Through its Smart Ports initiative, the government signed deals with companies to implement new technologies in port operations.
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Health regulator Anvisa has approved the adoption of physically remote inspection of goods arriving at the ports, airports and borders of Brazil.
Solid bulk cargo accounted for 58% of the weight handled by Brazilian ports in the first half of the year, especially ore and oil. The Port of Vitória saw the highest hike.
The Ministry of Infrastructure informed 51 projects in the area were delivered in the first half of this year, including the restoration of roads and construction of port facilities.
Even in a year of pandemic, the combined throughput at state-run and private terminals and ports was up 4.2%.
According to the Ministry of Infrastructure executive secretary, the Brazilian federal government will present in June a program to increase the supply in the segment.
Fortaleza Maritime Passenger Terminal will be leased to the private sector next March.
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.
