巴西桑托斯港失火 18万公吨粗糖被烧

时间：2013-10-20 05:52:10

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A fire in Brazil's largest port has burnt some 180,000 tonnes of raw sugar, damaging six warehouses1 and pushing international prices to a one-year high.

巴西最大的港口发生一起火灾，烧掉了大约18万公吨粗糖，损毁了六处货仓，致使国际糖价上涨至本年度最高点。
Port authorities say the fire began in one of the overhead conveyor belts taking sugar into the warehouses
Port authorities say the fire began in one of the overhead conveyor belts taking sugar into the warehouses
 
The authorities in the port of Santos said it took six hours to bring the fire under control. 
 
The cause of the blaze is still being investigated. 
 
Brazil is the world's main sugar exporter, accounting2 for nearly half of international sales.
 
The terminal affected3 by the fire belongs to Brazilian sugar giant Copersucar. 
 
Four other sugar terminals are operating normally, port authorities said.
 
Analysts5 say Brazil has enough port capacity to carry on with its usual export levels.
 
"International markets react because they know there will be a temporary drop. But other terminals will certainly make up for the accident," sugar market analyst4 Plinio Nastari told Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper.
 
Sugar prices in New York future markets went up by 6% when news of the fire broke, dropping later in the day.
 
Port authorities said that the fire began at around 06:00 local time on a conveyor belt taking raw sugar into one of the warehouses.
 
They say this is the biggest fire in the history of the port of Santos, which exported 12.8 million tonnes of sugar in the first eight months of the year.
 
The port is located some 80km from Sao Paulo. 
 
It was the gateway6 for much of Brazil's coffee exports in the 19th and 20th century and also the main point of entry for millions of European immigrants who arrived in Brazil until the 1950s.

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1 warehouses 544959798565126142ca2820b4f56271     
仓库，货栈( warehouse的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee. 威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
  • Row upon row of newly built warehouses line the waterfront. 江岸新建的仓库鳞次栉比。
2 accounting nzSzsY     
n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表
参考例句：
  • A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
  • There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。
3 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的，假装的
参考例句：
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
4 analyst gw7zn     
n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家
参考例句：
  • What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
  • The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
5 analysts 167ff30c5034ca70abe2d60a6e760448     
分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
6 gateway GhFxY     
n.大门口，出入口，途径，方法
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  • Hard work is the gateway to success.努力工作是通往成功之路。
  • A man collected tolls at the gateway.一个人在大门口收通行费。

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