Auctions of pulp terminals at Santos to take place in August

On Friday May 8th, the National Waterway Transport Agency (Antaq) published documents for the auctioning of leases for two terminals at the Port of Santos, for the handling and storage of general cargo, especially cellulose.

STS 14 and STS 14A will be put up for auction on August 28, at B3, in São Paulo, and will require minimum investments of approximately R$400 million. The facilities will be auctioned separately, and for a 25-year lease term, extendable successively for up to a maximum of 70 years.

The areas are located in the Macuco neighborhood, on the right bank of the Port of Santos, and will each have the capacity to handle approximately 2.5 million tons. The facilities are of the brownfield type (reauctioned) and will be served predominantly by rail, a mode suited to pulp operations, in line with the best worldwide port practices.

The STS 14 area totals 44,550 m², and will require a minimum investment of R$186.9 million.  It will have a minimum static capacity of 121,000 tons and will be able to handle 2.45 million tons.  STS 14A, with an area of 45,177 m², will have a minimum static capacity of 121,000 tons and will require an estimated investment of R$193 million over the 25-year lease.  It will have the potential to handle a maximum of 2.5 million tons.

In both cases, the minimum investments involve warehouse construction works, acquisitions of overhead cranes with coverage for the railway reception area and equipment for loading and transportation, as well as the removal of equipment already installed at the sites.

The auctions were published in the Federal Official Gazette and can be obtained from the Infrastructure Ministry website (http://www.infraestrutura.gov.br/) and Antaq (http://www.antaq.gov.br).

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