Contract signed enabling R$1 billion terminal in Rio Grande

The adhesion agreement was signed last Friday between the National Waterway Transportation Agency (Antaq) and Terminal Rio Grande do Sul S.A., through the Ministry of Ports and Airports, allowing the installation of a private-use terminal in an area of the Port of Rio Grande. The site will be used for cargo handling and storage, mainly pulp, via waterway transport, which is essential for the operation of CMPC’s new plant in Barra do Ribeiro.

The parties are now awaiting the signing of the concession so that CMPC can proceed with the R$1 billion investment to build the terminal, which is expected to generate more than one thousand jobs in the region. The expectation is that this may occur in the coming days, following alignments with Brasília.

Largest private investment
CMPC’s new plant, owned by the Chilean pulp company, represents the largest private investment in the history of Rio Grande do Sul, with amounts exceeding R$25 billion. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2026 in Barra do Ribeiro, in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre. The project is expected to generate more than ten thousand direct jobs during the construction phase.

Once pulp production operations begin, scheduled for 2029, the new industrial plant is expected to generate around 5,000 direct and indirect jobs.

In 2024, the company accounted for more than 40% of the total export volume moved via inland waterways in Rio Grande do Sul, with more than 90% of that volume handled through the Port of Rio Grande.

Terminal
With the concession for the construction of the terminal at the Port of Rio Grande, in addition to job creation and the strengthening of waterway transport, R$140 million will be invested in dredging the port channel. The draft will be increased from 9.5 meters to 12 meters.

On October 1, during a ceremony at the Port of Rio Grande, Governor Eduardo Leite (PSD) announced the largest dredging investment in the state’s history, funded by Funrigs. A total of R$432.2 million was allocated for works on the access channel to the Port of Rio Grande.

The dredging work is already underway and will last 15 months. The multinational company Van Oord is carrying out the maintenance works using the dredger Utrecht. The contract provides for the removal of approximately 15 million cubic meters of sediment, ensuring an official draft of 15 meters for the Port of Rio Grande. The maintenance work will be carried out along the entire length of the navigation channel, covering the outer channel, inner channel, and the Porto Novo channel/berths.

Source:  A Hora do Sul

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