Pecém expects release of new berth in November

The Operating License, required for the operation of berth 9 of the Port of Pecém to start running, should be issued in November this year by the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama). According to the Pecém Industrial and Port Complex (Cipp S.A.), the terminal’s administrator, the berth is scheduled to open in December this year, a project in which approximately R$200m was invested for the construction of the structure.

“Berth 9 represents the last stage of the completion of our second expansion. We will now receive 10 ships simultaneously. This means that we will have even more capacity for our various customers,” said Danilo Serpa, CEO of Cipp S.A.

According to him, all the documentation required by Ibama has already been delivered. “We are just waiting for the issuance of the operating license. The works have also been completed,” he says.

Changes

Berth 9 also represents another stage of the expansion of the Complex after the partnership with the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The administration of the European port has been leading operations in Pecém since December last year, and for the next three years intends to build a tank terminal for storage and transhipment of fuels; a train connection to the mooring terminal; and a project to supply Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to a new thermoelectric plant in the Complex.

The Dutch authority is also preparing to move twice the current production of the steelmaker (the largest venture in the Complex), which should rise from 3m to 6m tons of steel per year. The forecast comes from the new chief operating officer of the Port of Pecém, Corné Hulst, and was published in an article reproduced on the Port of Rotterdam website in July.

He classifies Pecém as a “good business with low risk and high growth potential,” which offers “considerable investment opportunities”. “We differentiate ourselves by selling our knowledge in the market. We do this by demonstrating how well organized, transparent, and reliable we are,” says the Port of Pecém’s chief operating officer.

Performance

“Big international clients want to establish offices here,” he adds. Prior to arriving in Pecém, Hulst worked in port operations in Egypt, Oman, and Mozambique. Over the past 10 months, the Rotterdam Port Authority has been implementing its own culture in Pecém. One of the changes pointed out by cargo operators is the less bureaucracy of procedures and greater efficiency in serving importers and exporters. To this end, the port has been investing in digital innovations that reduce logistics costs.

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