Porto Itapoá is the most important port in the state of Santa Catarina. The terminal generates 950 direct jobs and more than five thousand indirect jobs
Porto Itapoá, on the north coast of the state of Santa Catarina, completes a decade of existence with encouraging results. The company is in 5th position among Brazilian ports that operate with containers. According to Antaq (National Waterway Transport Agency), the terminal generates 950 direct jobs and more than five thousand indirect ones. See also: A new Intelbras factory will be built in the state of Santa Catarina. R$ 40 million will be invested and 120 jobs can be created
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Sustainability and innovation at the port terminal in Santa Catarina
Porto Itapoá created the RPPN (Permanent Nature Preservation Reserve) Padre Piet Van der Aart, which compensated ten times the area for expanding the terminal. Associated with the RPPN Volta Velha, this is one of the largest private Atlantic Forest reserves in Santa Catarina and an important environmental asset in Itapoá. The port also monitors the water quality of Babitonga Bay, and reuses and recycles waste generated in its operations.
The terminal created an IOT (Internet of Things) device, with its own technology, 100% developed by the internal team and patented. Called collectors, these devices make the integration of the vehicles that move the containers between the yard and the pier, with the which manages the loading and unloading schedule of ships. The solution developed by Porto Itapoá replaces imported equipment with great advantages in costs, maintenance and usability.
The importance of Porto Itapoá in generating jobs and income
The Babitonga Port Complex, which, since the installation of Porto Itapoá, now accounts for almost 60% of the movement in the sector of Santa Catarina, is one of the most important port assets in Brazil and strategic for the transport and logistics infrastructure of the state of Santa Catarina.
Municipalities located at a maximum distance of 100 km from Babitonga Bay concentrate half of the industrial GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the states of Santa Catarina and Paraná. Porto Itapoá generates 950 direct jobs and more than 5 indirect ones. More than 50% of the municipality's economically active workforce is linked to port activity, and Porto Itapoá employees alone handle R$ 30 million/year in the local economy. The municipality's collection jumped from R$ 35 million in 2010 to R$ 108 million, a growth of 200%.
See also: Ship carrying a new Brazilian Air Force (FAB) fighter arrives in two days at the Port of Navegantes, Santa Catarina
The new Gripen NG fighter, from the Brazilian Air Force (FAB), is getting closer and closer to the Brazilian coast. The ship, which is carrying the aircraft, is the Elke and left Sweden on the first day of September, scheduled to arrive in Santa Catarina, the port of Navegantes, in Santa Catarina, on the 20th of September, at seven o'clock in the morning, according to the Marine Traffic portal.
According to the Aeroin portal, the fighter was being transported by sea, by ship, due to it not yet being certified, in addition to not having a refueling probe, which would make it difficult to cross the Atlantic Ocean, until it reached the port in Santa Catarina.
