APS hires company that will model the Santos-Guarujá tunnel

The Port Authority of Santos (APS) has formally kicked off the construction of the Santos-Guarujá tunnel after receiving the approval of its Board of Directors (Consad) on December 21. After 98 years, a long-awaited contract has been inked with the Vanzolini Foundation, marking the initial steps for developing the project’s legal and economic model.

APS President Anderson Pomini celebrated that the construction is finally underway after months of discussions and 18 meetings between the municipalities of Santos and Guarujá, the port community, and the local population. “In these meetings, we reached a consensus regarding the tunnel’s route, which will avoid expropriations and make it possible to adhere to a schedule that includes the bidding process in 2024, construction between 2024 and 2025, and completion by 2028/2029,” stated Pomini.

Hiring a consultancy for the Santos-Guarujá tunnel modeling is crucial as it will ensure the safety of the endeavor, which is already enrolled in the New Growth Acceleration Program (PAC). “Thus, we comply with the Minister of Ports and Airports, Silvio Costa Filho, and President Lula’s request, who seek swiftness in this project, a priority for Brazil, given that the Port of Santos is responsible for 30% of the country’s trade with the world,” concluded the APS president.

See below containerized exports and imports registered at the Port of Santos between Jan 2019 and Oct 2023. The data is from DataLiner.

Container Exports & Imports | Port of Santos | Jan 2019 – Oct 2023 | TEU

Source: DataLiner (click here to request a demo)

The Vanzolini Foundation is a non-profit organization created and managed by professors from the Department of Production Engineering at the University of São Paulo (Poli-USP), whose goal is to improve the effectiveness of sustainable development processes in Brazil.

For over 50 years, the Foundation has been developing, applying, and disseminating new engineering knowledge in the daily lives of individuals, businesses, institutions, and governments. This contributes to solving economic, environmental, technical, and social problems in Brazil and abroad.

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