Paraná Ports signs first additive for development of vegetable bulk handling area

Paraná Ports renewed the contract for handling vegetable bulk by PASA – Paraná Operations Port, at the Port of Paranaguá. This is the first addendum entered into by the Paraná port authority, since the public company was granted autonomy to administer development contracts in August 2019.  As a result, Paraná is the first state in Brazil to act as a granting authority, after 2013, when Federal Law 12,815 centralized port development with the Federal Government.

The 001/2019 delegation of competence agreement was formalized after an extensive process of analysis and validation.

ADDITIVE: The additive term published on Friday (August 28) has the National Waterway Transport Agency (ANTAQ) as an intervening body. The contract is valid until 2049.

PASA’s investments total R$117.7 million in two phases. According to the company’s director, Persio Souza de Assis, the handling capacity is expected to rise from the current 3.6 million tonnes/year to 6.7 million tonnes/year.

“The improvements adopted have outpaced the growth in movement in recent years. With the renewal of the contract, PASA reinforces its commitment to the growth of the country’s exports and the increase in the volume handled at the port of Paranaguá ”, he highlights. According to him, the intention is also to leverage business, with a focus on the railway network that today already absorbs 90% of the company’s logistics.

By 2022, PASA should build a new shipping line, with the installation of a new ship loader, to handle up to 2.5 thousand tonnes/hour. In addition, by 2023, a new warehouse will be built, for 60,000 tonnes of sugar or 45,000 tonnes of other solid bulk.

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