On November 19, ANTAQ (Brazil’s national waterway transport agency) auctioned two port areas for R$ 558.4 million. The STS08A terminal at the Port of Santos (SP) will be used to handle and store liquid bulk (fuel) and the IMB05 at the Port of Imbituba (SC) will also be used to handle and store liquid bulk. In total, investments to be made by lessees reach R$ 703.3 million. Petrobras took the STS08A area for R$ 558.2 million and a contractual term of 25 years. The area has 297,349 m². The global gross revenue of the contract will reach R$ 7.207 billion and the investments by the lessee will be around R$ 678.3 million. The expected movement is 140 million tons. The company Fertilizantes Santa Catarina (Fertisanta) took the IMB05 area, offering a grant value of R$ 200,000. The auctioned area of the Port of Imbituba has 7,455m². The contract is for ten years and the contract’s global gross revenue will reach R$145 million. Expected investments total R$25 million. The expected movement is 1.6 million tons.
Source: Datamar News