Empresa Brasileira de Terminais Portuários
| Empresa Brasileira de Terminais Portuários (EMBRAPORT) | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Location | Santos |
| Coordinates | 23°55′19″S 46°19′01″W / 23.922°S 46.317°W |
| Details | |
| Opened | July 2013[1] |
| Operated by | DP World |
| Type of harbour | Multiuse |
| No. of piers | 2 |
| Statistics | |
| Website Official website | |
Embraport, syllabic abbreviation of Empresa Brasileira de Terminais Portuários, is the largest multiple use private sector port terminal of Brasil. The port started operation in July 2013. the first stage of the port can handle 1.2 million TEU, with the second stage in operation it can handle 2 million TEU.[1]
DP World and Brazil’s Odebrecht each own shares in the project through a joint venture called Coimex Investments Ports (CIP).[2][3]
Embraport, is being erected near existing port facilities in Santos, in São Paulo (State). Santos is Brazil's largest container port, handling nearly 75 percent of the local trade and 25 percent of Brazil's foreign trade.[1]
External links[edit]
- DP World
- Embraport Project Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Embraport Makes History at Port of Santos" (PDF). Moffatt & Nichol News. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
- ^ DP World, Odebrecht enter Brazil Embraport project | Reuters | Aug 31, 2009
- ^ DP World News | UAE Minister visits DP World's Brazil project | Oct 22, 2009[permanent dead link]