Federal Government will assign cargo handling area from the Port of Cabedelo to Docas da Paraíba, aiming to revert the capital raised in investments for the local infrastructure

All funds raised in the concession of the area of ​​Porto de Cabedelo for the Docas da Paraíba will be reverted to investments for carrying out infrastructure works that will guarantee more quality in cargo handling operations

The Secretariat of Governance and Heritage of the Union - SPU held a meeting with representatives of the port sector last Tuesday (19/04), for the concession of an area of ​​the Port of Cabedelo to the company Docas da Paraíba. In this way, the Federal Government intends to carry out infrastructure works for the handling of cargo in the port, with the conversion of the amount collected into investments to be applied in the plan.

Docas da Paraíba will receive an area from the Port of Cabedelo so that the Federal Government can convert revenue into investments for infrastructure works

The Port of Cabedelo, located in the state of Paraíba, is one of the biggest movers in the region's economy and, in 2021 alone, handled around 1,3 million tons of goods such as fuel, grains and coke in cargo. oil (petcoke), thus ensuring a socioeconomic development even greater for the entire state and achieving its presence within the cargo handling segment in Brazil.

Thus, the Federal Government, through the SPU, verified a great opportunity for growth and expansion of these activities in the place and announced that it will grant an area of ​​the Port of Cabedelo owned by the Union that has been going through a process for almost 20 years to regularize the use of the space for the company Docas da Paraíba, as a way of raising a large amount of money, since the space occupied in the port is estimated at more than R$ 160 million. 

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Thus, the contract between the bodies will take into account the ordinance of the Special Secretariat for Privatization, Divestment and Markets of the Ministry of Economy, No. 7.397, of June 2021, and will be used as a basis for investments in the port. This means that the Federal Government will collect all monetary collection in the transaction and will transform it into a new investment package for infrastructure works at the port, ensuring better quality for cargo handling operations and, consequently, further expanding the port's presence on the national scene. 

Ceremony for the concession of the area will take place soon, and the SPU is very optimistic about the investment plan in infrastructure at the site 

Since 2020, SPU has been making a series of changes to the rules of the Port of Cabedelo in order to reduce the bureaucracy of the site and, consequently, reach an agreement with Docas da Paraíba for the concession of the cargo handling area. Now, the company will be able to carry out the local collection and, with this, the Federal Government will obtain the necessary resources to carry out investments in infrastructure works. 

Thus, the superintendent of the SPU in Paraíba, Arthur Navarro, commented on the need for this agreement and its relevance to the current scenario of the Port of Cabedelo and stated that “Instead of being destined for the Union, these amounts will be reinvested in the port itself, favoring its modernization and qualification, increasing its competitive potential and, consequently, providing local economic development”.

The ceremony for handing over the area from the Port of Cabedelo to the Docas da Paraíba will take place next Tuesday and will be attended by the Minister of Infrastructure, Marcelo Sampaio; the National Secretary of Ports (SNPTA), Diogo Piloni; the Deputy Secretary for Coordination and Governance of the Union's Heritage (SPU), Martim Ramos Cavalcanti and the director of the Department of Management and Port Modernization of the National Secretariat of Ports (SNPTA).