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Port of Santos Aims to Offer About 150,000 Square Meters for New Rotating Truck Parking Spaces

Written by Valdemar Medeiros
Published on 01/12/2020 at 12:31
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The Port of Santos, on the coast of São Paulo, intends to make around 150,000 square meters available for new truck parking lots, and the idea is for other Brazilian ports to adopt the same approach

According to the port authority SPA (Santos Port Authority), 5 new areas for truck parking will be opened: four on the right bank, in the Santos region, and one on the left side of the Port of Santos, near Guarujá.

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