In the 19th century, ports were private monopolies in Brazil. In half of the 20th century, state monopolies (it was Portobrás). And now it’s the "landlord port" model, where public and private sectors live together in port management and operation. The explanation is from the President of the São Sebastião (SP) Docks Company, Frederico Bussinger.

PPP

A "Public Private Partnership" in the ports, as defined by Bussinger, is the main reference of the Brazilian model established by Law 8.630, since 1993, despite the law foreseeing the possibility of private use terminals.

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However, for organized ports, Bussinger supports the PPP model as the most appropriate. That’s because the performance of the authority-management functions have public functions that are both difficult to see how they are performed by the private sector.

Capacity

The president of the São Sebastião Docks is concerned about the "recentralization" of the decision making process of Brazilian ports and with the increase of players in the sector, creating slowness, complexity, unpredictability and gray areas.

Top rated

The vice-mayor of Paranaguá (PR), Fabiano Vicente Elias (PSDB), recognizes that the Port of Santos should be treated as a "separate issue" in the national port policy, and should not be compared to the reality of the other port complexes. The port of Santos deserves up to political autonomy, according to the vice-mayor.

Export

"We want to improve competitiveness and we will take steps to improve the exporter’s situation." From the minister of Finance, Guido Mantega.

Off the rails

Expert in derailment, America Latina Logistica (ALL) accounts for one more accident with its trains, earlier this week in Brazil. This time it was in Santa Maria (RS), with a cargo of wheat and corn to Rio Grande (RS).

Bubble Killer

Coming from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a warning of the danger of a "speculative bubble", a large amount of foreign money entering the economy of a country. Indonesia and Brazil would be within this bubble.