Infrastructure minister signs concession contract for STS20 terminal in Santos

This Wednesday (01/29) infrastructure minister, Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas, participated in a ceremony to sign a concession contract for the STS20 terminal in Santos, with consortium Hidrovias do Brasil S/A. The auction for the contract took place in August last year and is worth R$112.5 million.

During the 25-year contract, Hidrovias do Brasil S/A will operate an area of over 29,000 square meters and three warehouses, focused on handling fertilizers and salt. The company already handles grains and fertilizers in northern Brazil and a waterway on the Uruguay, Paraguay and Paraná rivers.

The terminal’s annual storage capacity is 1 million tons of salt and 2.6 million tons of fertilizers. In the case of fertilizers, inputs are important, as they supply the agricultural chain in the center of the country. In the case of salt, which arrives at the port via cabotage in the Northeast, the input supplies several national industry chains, especially in the state of São Paulo. Currently, the terminal handles about 50% of the salt arriving and leaving the Port of Santos.

Expected investments

Amongst the investments to be made in the terminal are the demolition and construction of warehouses, reinforcement of the public pier, dredging for deepening, overturning of the berth, acquisition of equipment for unloading ships and for transportation of fertilizers, in addition to the installation of weighing scales for vehicles.

“Hidrovias do Brasil S/A will add an important and different entrepreneur profile. The company adds the expertise of investment funds to the business. Auctions are generally won by industry operators. In addition, it is the first time that the company will operate in a public port. We are optimistic ”, commented the national secretary of Ports and Water Transport, Diogo Piloni.

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