Governor of Paraná signs concession for vehicle-handling area at the Port of Paranaguá

In Brasilia on May 18, together with Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas, the Minister of Infrastructure, Governor Carlos Massa Ratinho Junior signed the concession contract for the vehicle-handling area at the Port of Paranaguá. The company Ascensus Gestão e Participações now manages the terminal for the next 25 years. Investments of R$ 22 million are foreseen, which will create jobs and income on the coast of Paraná. The ceremony took place at the Ministry of Infrastructure.

The area was sold for R$ 25 million in December 2020 on the São Paulo Stock Exchange (B3). It was the first auction held by Paraná. Paraná was the first state to receive autonomy to manage the exploration contracts for areas in August 2019.

The governor recalled that the planning of the port complex foresees investments of more than R$ 920 million in the coming years. The main investment, he quoted, is the so-called Moegão Leste. The project aims to consolidate the reception of railway cargo. Instead of the composition being broken up and unloaded in ten different terminals (1 public and 9 private) as is currently done, all materials will be left at a fixed point. From there, it will be sent by conveyor belts to the respective terminal. The investment is R$ 450 million, with resources from the State Government. The project is expected to be auctioned in the second half of this year.

The concession covers the PAR12 terminal – as the greenfield area is called – which is located at the rear of the Paranaguá Container Terminal (TCP), in an area adjacent to the terminal leased to Volkswagen. The area comprises 74,100 square meters with static capacity for 4,000 vehicles and annual storage of 120,000 cars.

To meet the needs of automakers in Paraná and other parts of the country, Ascensus will invest in the implantation of equipment and buildings to be used in the handling and storage of Roll-on/Roll-off cargo (passenger cars, light commercial vehicles, utilities, trucks, buses, tractors, and other cargo). At the end of the 25-year contract, the investments will remain with the Port of Paranaguá.

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