Ministry of Infrastructure holds ceremony for the signing of port contracts

The Ministry of Infrastructure held on Monday (12/16), the signing ceremony of ten port terminal contracts, four in the organized ports of Cabedelo/PB and Vitória/ES and another six Private Use Terminals in Acre, Amazonas, Rio Grande do Sul, Pará, and Bahia. The ceremony was attended by the Executive Secretary of the portfolio, Marcelo Sampaio, the National Secretary of Ports and Waterways Transportation, Diogo Piloni, as well as representatives of the Brazilian port sector.

The organized port contracts were the result of the government auction held in March. In total, they foresee R$233m in investments and yielded grants of R$219m to the public coffers.

According to Piloni, the scenario in Cabedelo/PB was of contractual precariousness in the terminals, which focus on fuel storage. “Sometimes these terminals are the only supply alternative for an entire metropolitan region. And this precariousness ends up creating a great risk, even for the population that consumes the fuel in the gas stations. With the signing, we have the possibility to allow private individuals to make investments and have more security to operate,” he explains.

In Vitória/ES, the scenario was of low capacity for the movement of liquid bulk. “There have been a number of occasions of shortages and lack of fuel at gas stations and all due to the dependence on the region’s port complex. Now we add more capacity and more investment so that we have a more comfortable situation for distribution in the region,” says the secretary.

Other terminals

On Wednesday (12/18), contracts will be signed for five more terminals in the ports of Belém/PA and one in the port of Vila do Conde/PA – all of fuels. “With this, we can provide peace of mind for the population and the large consumers, not only in the region, but also for the supply of agricultural machinery in the Midwest of Brazil,” says Piloni.

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