Tarcisio and França meet to talk about privatization of Santos Port

The Minister of Ports and Airports, Márcio França met this Wednesday (8) in Brasília with the governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas (Republicans). In their first meeting, the central theme was the privatization of the Port of Santos.

Being from opposite sides, both had a friendly conversation on the subject. Tarcísio, who started the privatization analyzes of the main Brazilian terminal, is on a tour to convince the federal administration to take the proposal forward, as Lula asked him last month.

The continuity of the studies that will lead to the auction, however, is now up to Márcio França, who was once mayor of the neighboring city of São Vicente (SP) and is radically against the proposal. More recently, França said he was “discarding” the proposal – taking as examples ports in Australia that were privatized and that are now considered problematic for the country.

See below the handling of containers at the Port of Santos (exports and imports) from January 2019 to December 2022, according to data from the DataLiner platform developed by Datamar.

Container Handling – Port of Santos | Jan 2019 – Dec 2022 | TEU

Source: DataLiner (Click here to request a demo) 

The port currently handles 145 million tons per year – the intention is to double its capacity to 290 million tons per year. Tarcísio also asks for infrastructure work in the region, such as a tunnel that connects the two sides of the terminal.

Source: The Antagonist

To read the original report, visit: https://oantagonista.uol.com.br/brasil/a-reuniao-de-tarcisio-e-franca-sobre-o-porto-de-santos/

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