Santos Port Authority is close to obtaining greater autonomy

According to the National Secretary of Ports and Waterways Transportation of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Diogo Piloni, the Santos Port Authority (Codesp) “is very close” to obtaining its delegation of competence, which will allow the company to reissue port area bidding documents, enter into facility lease agreements, and oversee them. Currently, these activities are centralized in the National Agency for Water Transport (Antaq).

The information was announced during Piloni’s participation in the 1st Port Regulation Congress of the Santos subsection of the Order of Attorneys of Brazil (OAB). “Codesp broadly meets the classification criteria and is very close to obtaining the delegation of autonomy. Details are lacking, such as the approval of its DZP,” said the secretary, who advocates the decentralization of these competences.

The Development and Zoning Plan (DZP) sets out the criteria for exploring the areas of a port, such as what cargo can be operated in each region. Codesp is currently working on the new version of the document, which should be approved by February next year.

Still on the Port of Santos, its privatization could be released in 2021, according to the Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Marcelo Sampaio Cunha Filho. “The expectation is that the [privatization] of the Port of Santos will have the effect of dragging all other privatizations. The Port of Rio will definitely [be privatized], as will Ceará and all eight Dock companies in the country,” he said. However, there is no timetable yet for these other privatizations in the sector.

Sources: Reuters and Valor Econômico

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