Santos Brasil

Santos Brasil Participações S.A.
Company typeSociedade Anônima
IndustryPort Logistic
Founded1997
Headquarters,
Area served
São Paulo, Guarujá, Santos, São Bernardo do Campo, Imbituba, Barcarena
Number of employees
3,600
Websitewww.santosbrasil.com.br

Santos Brasil Participações S/A is a Brazilian logistics company, streamlining operations with containers. Currently the organization is publicly traded (a corporation), listed on Level 2 of Bovespa's Corporate Governance,[1] has a brAAA rating according to Standard & Poor's,[2] and it has invested R$3 billion, calculated at present value, in the three container terminals that it administers. Among them is Tecon Santos, the largest container handler in Brazil and Latin America in yearly average with 80 MPH (movements per hour), which is located on the left margin of the Port of Santos, administered by the Companhia Docas do Estado de São Paulo (CODESP) under supervision of the Special Ports Department (SEP/PR), which is responsible for most of the incoming and outgoing flow of goods in Brazil.[3] Headquartered in São Paulo, it was established in 1997 and has a concession to operate not only Tecon Santos, but also Tecon Imbituba at the Port of Imbituba in Santa Catarina, Tecon Vila do Conde in the city of Barcarena in the state of Pará, the TEV - Vehicle Terminal at the Port of Santos, as well as the General Cargo Terminal, also in Imbituba. The company also has two distribution centers: the DCs São Bernardo in the city of São Bernardo do Campo in the Greater São Paulo City Region, and in Jaguaré, also in the city of São Paulo. It also has a logistics operator, Santos Brasil Logística, that administers the Industrial Logistics and Customs Clearance Centers - CLIA Guarujá and CLIA Santos on the coast. The company develops various projects of social-environmental responsibility and focused on sports, and is recognized as a Company Friends of Sports by the Ministry of Sports.

  1. ^ "O que são Segmentos de Listagem". Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  2. ^ Agência Estado (29 October 2013). "Com perspectiva estável, S&P eleva rating da Santos Brasil". G1. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  3. ^ Amanda Previdelli (November 2012). "Os 12 melhores portos públicos brasileiros". Exame.com. Retrieved 1 November 2012.