Ministry of Ports and Airports sends dispatch to Antaq for auctions across Brazil

Area in Rio to receive R\$ 99.4 million for oil handling (Disclosure/Portos Rio)

The Ministry of Ports and Airports (MPor) sent last week to the National Agency for Waterway Transportation (Antaq) the ruling to initiate the bidding process for the RDJ07 terminal at the Port of Rio de Janeiro. This terminal is part of the second block of port auctions scheduled for 2025, alongside terminals POA26, at the Port of Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul), and TMP Maceió, at the Port of Maceió (Alagoas).

To further develop the studies and improve the bidding model based on received contributions, MPor decided to withdraw terminal VCD29, at the Port of Vila do Conde (Pará), from the second block. VCD29 is expected to be included later in a new auction block still this year.

Terminals RDJ07, in Rio, will receive R\$ 99.4 million in infrastructure specialized in offshore oil handling. The concession term is 25 years.

For POA26, in Porto Alegre, R\$ 21.1 million is expected to be invested for leasing the area designated for handling and storage of solid bulk cargo, with a concession term of ten years.

TMP Maceió is designated for passenger embarkation and disembarkation, contributing to the comfort and safety of tourists. The investment will be R\$ 3.7 million, with a 25-year concession term.

Paranaguá Also last week, a request was submitted to open the bidding process for the access channel to the Port of Paranaguá, in Paraná.

This project is part of the Federal Government’s third auction block. Additional access channel bids are expected this year, including for the ports of Santos (Tecon Santos 10), Itajaí (Santa Catarina), and Bahia.

The second and third blocks of port auctions are scheduled to take place on the same day, at the São Paulo Stock Exchange (B3), in August this year. Together, the assets are expected to attract more than R\$ 1.2 billion.