São Sebastião: 30 times more cargo.

Even before the turmoil in the global economy, one of the dominant topic in the media were the logistics bottlenecks that barred the country development bottlenecks remain the same, one port system. Thus if economic crisis reduced the temperature of the discussion, did not deprive Sao Paulo, for example, the need for new ports as an alternative to the sea terminal in Santos, Brazil's most important

It may seem monotonous and repetitive than the alternative fall once again over the Port of Sao Sebastiao, on the northern coast of São Paulo state, long revered for its generous draft of 25 meters, capable of receiving large ships, world trend increasingly consolidated between ships by reducing freight costs.

So often mythologized as salvation for the port system in the Southeast, there is now an integrated project to put San Sebastian among major terminals Brazilian cargoes other than oil and its derivatives.

The numbers displayed show the importance of the terminal as one of the most important ports of net charge of the country - moved in 2007, according to Antaq, 49.8 million tons of liquid bulk, thanks to the terminal of Petrobras, a company that has the logistics pillar vital and, therefore, there is time to chose San Sebastian as a strategic point - the deep and silent on its strategic location between Rio and Sao Paulo.

But Frederico Bussinger, CEO of Dock Company of St. Sebastian, is committed to the port is also important in other charges. His prediction is that you can move in the future (he does not specify) a total of 25 million tons of goods other than oil and its derivatives. That figure easily equates to a jump of about 30 times the volume of 2008, when San Sebastian handled 833 000 tonnes in the public pier.

For such projections can be realized, Bussinger led the implementation of the Comprehensive Plan called Port-City, which provides profound improvements in general conditions of San Sebastian. The only thing that changes is the generous draft of 25 meters. "Moreover, we tinker with everything," says the executive, Examples of just a cot, the port will have eight, 150-meter stretch of berths, will move to 2267 meters. Of 414 million square feet of backyard, move to 900 sq. meters.

For these and other works to leave the paper, will require investments of R $ 1.547 billion in the harbor for dredging, landfill, preparation areas, marine works, land infrastructure, equipment, and systems tancagens.

Works at the port, but not enough. To multiply by 30 volumes of cargo, as idealized Bussinger, we need the means of access to San Sebastian to receive U.S. $ 3.961 billion of investments - R $ 3.077 billion in roads on the plateau, the mountains and surrounding towns and other R $ 884 million in a pipeline of 272 kilometers.

The design of the new Port of San Sebastian walks apace. Conceived in October 2007, has won several steps in the schedule and is now in the process of environmental licensing Daia both with the (state agency) and to IBAMA, the federal plan.

The schedule provides for bids to lease the terminals in the second half of this year. "We know that public investment in projects of this scale are inevitable. We will assume this responsibility and the condition of managers, but we want the private sector as a partner," said Bussinger to finish. "The government knows it has to do its part so that applicants can apply for a bride."

Information is the Gazeta Mercantil