Ultracargo

Ultracargo

Founded	1966
Headquarters	São Paulo, Brasil
Revenue	R$ 346,5 milhões (2015)
Number of employees	613
Website	http://www.ultracargo.com.br

Ultracargo is Brazil's largest bulk liquids storage company, primarily operating in the storage of chemicals, petrochemicals, biofuel, and vegetable oil. Ultracargo operates under the Ultra group along with Ipiranga, Ultragaz, Oxiteno and Extrafarma.

Ultracargo is the only operator in its sector with a presence in all major ports of Brazil. It has facilities in the Port of Santos, Port of Rio de Janeiro, Port of Paranaguá; Port of Aratu in Bahia; Port of Itaqui in Maranhão and Suape Port in Pernambuco. Additionally, they have terminals in Paulínia, São Paulo.

The company began in 1966 as Transultra, which operated in both road transport and chemical storage. In 1978, Tequimar Chemical Terminal was founded in the Port of Aratu. When Transultra and Tequimar eventually merged into one logistics operation, it was rebranded as Ultracargo.

In 1986, Ultracargo began the construction of a 45,000 m² storage unit at the Suape Terminal in Pernambuco. It is their second oldest unit. Their terminal in Paulinia began operations in 1999. In July 2005, Ultracargo opened their second intermodal terminal in the Port of Santos. It integrates road, rail and sea transport. By then, it had a storage capacity of 33,500 m³ for chemical, 40,000 m³ for alcohol, and 38,000 m³ for vegetable oils.

In 2008, Ultrapar (through Ultracargo) announced the purchase of company União Terminais, which was previously owned by Unipar Carbocloro. The acquisition of União Terminais doubled the size of Ultracargo, making it the largest storage company for liquid bulk in Brazil and enhancing its range of operations. With this acquisition, Ultracargo increased its presence in the Port of Santos, the main port in Brazil, and positioned them strategically in the ports of Rio de Janeiro and Paranaguá.