Brazilian sugar vessels lineup falls

The lineup of vessels waiting to load sugar in Brazilian ports dropped to 45 from last week's 51, shipping agent Williams said Thursday. It said in a weekly report that 36 vessels were lined up in the southern port of Santos, down from 40 last week.
In north-eastern Brazil, there were three vessels at Maceio, compared with two last week, and one at Recife, the same as a week ago. The center-south, which accounts for 88 percent of national output, started cutting a forecast record cane crop in March and will continue until December. Santos port accounted for 87 percent of sugar tonnage being loaded in Brazilian ports.