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Paranaguá, a city of 148 thousand,1 is located on a bay bearing its name along the east coast of Paraná state, South Region, Brasil (Brazil) The tallest building is the Ilha Porchat (147 feet, 1998).2 The city is one the world's important grain ports.3
overview of Paranaguá's port, Paraná state, South Region,Brasil (Brazil)
1. 2013 figure from the side bar of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranagu%C3%A1, accessed August 31, 2015.
2. Emporis.com, accessed May 20, 2016.
3. The Times Atlas of the Oceans (Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1983), "commodity loading ports" map.