Port of Santos opens public bid for three temporary contracts

On  Monday, December 7th, the Port of Santos opened a bid for three new transitional contracts, which occur when temporary operators can occupy the terminals until the final auction is held. There will be three plots, which together add up to 101,300 m2: two in the Saboó region – areas that belonged to the companies Deicmar and Set Port and one in Paquetá, which was used by Suzano.

The idea of ​​transitional contracts is to prevent the terminals from remaining idle when their previous leases expire, This bidding model has been foreseen by ANTAQ (the national waterway transport agency) since 2016 and was inaugurated by the Port of Santos this year, when three such contracts were signed, for areas in Saboó.

In the simplified competition, the receipt of proposals begins with the publication of the notice. Thereafter, companies have a ten-day window to deliver their offers and, on the 11th day, the possibility for companies to present their final bid opens up. The group with the highest remuneration at the port wins – which will be a combination of a fixed amount (per square meter) and a variable amount (due to the volume of movement).

The notice does not define what type of cargo will have to be moved. However, in the sector, there is already an expectation of which groups may be interested.

In the case of the areas that were owned by Deicmar (a 64,400 m² site) and Set Port (20.900m²), the market assessment is that Santos Brasil and Brasil Terminals Portuarios (BTP) should be interested, two major port container operators. Both companies already have transition contracts in Saboó, and BTP is close to the offered land.

On the land that belonged to Suzano, in Paquetá, one possibility is that Eldorado and Bracell, which recently won auctions to operate pulp terminals in Santos, are interested in staying with the area. For a source in the sector, it would be a way for companies to start operations already, as the newly signed leases will still be under construction.

The contracts are valid for 180 days but may be extended. The expectation is that the temporary operators will stay until the new long-term tenant is defined.

Source: Valor Econômico

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