Operation Relíqua to inspect six terminals at the Port of Santos

At least six terminals at the Port of Santos will be asked to correct their procedures or adapt equipment to increase operational safety. This is the partial result of Operation Relíqua by IBAMA (the Brazilian Institute of renewable natural resources). The action runs until next Friday and ANTAQ has already registered an infraction.

Operation Relíqua was launched on the 27th of September. It is carried out in partnership with several agencies and, in addition to the Port of Santos, inspections are scheduled at the Cubatão Industrial Pole.

The objective of the authorities involved is to inspect the storage, handling, and transport of dangerous products in the maritime complex. In addition, the idea is to verify the complex’s emergency response capacity and the amount of abandoned cargo on the Santos pier.

Other entities participating in IBAMA’s action are ANTAQ (the national waterway transport agency), ANTT (the national land transport agency), the Federal Revenue Service, the Police, the Fire Department, and the CPSP (the Captaincy of the Ports of São Paulo) from the Santos Port Authority and the Brazilian Army.

“In the general context, we saw positive results from last year until now. Companies adapted. They are renewing themselves, adapting, and are presenting themselves positively this year,” said federal environmental agent Ana Angélica Alabarce, responsible for IBAMA in the region.

According to Alabarce, just like last year, no infractions were found that put port operations at risk. However, “these notifications come with guidelines and some with charges for adjustments”.

This week

The expectation of the head of IBAMA is that the work will intensify this week. This is because the terminals that handle ammonia and ammonium nitrate, products that have explosion potential, will be inspected.

Operation Relíqua was launched last year after the accident involving chemical products in the Port of Beirut, in Lebanon. At the time, authorities from the Port of Santos found that the operation of dangerous cargo is safe on the Santos wharf and that there is no risk of explosions like the one that happened in the Lebanese port complex.

Source: A Tribuna

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