Portuguese 
English 
Spanish 
3 min of reading 
Terminals Were Auctioned And Will Secure Million-Dollar Investments Over The Next Years. Jobs Are To Be Generated
The week of Infra Week, where there was a series of auctions in the logistics and transportation sector, the Ministry of Infrastructure, through the National Agency of Waterway Transportation (Antaq), concluded the auction of five port terminals in Brazil. One of the auctions was at the Port of Pelotas (PEL01), in Rio Grande do Sul and the others were in Maranhão, at the Port of Itaqui (IQI03, IQI11, IQI12, and IQI13). As a result, the coming years will see significant investment in this area, generating jobs and income.
As a result, the companies that won the auctions for the port terminals committed to investing at least R$ 612 million in the coming years. “The nearly R$ 220 million that were bid today are important; they generate jobs, income, the possibility of a more efficient, more productive, and more robust port sector, improving our transportation infrastructure,” said Eduardo Ney, general director of Antaq.
What Were the Winning Companies?
The port terminals IQI03, IQI11, and IQI12 at the Port of Itaqui were successfully auctioned by Santos Brasil Participações. Meanwhile, the Terminal Quimoco de Aratu (Tequimar) was the winner of the IQI13 area. In Rio Grande do Sul, at the Port of Pelotas, the PELO1 area will be managed by Celulose Riograndense. Together, the Ministry of Infrastructure believes that the investments will generate many jobs. ANTAQ collected R$ 216.3 million from these port areas.
-
Pork fat discarded by Brazilian meatpackers becomes an unexpected solution to replace petroleum-derived greases and lubricants, reducing friction by 54% in laboratory tests and raising an alert in a US$60 billion global market still dependent on mineral oil.
-
Chinese giant GWM accelerates expansion in Brazil with a new billion-dollar factory, bets on exports, and prepares an offensive with electrified cars to dominate the market.
-
With 195 meters and 19,235 gross tons, the REV Ocean will be the world’s largest yacht when it is delivered at the end of 2026, and this Norwegian vessel, which took more than eight years to build, is not just a billionaire’s luxury, but a floating scientific laboratory funded by the same man who built his fortune by fishing and drilling the ocean he now tries to save.
-
92 new Chinese products arrived in Ceará in just two months, and the most strategic shift is at the Port of Pecém: the State wants to stop being a peripheral route to become the first gateway from Asia to Brazil.
“With these results, we confirm investors’ confidence in Itaqui and take another step toward consolidating our position as one of the main public ports in the country, essential for supplying the central northern region and for the Brazilian economy,” stated the Port of Itaqui.
The auctioned areas of the Port of Itaqui together have eight storage tanks for petroleum derivatives. This is the main cargo of the Port of Itaqui, with a movement of 5.9 tons, but is expected to reach 17.6 million by 2060. The Pelotas port terminal, won by Celulose Riograndense had only one bid: R$ 10 thousand. The port is strategic for the movement of logs, being an important point in the region’s logistics.
Million-Dollar Investment in Port Terminals in the Coming Years; Many Jobs Will Be Generated
“Five extremely important terminals. R$ 600 million in investments. (…) it was an excellent result for Brazilian logistics. Our ports are becoming increasingly efficient, and the bottleneck in ports is being left behind,” assured Tarcisio Freitas, Minister of Infrastructure.
Be the first to react!