both a large customer for terminal services and a competitive threat via its own logistics infrastructure.
• Bunge Brasil: Operates bulk terminals across Brazil for grains, oilseeds, and fertilizers; competes for fertilizer import tonnage at Santos-area facilities and represents both a peer operator and a potential customer for discharge services.
• Caramuru Alimentos: Operates port terminals for grain and fertilizer handling in Brazil with vertically integrated origination and processing; competes with TERMAG for fertilizer import tonnage at Brazilian ports and serves overlapping agricultural importer customers.
• ADM do Brasil: Global agribusiness major with Brazilian port terminals handling grain and fertilizer cargoes; competes with TERMAG for bulk discharge and storage at Santos-area facilities and serves overlapping fertilizer importer customers.
• Rumo Logística (Cosan): Brazil's largest rail-based logistics operator with integrated port terminals; provides multimodal competition to TERMAG's road+rail offering for inland distribution of bulk cargoes from Santos.

Direct peers

• Hidrovias do Brasil: Brazilian dry bulk logistics operator running integrated terminal-and-barge systems for agricultural and mineral cargoes; provides an alternative bulk import/discharge pathway that competes with TERMAG's Santos-based model for Brazilian shippers.
• Log-in Logística: Operates port terminals and integrated cabotage/coastal shipping for bulk cargoes in Brazil; competes for Brazilian bulk import volumes and offers comparable discharge-plus-distribution value chains.
• Agrex do Brasil: Fertilizer importer with Brazilian port operations; shares TERMAG's customer profile of fertilizer importers and competes for the same discharge, storage, and inland distribution volume.
• TGG (Terminal de Granéis de Guarujá): Also located in Guarujá at the Port of Santos, TGG operates a public-use dry bulk terminal handling solid mineral cargoes, making it the most direct geographic and operational competitor to TERMAG in the same bulk import corridor.
• Tequimar (Vopak Brasil): Operates bulk liquid terminals at Port of Santos; shares the same customer base of industrial commodity importers at the same port complex and competes for bulk handling share at the same facility cluster.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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