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Natal Port Terminal Will Have Container Scanner Provided by CODERN to Enhance Cargo Security

Written by Valdemar Medeiros
Published on 09/10/2020 at 10:12
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In a Press Release, the Port Authority of Rio Grande do Norte (CODERN) Informs the Potiguar Society That the Port Terminal of Natal Received, This Thursday (08), the Anticipated Container Scanner.

The installation procedures were immediately initiated for the operation of the Port Terminal of Natal. Conversations and negotiations with public agents (Federal Police, Federal Revenue, Anvisa, and Ministry of Agriculture), shipowners (CMA CGM), and port operators (Progeco) operating in the Port have been ongoing since 2019 to enhance security.

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The CODERN expressed gratitude to the shipowner CMA CGM and the port operator, Progeco, as well as to the group of fruit growers (the main clients), who made the implementation and operation of this necessary security-enhancing tool a reality.

Previous Incidents at the Port Terminal of Natal

Cocaine has been found at the Port Terminal of Natal since 2018. The Federal Police states that the Netherlands and Belgium were the drug’s destinations, from where it would then be distributed throughout Europe.

The Federal Police believes the origins are the cartels from Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia; The seizures of 16.5 tons of cocaine could amount to US$ 1.3 billion based on data from the United Nations Office On Drugs and Crime – UNODC.

The average is US$ 82 per gram on the street. At the current exchange rate of the dollar (R$ 5.4959), the value of the seizures amounts to R$ 7.4 billion.

Container Scanner at the Port Terminal of Natal Will Make a Huge Difference

On Saturday (3), three people were arrested at the Port of Natal with 238.9 kilograms of cocaine. The merchandise was seized by the Federal Police, and with this seizure, the amount of drugs discovered at the RN terminal reaches 5.5 tons since 2019. With the arrival of the container scanner, this scenario changes, as all cargo will be screened by the device beforehand.

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