Anuário da Indústria de Implementos Rodoviários 2019

64 Railroads and ports, too Three railroad routes will be put out for tender this year to private initiative, according to the PPI. The first is the North-South Railroad, on the stretch from Estrela d’Oeste (SP) to Porto Nacional (TO), making 1,537 km.The minimum bid is R$ 1.353 billion, with projected investments of R$ 2.8 billion and a concession period of thirty years. According to the schedule, in the fourth quarter the West-East-FIOL Integration Railway (between Ilhéus / BA and Caetité / BA) and Ferrogrão (from Sinop / MT to Miritituba / PA) will be auctioned. Four port terminals have already been put up for tender. Three in Cabedelo (PB), won by Consórcio Nordeste for R$ 54.5 million, and one in Vitória (ES), which was won by Consórcio Navegantes Logística, for R$ 165 million. “We had a lot of competition for the Cabedelo terminal and a good result for the Vitória terminal. This shows that we are hitting targets to deliver a series of assets to be managed by private initiative,” said Freitas. There are tenders for five other port areas in Belém and one in Vila do Conde, Pará to be managed in the first hundred days of the government. All of them handle fuel. They require R$ 629 million in total investment. Seven other ports are already qualified within the PPI, with projects in progress. They are in Pernambuco, Amapá, São Paulo and Paraná. Most should be put up for tender in the second half of this year.   INFRAESTRUTURA | INFRASTRUCTURE | INFRAESTRUCTURA L os próximos cuatro años serán de ampliación de las in- versiones privadas en el sector de transportes en Brasil, en lo que depende del gobierno del presidente Jair Bolso- naro, quien asumió la casa presidencial en enero de 2019. Desde la campaña electoral su equipo defiende la reducción de la participación del gobierno en lo que fuera posible y, según indican sus primeros meses de mandato, parece que podrá realmente cumplir lo prometido. La propia nominación del ministro de infraestructura, Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas, es una importante señal de que el gobierno va a profundizar el programa de privatizaciones y concesiones en el sector de infraestructura. Freitas tuvo papel decisivo en la concepción del Programa de Aso- ciaciones para Inversiones (PPI) durante el gobierno de Michel Temer, cuando actuó como secretario de la Coor- dinación de Proyectos. Gobierno encamina ambicioso paquete de privatizaciones en el sector de infraestructura de transportes para los próximos cuatro años Le toca a la iniciativa privada