The question is: how will the Lula government make the omelet without breaking eggs on the eve of a major election. There are many interests at stake in defining what can make a private port for mixed use, public, general cargo, etc. How does the regulatory agency, Antaq, intend on organizing the competitive process between the public and private ports, considering the cost advantages of the private sector?

Opinion I

In business ranks can be heard the following: "the public port ensures the historical rights of workers, since the private is a jungle."

Opinion II

The same source continues to "conjugate": "the public port guarantees isonomic treatment to anyone who is interested in foreign trade: importer and exporter. While the private port is completely discretionary."

Market Law

The Port of Pecém was built well away from urban centers in Ceará, to avoid the old urban bottlenecks found in port cities like Santos, Rio de Janeiro and Vitória (ES). However, as the port grows, people will be installing around it due to numerous financial benefits.

Unproductive

Williams shipping agency reports that Brazil has increased the queue of ships to load sugar in Brazilian ports to 32, last week.

In the network

Governor Roberto Requião (PMDB), after seeing the Courts suspend the purchase of a dredger by Paranaguá and Antonina Ports Administration (Appa), shot out in his miniblog, "Judges stop…. buying of dredger in Paranaguá. Bad for Paraná.”

Global hub

After visiting ports and logistics operators in China, Sergio Grisa, director of TOTVS logistics, makes a prediction: "In four years the whole world will be there. It is impossible to stay out."

EBZero

Three companies of mega-businessman Eike Batista’s EBX Group, LLX, MMX and OGX, had poor performance on the stock market the last two weeks of Bovespa. The shares of each fell more than 10%.