The expectation is that by 2025 the new Maersk terminal will be operating properly in the Port of Suape.
Last Tuesday (26), the APM Terminals confirmed, in a note, that it presented a great offer to acquire an Isolated Production Unit (UPI-B Cais Sul) of the Atlântico Sul Shipyard (EAS), located in the Port of Suape, in Pernambuco, taking advantage of the scope of the process of judicial recovery of the same. Maersk's aim is to develop and operate a container and general cargo terminal.
According to representatives of the company belonging to the international group Maersk, as soon as the stages of the judicial auction are concluded and the agreements between EAS and APM Terminals are finalized, the company expects the official recognition of the winner of the auction. It is estimated that thousands of jobs will be created in Porto.
Maersk arrives at the Port of Suape
According to the Maersk group, the closing of the transaction may still be subject to obtaining relevant regulatory approvals, in addition to some licenses and authorizations that are necessary to carry out the installation of a new terminal, thus being able to start offshore operations, that will generate thousands of new jobs.
With the project underway, APM Terminals will initially invest around BRL 2.6 billion in the new terminal, at the Port of Suape, which will have an initial capacity of up to 400,000 TEUs, with the capacity of the port complex being increased by at least 55 %, throughout operations.
The logistics company also said that, subject to obtaining all the necessary licenses, it is expected that by the end of 2025 the new terminal at the Port of Suape will be able to start operating. During the 24-month construction period, it will be necessary to dredge the access channel and finalize the evolution basin, a work carried out by the Port of Suape itself.
Understand how the company won the auction
As previously mentioned, the company APM Terminals, which belongs to the Maersk group, presented last Tuesday (26) a new and great proposal for the acquisition of an internal area in the South Wharf of South Atlantic Shipyard, for the amount of R$ 455.000.000 (four hundred and fifty-five million reais), R$ 5 million more than the proposal presented by the Filipinos from Tecon Suape and the company Cone Suape.
Thus, Maersk, considered one of the largest logistics and navigation companies in the world, won the terminal at the Atlântico Sul Shipyard, in the Port of Suape.
However, the auction process is taking place in the midst of a judicial recovery of the EAS, and due to this, the operation still needs to be officially validated by the Justice of Ipojuca, responsible for organizing the sale of the areas to pay the debts of the former shareholders. .
Maersk's arrival at the Port of Suape is cause for celebration, as new jobs and income will be generated
The management of the Port of Suape celebrated the arrival of Maersk even before the final verdict, as he already knew that victory was guaranteed to the logistics and shipping company.
According to Roberto Gusmão, current president of the Suape industrial and port complex, this is a very important change for the state of Pernambuco, as the sale will enable the arrival of a necessary hub in the state. Gusmão also said that the Port of Suape will be placed by Maersk on another level, on the same level of competition with other large seaports.
The president of the industrial and port complex also explained that new long-distance routes will be drawn, such as weekly routes to the Asian and European continents.
In addition, Gusmão pointed out that Maersk was the only one to establish a protocol of intentions, aiming at modernization, insertion of large ships and adherence to sustainability. It is now expected that thousands of jobs will be generated, not only for that region, but also for the entire state of Pernambuco.
