APS contracts tender to deepen Port of Santos to 16 meters

The Santos Port Authority (APS) signed, at the end of business hours on Friday, June 12th, the contract for dredging to deepen the navigation channel at the Port of Santos. The new depth will be 16 meters, meeting a need in the shipping market and expanding the capacity of the port complex.

“It is an investment we are making of almost R$620 million, which meets the expansion planning of the Port of Santos, so that the most modern fleet of cargo ships in the world can access the terminals without difficulty, at any time and without depending on the tide, increasing productivity and reducing costs”, stated the president of the Santos Port Authority, Anderson Pomini.

The deepening of the Port of Santos channel will be done 14 years after the last work, when the depth was increased to 15 meters. During this period, ships evolved and required greater draft. With this work, APS aims to guarantee better infrastructure for users of the port complex.

The company that will carry out the in-depth analysis is Jan de Nul do Brasil. The value is R$617.9 million, for a period of five years of works. The contract also provides for maintenance dredging of the new gauge for a period of two years.