Deliberation was supported by an audit in ports carried out by technicians from the agency in 2017

For the operations of ports and maritime complexes in the country, the TCU (Tribunal de Contas da União) prescribed that authorities linked to the port sector choose measures to improve efficiency, reducing time and costs.

This Decision was taken at a hearing at the beginning of the month based on an investigation carried out by the agency's technicians between August and December of last year. In the period in question, they evaluated the performance of companies at the docks in providing infrastructure for organized ports, the processes for issuing the Import License by ANVISA and ANTAQ's regulations on port terminals in the import and export of containers.

With a great agreement, Codesp (Companhia Docas do Estado de São Paulo) must, together with the MTPAC, evaluate the possibility of adopting maintenance dredging together with other ports, in addition to reconsidering the depth of the berths. ANTAQ has 30 days to present an action plan that regulates the process and ANVISA asked for the improvement of the issue of Import Licensing. According to Codesp, 85% of the berths in organized ports have their appropriate depths.

ANTAQ confirms that the requested measures are already in progress based on measures foreseen in the Regulatory Agenda and in the Strategic Planning. ANVISA communicated that it was not notified by TCU.

The positive reflection of this action is that just as an abusive toll can prevent an activity that depends on highways, abusive tariffs at ports can also remove importers and exporters from the market, and it is at this point that regulation and control by the government, bringing security to the sector frequently, evaluates the president of Comus.

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