It is the third-busiest port in Brazil,[1] and it is managed by Companhia Docas do Rio de Janeiro.

In the 1870s, with the construction of the Doca da Alfândega, the first projects for the development of the Port of Rio de Janeiro emerged.

[2] In 2014 the elevated highway, Elevado da Perimetral, was destroyed as part of the Porto Maravilha redevelopment.

[3] The port operates with loads such as: general containerized cargo, electronics, rubber, petrochemicals, vehicle parts, coffee, steel products, press paper rolls and solid bulk, such as wheat and pig iron.

It connects the port to the Center-South region of Rio de Janeiro (Vale do Paraíba) and from there to the states of São Paulo and Minas Gerais.