Antaq move forward with five different leasing processes

The board of directors of ANTAQ approved the opening of public consultation and public hearings for three port terminals: RDJ07, MCP01, and MUC04. The permissions were granted at a board meeting held on March 7th.

The public consultation for RDJ07, located in the Port of Rio de Janeiro, will take place from March 25, 2024, to May 8, 2024. The terminal, which handles offshore support cargo, will receive an investment of R$ 101.7 million over a 25-year contract period.

The public consultation for MCP01 is expected to open soon. A total of R$ 84.6 million will be invested over 25 years. The terminal, located in the Port of Santana, will handle and store solid vegetable bulk, especially wood chips.

The public consultation period for MUC04, in the Port of Fortaleza, will begin on March 21, 2024, and end on May 19, 2024. The estimated investment for the terminal is R$ 360.7 million. The area is intended for container handling and storage.

Simplified lease

The board also approved the bidding process for terminal REC08, located in the Port of Recife, which had its public consultation waived as it qualifies as a simplified lease. The area is intended for handling and storage of solid vegetable bulk, especially Malt, Wheat, and Corn. An estimated R$ 50.9 million will be invested in the terminal over 10 years.

STS33 Lease

At the meeting, the directors also decided to delegate to the Port Authority of Santos (APS) the competence to analyze a new model for the leasing of the STS33 terminal, located in the Port of Santos.

APS has had the power to decide on port leases since December last year, when a delegation agreement was signed, allowing the port authority autonomy.

Transition contract

The Board also authorized the signing of a transition contract, for 180 days, between Porto do Recife and Liquiport Vila Velha S.A., for the use of an area in the port that handles and stores solid vegetable bulk.

The process rapporteur, Caio Farias, emphasized that “there is a secondary public interest characterized by the fact that the use of the asset by the transient lessee will generate contractual revenues and fees for the port administration.”

Passenger and Vehicle Transport

The opening of public consultation and hearings to improve documents prepared for the selection of companies providing passenger and vehicle transportation services at the Manaus-Careiro da Várzea crossing was also approved.

The in-person public hearing, with no scheduled date yet, will be held in Manaus (AM) “to provide direct debate with the local community,” highlighted the reporting director of the matter, Wilson Lima Filho. The public consultation will take place from March 21st of this year until June 18th.

Regulations

The ANTAQ Collegiate decided not to adapt the Agency’s regulatory norm on compliance with the obligations of the port authority and lessees – or similar figures, such as a transition contract, temporary use, assignment of use – regarding the reduction of exposure of their activities to insurable environmental damage risks.

This is because the board understood that there is no need to supplement or amend this specific norm, considering that there is a separate regulation that deals with the procedures for pre-qualification of port operators, including the obligation for environmental risks to be covered by mandatory insurance.

Therefore, it was determined that the Supervision and Control Superintendence (SFC) of the Agency adopt necessary measures so that, within 90 days, port operators, together with their respective port administrations, demonstrate their adherence to the normative that deals with the hiring of mandatory insurance and monitor compliance with this determination.

Additionally, the board approved a review of the Inland Navigation Price Regulation Guide, conditioning the decision on the insertion of parameters to standardize price adjustment analyses, which should extend to all navigation models and markets.

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