The superintendent of the Port of Itajaí, Fábio da Veiga, and the city’s acting mayor Marcelo Sodré recorded a video on the afternoon of November 10, direct from Brasília, announcing that the interim contract between the municipality and APM Terminals has been renewed. The company is the port’s current lessee and offered BRL 2 million per month to continue in this position until the federal privatization process is concluded. Using the claim that the National Waterway Transportation Agency (Antaq) found that there is not enough time to put a new lessee in charge, the port’s superintendence announced its intention to cancel the bidding process won by CTIL Logística. The contract with APM was to expire on December 31 but will now be renewed for up to two years.
Sources: Diarinho.net/Datamar News