by Bianca Oliveira
SAO PAULO – The Brazilian government has resumed the auction agenda last week, interrupted last year by the Covid-19 pandemic. In three days, 22 airports were granted to the private sector, the first stretch of the West-East Integration Railway (Fiol), in Bahia, and five port terminals.
In all, the auctions held by the São Paulo Stock Exchange (B3) won R$ 10 billion for transportation infrastructure in the country. It is estimated that the concessions generate about 208 thousand direct and indirect jobs over the contract period, which vary from 10 to 35 years.
Section 1 of the West-East Integration Railway (Fiol) will receive a total investment of R$ 3.3 billion, enough for the completion of the work that has been stopped for more than 10 years, with 80% of execution. The airline sector earned R$ 6.1 billion, with the consortium winners being Vinci Airports and Companhia de Participações em Concessões (Company of Concession Stakes.).
The five leased port terminals are added to another 20 auctioned since 2019. Even with the pandemic, the sector grew 4.2% in 2020, with contracts totaling more than R$ 10 billion. Another 12 terminals are expected to be tendered later this year.
Still in April and July, two more auctions for the highway system are foreseen, with an estimated yield of R$ 9.8 billion and the generation of 170 thousand jobs. For this year, the expectation is that, in addition to the 28 assets of Infra Week, another 22 projects will be granted, which would guarantee another R$ 130 billion for the infrastructure sector.
‘INFRA WEEK’ IN BRASILE, ALL’ASTA 22 AEROPORTI, 5 PORTI E FERROVIA
di Bianca Oliveira
SAN PAOLO DEL BRASILE – Il governo brasiliano ha indetto Infra Week, una settimana di aste pubbliche, ferme da oltre un anno a causa della pandemia di Covid-19. In tre giorni, sono stati assegnati 22 aeroporti al settore privato, il primo tratto della Ferrovia di integrazione Ovest-Est (Fiol),