Antaq auctions three more port areas

The National Agency for Water Transport (ANTAQ) auctioned three more port areas this Tuesday (08/13), at B3 in São Paulo. Two areas in the Port of Santos – STS13A, for the movement and storage of liquid bulk, especially fuels, and STS20, for the movement and storage of solid mineral bulk, especially fertilizers and salts -, and PAR01, in the Port of Paranaguá, which will be used for general cargo handling and storage, especially paper and pulp. The grants worth totaled R$148.5m. The investments will initially be R$417.2m.

The STS20 area was won by the consortium Hidrovias do Brasil Holding Norte S/A. for R$112.5m, after fierce dispute, bid by bid, with the TRH Consortium. The difference between the two final proposals was only R$500,000.

With a grant amount of R$35m, Aba Infraestrutura e Logística S/A. won the port STS13A area auctions. The auction of terminal PAR01 was won by Klabin S/A., with the grant amount of R$1m.

Present at the auction this morning, the Minister of Infrastructure, Tarcísio Freitas, said that the result of the events exceeded expectations: “There was intense competition. We are going in the right direction. The market is confident in driving economic policy. We are bringing more efficiency to ports.”

ANTAQ Director General Mário Povia also said: “The auction was successful. The idea is not to have grant value, but to have perennial contracts, bringing good partners to the ports, generating infrastructure, employment, and income. ”

The areas

The 38,398 square meter STS13A area is located on Barnabé Island, on the left bank of the Port of Santos. The lease area is a mixed-use storage facility with 66 pressurized tanks for chemicals, ethanol, petroleum products, and also other complementary facilities. The total storage capacity of these tanks is estimated at 47,477m3.

The overall gross revenue of the contract reaches R$946.18m. The amount of fixed monthly compensation is R$158,500. The variable compensation amount (R$/t) is R$4.15. The investments will be of R$110.7m. Total movement during the 25 years of the lease term should be 15.3m tons.

The STS20 area, which has 29,278.04 square meters, is located in the Outeirinhos region of the Port of Santos. The rental area is intended for the movement of solid mineral bulk, more specifically fertilizers and salt, and may handle other products such as salts, sulfates, carbonates, among others.

The overall gross revenue of the contract reaches R$2.74bn. The amount of fixed monthly compensation is R$776,000. The variable compensation amount (R$/t) is R$5.36. The investments will be of R$219.5m. Total handling over the 25 years of the lease term should be 54.6m tons.

The PAR01 area has 27,530 square meters. The overall gross revenue of the contract reaches R$1.089bn. The amount of fixed monthly compensation is R$171,700. The variable compensation amount (R$/t) is R$2.85. The investments will be of R$87m. Total handling over the 25-year lease term is expected to reach 22m tons.

“It was certainly another successful auction held by ANTAQ, and the third one this year. These three areas are very important to its ports. Both in the Port of Santos are brownfields, one of which is out of operation and the other is operated under a precarious contract. Contractual regularization will bring valuable investments to the port. In the port of Paranaguá, we will have a new player to operate a cargo that has already entered the country’s export agenda,” said CPLA President Bruno Pinheiro.

STS13A

The auction of the area STS13-A, located in the Port of Santos, had a bid higher than R$35m from the proposal of Aba Infraestrutura e Logística S/A., winner of the auction. However, the Brazilian Company of Terminals and General Warehouses, which offered the highest bid was disqualified. The company filed a writ of mandamus to participate in the auction. The court granted it to them, in part, allowing their participation. But the company would only be able to buy the area if it were the sole proponent.

Item 22.14 of the Auction Notice provides that “companies or economic groups with relevant market share may only be declared winners if there is no other bidder who has submitted a valid bid”. The Brazilian Company of Terminals and General Warehouses LTDA already has three areas in Barnabé Island.

Source: Antaq

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