STS 08, at the Port of Santos, will be auctioned this year, says APS

[[legacy_image_357477]] The Port Authority of Santos (APS) will launch the auction notice for STS 08 later this year. Intended for the handling of liquid bulk, especially fuels, the area is located in the industrial zone of Alemoa, near the Petrobras terminal, on the Right Bank of the Port of Santos. The news was commented by the president of APS, Anderson Pomini, during a visit to a warehouse being prepared to receive donations for victims of floods in Rio Grande do Sul.

Pomini said it would be the first concession area auction to be held by APS since the Ministry of Ports and Airports (MPor) formalized the delegation of competencies, granting more autonomy to the manager of the Santos port complex. "Thinking about port expansion, we will hold the first auction of our management, which, in addition to generating cash, will expand the capacity to handle liquid bulk, especially fuels, which is the STS 08 auction", celebrated Pomini.

The STS 08 auction will represent R\$ 400 million in investments in the largest port asset in the Southern Hemisphere. The concession contract will be for 25 years renewable for an equal period. "It is an important investment for the Port, we collect for our coffers and increase the capacity of liquid bulk cargoes in the Alemoa area", said Pomini.

The president of APS commented that the auction will take place this year because the documentation has already been completed and sent to the National Waterway Transport Agency (Antaq) for analysis. "The regulatory agency will endorse the studies that were carried out, which will go through the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU), then will be returned to the Port for us to take to B3 (São Paulo Stock Exchange) and hold the auction later this year", he said.

"We have advanced the formal issues as much as possible and have taken advantage of the studies that have already been conducted in the past. This area has already been the subject of an auction (in November 2021)", he added.

Interested parties

Last March, APS released on the official website the closing term of the public call notice for the STS 08 auction, with the result of six interested parties, five companies and one consortium. They are Raízen Energia, Aba Infra Estrutura e Logística, EBT- Empresa Brasileira de Terminais e Armazéns Gerais, Petróleo Brasileiro, Ultracargo Logística and Consórcio Infra Port Santos, composed by Ethereal Fundo de Investimento em Participações Multiestratégia and Stronghold Infra Investments.