The bidding investment for this project in the port of Rio de Janeiro is set at R$ 161.367.864,97

PortosRio issued a bidding notice (RFP) on March 22 (Wednesday) with the aim of hiring a qualified company to carry out dredging operations and widen the access channel to the Port of Rio de Janeiro. This also reinforces that in an eventualWith the takeover of the naval industry, thousands of people will be employed in oil and gas exploration posts, according to a Petrobras representative.

The purpose of the Port Authority is to enable the berthing of New Panamax class ships, with a hull length (LOA) equal to or less than 366 meters.

After the eventual resumption of the naval industry, thousands of people will be employed in oil and gas exploration stations, according to a Petrobras representative

What justifies these works and investments in the Port of Rio de Janeiro

This is PortosRio's main work so far for two reasons: it is a new order of magnitude of values ​​for the investments made by the Port Authority with its own resources and it is essential to maintain the competitiveness of Rio de Janeiro's container terminals in the Port of Rio de Janeiro , according to interim CEO Jean Paulo Castro e Silva.

The hiring reflects the company's effort to increase cash generation and reinvest it in infrastructure improvements and expansion, boosting regional and national economies. These are ideas that also go against what the current president of Petrobras, Jean Paul Prates, who reinforced the intention of new investments in the Brazilian naval industry for the construction of support vessels.

According to Leandro Lima, Superintendent of Porto Gestão for Rio de Janeiro and Niterói, this dredging is part of a Port Authority project portfolio, focused on ensuring better infrastructure conditions for port users and, consequently, enabling the reduction of port operation costs and the logistics chain as a whole.

With these improvements, the Port of Rio de Janeiro will be able to accommodate the largest container ships destined for South America, opening up new opportunities for trade in Brazil.

Investments and bidding notice for this work in the Port of Rio de Janeiro

Due to the scale of the project, the projected volume to be dredged is around 2,3 million cubic meters, said Roberto Catalo, superintendent of Engineering at PortosRio. The winning bid will be determined by the lowest total price of BRL 161.367.864,97.

The scope of the tendered works includes not only the deepening dredging, but also the development of the fundamental and executive projects, the signaling and beaconing project and any auxiliary services and activities that are necessary for the execution of the work.

You can consult the Bidding Document and its annexes at https://www.portosrio.gov.br/pt-br/node/2543 on the PortosRio website.