Posted on May 28, 2025
Brazil’s Ministry of Ports and Airports (MPor) has confirmed a second block of port auctions for 2025. With a total value of 1.03 billion reais ($182 million), the new block includes four terminals in the ports of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Porto Alegre (RS), Vila do Conde (PA) and Maceió (AL).
The auction is expected to take place in July of this year, after the approval stages of various studies and the publication of a notice by the National Waterway Transportation Agency (Antaq) has been completed.
“After the success of the auction we held in April, with investments of two billion reais, we are continuing with our bidding calendar, which involves the largest portfolio of projects in history and will attract large investments to the country”, stated the Minister of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Silvio Costa Filho, noting that the federal government expects to hold around 60 auctions in four years.
“The second block foresees an increase in logistics capacity for the flow of Brazilian agricultural production, enabling greater transport infrastructure and generating jobs and income, in addition to greater comfort for passengers and tourists,” added Filho, who returned from a mission to China last week. Last month, the minister presented the investment portfolio of port and waterway projects to the main European players.
The new auction block includes terminals VCD29, at the Port of Vila do Conde (PA), RDJ07, at the Port of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), POA26, at the Port of Porto Alegre (RS), and TMP Maceió, at the Port of Maceió (AL), for the movement of solid bulk, oil and passengers.
The composition of the block to be offered to the private sector was made possible following the approval of an auction last week by the Federal Court of Auditors for the lease of terminal VCD29 and the waiver of the analysis of the concession of port terminal RDJ07.
Located in the city of Barcarena, in Pará, the Port of Vila do Conde is on the shores of Marajó Bay. The lease of the VCD29 terminal has planned investments of 908.5 million reais, with a term of 25 years. The new terminal will be used for the storage and movement of solid vegetable bulk, mainly soybeans and corn.
“With the TCU’s approval, we will expedite the approval of the studies to meet the proposed schedule and hold the auction in partnership with Antaq in July of this year,” stated the National Secretary of Ports, Alex Ávila, reinforcing the diversified nature of the auctions, which cover the movement of bulk, oil and passengers.
RDJ07, in the Port of Rio de Janeiro, will receive 99.4 million reais in a structure specialised in oil movement (offshore cargo). The concession also has a term of 25 years.
For POA26, located in the Polygonal of the Organised Port of Porto Alegre (RS), 21.1 million reais is expected for the lease of the area, intended for the movement and storage of solid bulk, with a concession period of 10 years.
The TMP Maceió, in turn, is intended for the embarkation and disembarkation of passengers passing through the Port of Maceió. In addition to the terminal, the construction of an adjacent parking lot is planned. The investment will total 3.7 million reais, with a 25-year concession period.
