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Port of Santos inaugurates patio and will be able to receive more than 600 trucks per day

Written by Valdemar Medeiros
Published 15/01/2021 às 10:55
Port of Santos - Trucks - Vacancies
Container yard at the port of santos

Porto de Santos is inaugurating another yard for trucks next week with more than 300 parking spaces available

The beginning of operations at the truck yard at the Port of Santos, with more than 300 spaces, was announced by the Minister of Ports, Antonio Henrique Silveira, last Monday night, during a meeting, in Brasília, with Ministers César Borges (Transports) and Antônio Andrade (Agriculture) and representatives of agricultural producers and exporters. The meeting had the objective of analyzing the impact of the Government's actions to coordinate the outflow of the crop through Santos.

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Port of Santos will be able to receive more than 600 trucks per day

At first, the area will have accreditation “on a precarious basis”, according to Docas. This will occur, as the Port Authority requires that the truck yard be paved. Currently, its floor is made of beaten earth, but the local city hall authorized its operation. The paving work must take place after the harvest period.

Despite belonging to the Cosan Group, which has sugar terminals in Santos, the yard will be open to any cargo and any operator destined for the Port of Santos, informed Rumo Logística.

The company confirmed the start of operations for the next month, “as soon as the interface with the Codesp system is finalized”, and that the installation will operate 24 hours a day, will have 150 static spaces and will be able to receive 600 trucks per day.

truck scheduling

According to the port authority, scheduling the arrival of trucks at the Port of Santos has been carried out since 2014, mainly aimed at meeting the flow of the national harvest, which begins in February and peak flow in March and April.

In the second half of the year, in August, the largest number of road vehicles arrive and, to prevent trucks from forming queues on the highways, the scheduled period is adjusted, with mandatory stops at accredited yards outside Porto, for sorting and parking. until the call of the trucks to the terminals.

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Valdemar Medeiros

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