Today –march 22nd, 2020 – Port of Rotterdam signed a ‘memorandum of understanding’ (MoU) with the State Government of Ceará with the purpose to jointly study a potential cooperation. This may lead to the joint venture Industrial Port Complex of Pecém.
Port Pecém, Ceará
Additionally Port of Rotterdam has two Joint Ventures for the
development of Porto Central, Brazil and Kuala Tanjung, Indonesia. Further, it
is active in multiple ports as an advisor. In 2016 the subsidiary companies in
Oman, Brasil and Indonesia contributed more than 8.9 million euro’s to the
financial result of the Port of Rotterdam.
Brazil
The
Industrial Port Complex of Pecém is close to Fortaleza. It is a brownfield port
with a throughput of 11 million tons in 2016, mainly coal, iron ore, containers
and LNG. In addition to the Port of Pecém, Port of Rotterdam is developing another
Brazilian port: Porto Central, near Vitória in the State of Espírito Santo.
Currently the project focuses on obtaining all necessary licenses as well as
client contracts. The two current PoR projects are independent and
complimentary, as they serve distinct hinterlands (2.500 km apart) and will
handle different commodities.
