In a letter that marked the closing of the event in Curitiba, Sul Export undertakes to demand public policies from the State of Rio Grande do Sul, and not from the government
The reading of the Carta do Sul Export, this Tuesday afternoon (6), ended the activities of the Regional Forum on Logistics and Port Infrastructure held in Curitiba, Paraná. It was also announced that Sul Export 2021 will take place in the State of Rio Grande do Sul.
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For two days, specialists, leaders of sector entities, businessmen and authorities gathered in lectures and panels to discuss the main challenges of transport operations in the region and their impacts on national logistics.
The Letter from Sul Export was read by Jesualdo Silva, chairman of the Board of Sul Export and CEO of ABTP (Brazilian Association of Port Terminals). The document brings a summary of the event and, among other things, outlines guidelines such as demanding public policies from the federal government, and not government policies for the sector. “Sul Export undertakes to charge the Federal Government with the elaboration, development and fulfillment of public policies of the State and not of the government, in the sense of improving logistics with sustainability”, informs an excerpt from the document.
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Carta Sul Export recalls the importance of the sector for Brazil. “Logistics, as we emphasize here several times, is strategic for planning the present and the future of the entire Brazilian society in the contemporary globalized world”, informs another part of the document.
The message of Carta Sul Export matches the speech of the national secretary of Ports and Waterway Transport of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Diogo Piloni. When giving the event's opening lecture on Monday afternoon, the secretary stated that this is the posture adopted by the federal government.
“We would like to state that infrastructure is, for us, a state agenda, not a government one. We are working on many fronts. We will make an investment of BRL 50 billion in infrastructure in eight years, and, in the port sector, by 2022, there will be another 30 auctions for port areas, which will receive investments of more than BRL 10 billion”, said Piloni.
Debates
The themes present at Sul Export were of such relevance that they made executives block their agendas just to participate in the debates, either as speakers, panelists or even as spectators. They participated both in person, on the stage set up at the Bourbon Hotel, and also remotely, via Zoom. The fact called the attention of the director of Portos RS, Fernando Estima. “You disrupt our schedules. Wonderful! You are providing a service at the time of the technological revolution. We've never talked so much,” he said, in a good-natured tone.
Sul Export brought together names such as:
- Angelino Caputo e Oliveira, executive director of ABTRA (Brazilian Association of Customs Terminals and Enclosures);
- directors of ports in the region: Luiz Fernando Garcia da Silva (Ports of PR) and Fernando Estima (Ports of RS);
- Mário Povia, national advisor of Brasil Export and director of Docas do Rio; Cleber Lucas, president of ABAC (Brazilian Association of Cabotage Shipowners);
- Cleiton Vargas, vice-president of Yara Brasil: Osmari de Castilho Ribas, administrative superintendent director of Portonave;
- Benjamin Gallotti, founding partner and administrator of Gallotti Advogados;
- Djalma Vilela, CEO of Multilog and João Arthur Mohr, of Fiep (Federation of Industries of the State of Paraná), among others.
Among the highlights of the meeting were the debates on dredging, which, as well pointed out by Carta do Sul Export, is one of the main challenges for ports in the region. Another important topic was the issue of privatization, which is at the heart of the federal government's strategy, which has already announced its intention to auction 30 port areas by 2022. One of them is the auction of the vehicle terminal at the Port of Paranaguá, scheduled for next December .
The future of the productive sector, including agro-industrialization, and ways to add value to the production of commodities, was also the focus of attention by specialists and authorities during these two days. As the vice-president of Yara Brasil, Cleiton Vargas, recalled, who will dictate how industrialization will take place will be the new generations. “Consumers will want to know where this food was produced,” said Vargas. He pointed out that the traceability process will be fundamental and, for that, it will be necessary to rely much more on the port structure.
Finally, the panel that addressed multimodality reinforced the importance of BR do Mar as a catalyst and driver of new business for the sector. Despite being a capital project for the sector, João Arthur Mohr, manager of strategic affairs at Fiep (Federation of Industries of the State of Paraná), stated that the sector's problems depend a lot on the agents involved. “Do we have cabotage problems? It's up to us to decide. Do we have problems in ports and highways? It just depends on us finding the solution to make this Brazil better”, he said.
São Paulo is the next stop
The next edition of the Regional Forum on Logistics and Port Infrastructure is Sudeste Export, scheduled for the 18th and 19th, in the city of São Paulo. As it has already happened in Macapá (North) and Curitiba (South), the event will be hybrid. A limited number of participants, speakers and guests are meeting in person following all the standards recommended by health authorities due to the new coronavirus pandemic, and another portion of this audience participates via Zoom, the same tool used by the audience to watch the event.
Registration for Sudeste Export is now open and can be done by accessing the link http://forumbrasilexport.com.br/inscricoes/sudesteexport