SPA establishes new regulations for accreditation and operation of truck yards

Santos Port Authority (SPA) has established new general regulations for the accreditation and operation of truck yards, modernizing the current port authority standard (NAP). According to the port authority, the new regulations will improve the quality of service to truck drivers who are driving to the Port of Santos and will use these truck yards.  The rules will also be in line with the bureaucracy guidelines of the Ministry of Infrastructure (MINFRA).

The modernization of the existing standard seeks to make the accreditation process less bureaucratic, facilitating the entry of new yards to meet the road flow that arrives daily at the Port of Santos. Regulatory yards are of fundamental importance for the organization of this flow, speeding up their arrival and preventing them from going directly to the terminals until needed, thus becoming essential for the scheduling system.

SPA Director of Operations, Marcelo Ribeiro, explains that the old rule imposed a series of restrictions and requirements that only contributed to create an economic barrier to those interested in exploring this opportunity, in addition to reducing the attractiveness of the business. “The result is that over the years, we have had more than a dozen interested companies, but few have really managed to satisfy the requirements,” says Ribeiro.

Under the new regulation, companies are no longer obliged to provide a minimum number of vacancies, nor have service stations, among other conditions contained in the previous regulation. The objective is to provide a safe environment for users, meaning a structure that includes an adequate place for meals and a minimum number of bathrooms, according to the vacancies, adjusting to the determinations of Ordinance No. 1,343 / 2019 of the Special Secretariat of Social Security and Work, which deals with the minimum safety, health and comfort conditions in the waiting and resting places of professional drivers for the transport of passengers and cargo by road.

To date, five regulatory yards are accredited to meet the flow of trucks in the Port of Santos. They are Ecopátio, Pinhal Rodopark and Ceparking, in Cubatão; Logispot, in Sumaré; and Cutrale, in Cordeirópolis. Together, they provide a total of 2,405 truck parking spaces.

The work to reformulate the existing rules was initiated last year by the SPA’s Operations Directorate, with the goal of reducing bureaucracy. Within the arrival logistics at the port, these yards act as a complement to the scheduling system, improving the fluidity of the arrival of the trucks and, in contingency situations, work like real lungs to receive the vehicles that travel on the roads bound for the port.

The full text of the General Regulation for the Accreditation and Operation of Truck Regulatory Yards attached to the port authority standard (NAP) is available at the Santos Port Authority website (http://www.portodesantos.com.br/wp-content/uploads/Regulamento-de -Patios-Reguladores-NAP-1.2.pdf).

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