Fortaleza Maritime Passenger Terminal will be leased to the private sector next March.
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Arab country topped other African countries in the number and value of construction projects in 2018, according to a consulting firm Deloitte report.
In auction on Tuesday, three port areas in Santos and Paranaguá ports were sold to the companies Hidrovias do Brasil, Aba Infraestrutura, and Klabin.
Ministry of infrastructure Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas said auctions will be hold in the next one hundred days of the current administration.
Dubai-based port operator DP World handled 53.6 million TEUs from January to September. The company operates in the port of Santos.
From January to July, the volume handled reached 76.33 million tons, the port’s best performance for the period. However, last month, cargo-handling declined 1.5%.
Brazil’s main port complex loaded and unloaded 64.5 million tons of cargo in the first half of the year, up 5.6% over the same period of last year.
ANTAQ will hold auctions on September 28 to lease bulk handling and storage areas in both ports.
Throughput at government-managed ports in the country was up 3.2% in the first quarter, while privately-run terminals saw a 2.3% decline in cargo handled.
The Dubai-based port operator’s container throughput increased 6.1% in these regions in this year’s Q1.
