THE PRIVATIZATION PROCESS OF THE PORT OF SANTOS

Abstract

Maritime transport plays an immense role in the country's development through one of Brazil's largest ports, the Port of Santos. This study is justified by the fact that, in August 2020, the Port of Santos achieved the best record in the entire historical series, handling 13.7 million tons, an increase of 13.6% over the same month in 2019, and 1.8% above the previous record, set in July 2024, when it handled 13.5 million tons. As a partial result of the study, we see that the scope of the waterway modal makes it possible for goods to enter and leave Brazil for the world and vice versa and, in this sense, its privatization is fundamental to bring modernization, efficiency, cost reduction and greater profits, in addition to reducing the size of the state machine. The aim of this paper, therefore, is to analyse the process of privatizing the Port of Santos, assessing the benefits and losses if this process were to backfire. The research methodology used was a literature review based on indexed articles, especially in databases such as PubMed, FGV, Dom Cabral and Google. The conclusion is that the Port of Santos is a huge, valuable asset which, if privatized, could bring great gains for the government, partners, clients in all aspects, for the administrative sector, generating more value, efficiency, competitiveness and modernizing operations. As part of the research hypotheses. The main document used as a data source is the text issued by the Port Authority (SANTOS PORT AUTHORITY, 2022).