US$26bn plan to modernise Brazil’s ports

“We want to inaugurate a new era with the modernisation of infrastructure and port management,” she said.

First launched in August for the roads and railway sectors, this new programme has been created to increase productivity gains and boost competitiveness in the country’s ports. The measures will establish a new regulatory framework for Brazilian ports with the goal to regulate pilotage services, increase access and entry to ports, make public announcements for applicants who wish to build Private Use Terminals (called TUPs in Portuguese), and expedite the process of leasing ports and issuing environmental licenses.

Other measures will focus on the improvement of the country’s port’s planning capacity, including an institutional reorganisation of the ports sector and the establishment of logistic integration between transportation sectors.