BRASÍLIA: Brazilian ports minister Helder Barbalho announced that the country’s special ports department, SEP, will launch port terminal concession tenders on March 31 which call for a total of 1.77bn reais (US$477mn) in investments. Approximately 1.46bn reais will be invested at new terminal facilities and some 203mn reais will be needed to pay leasing fees to state port authorities during the 25-year concessions, SEP said in a release.
A total of six areas will be leased out at the three port facilities. They involve three grain terminals at Outeiro in state capital Belém, one grain terminal at Vila do Conde, and two more at Santarém, being one for grains and the other for fertilizers. Meanwhile, federal audit court TCU approved tenders for another 20 areas. The exact areas should be defined before the launching of the aforementioned tenders.
The minister made the announcement on Wednesday at a port sector seminar in São Paulo aimed at addressing challenges and opportunities in the sector and highlighting new infrastructure investments.
