The National Waterway Transportation Agency (Antaq) auctioned this Wednesday (21), at B3, in São Paulo, the lease of five port terminal areas: Rec 08, Rec 09 and Rec 10, located in the Port of Recife; Rig 10, in the Port of Rio Grande (RS); and Rdj 06, in the Port of Rio de Janeiro. 
All areas were leased for a period of 10 years. The auction for Rec 08 had only one interested party, Liquiport Terminal Portuário, which won the auction by offering a concession of R$50,000 to explore the area. Rec 09 received proposals from two bidders and was won by Usina Petribu, with a concession of R$550,000.
Rec 10 also received two offers and was won by SCS Armazéns Gerais, with a bid of R$3.6 million. Rig 10 and Rdj 06 received only one proposal each, respectively from Sagres Operações Portuárias, which offered a bid of R$50 thousand, and from Iconic Lubrificantes, with a bid of R$500 thousand.
Rec 08 is intended for the movement and storage of solid vegetable bulk and is expected to receive investments of R$50.9 million from the winning bidder. For Rec 09, which is dedicated to the movement and storage of solid bulk and general cargo, especially rice, the expected investment is R$2.2 million.
Rdj 06, which stores and moves liquid general cargo, is expected to receive investments of R$10.1 million. The Rec 10 terminal, which will move and store solid bulk and general cargo, is expected to receive R$2.9 million in investments. For Rig 10, investments of R$7.8 million are expected. The terminal moves and stores general cargo.
The Minister of Ports and Airports, Silvio Costa Filho, said, after the event, that the government intends to carry out, in the next 2 years, another 30 auctions in the sector, resulting in around R$ 15 billion in investments.
“This is a sector that has been growing a lot in Brazil. Last year, we had a growth of 6%. This year, in the first half of the year, we have already grown by more than 4%. In the container sector alone, there was growth of around 22%, which shows the strengthening of the Brazilian port agenda. We expect that in 2024 the national port sector can grow by around 6% or more”, he said.
