|  The Suape Container Terminal
(Tecon) is further proof that the
port complex is one of the most modern
in Brazil. Besides consolidating
Suape as the most important hub and
distributing port in the Northeast
Region, Tecon has helped place the
complex in a position to dispute
the marketplace with the Port of
Santos, the most important port in
the country.
Tecon is controlled
by the Suape Port Container Terminal
Company, a subsidiary of the International
Container Terminal Service (ICTSI),
which invested US$ 20 million in
the enterprise. The foreign group
won the contract when the State Government
promoted the solicitation of bids
in 2001 for the utilization of the
port terminal and is in charge of
controlling the area for a period
of 30 years.
 The ICTSI - International
Container Terminal Service Incorporated
- is a Phillipine group and one of
the largest container terminal operators,
with facilities in several countries
throughout the world. The presence
of the terminal strengthens Suape’s
goal to become a hub port concentrating
and distributing cargo in the Southern
Atlantic. It is a bold project and
in full swing.
With 660 meters of
docks in an area of 280 thousand
square meters, Suape Tecon has the
capacity to move up to 400 thousand
containers per year. In the future,
this figure could reach an annual
movement of up to 1.5 million containers.
In 2002, which was the first year
of operations, Suape Tecon broadened
a number of facilities due to the
overwhelming demand. The inner terminal
patio has an area of 34 thousand
square meters. Equipment operates
24 hours a day, 365 days a year and
includes the following:
 • two
portainers, with a capacity of 40
tons and 25 moves per hour;
• two
transtainers, with a capacity of
35 tons;
• five reach stackers
for 45 tons;
• four top loaders,
two for 35 tons and two for 40 tons;
• three
side lifters for moving empty containers
and three fork lifts with a capacity
of up to 7.5 tons.
The terminal also
has a customs area, draft of 15.5
meters, five pilers, CFS, and 291
reefer plugs. Control and planning
of the patio and ships is carried
out on the Navis software program,
integrating the customs office activities
in the terminal area for the verification
of merchandise, cargo weight for
shipping over roads, etc.
 Tecon is
located at the convergence point
of the main commercial maritime routes
on the east coast of South America
and other continents, as well as
the coastal traffic lanes connecting
the South Region of Brazil to the
North and Northeast Regions. It has
direct access to the main roadways
of the state of Pernambuco, BR 101
and BR 232, as well as a railway
line connecting the terminal to the
Northeast Railway Company system.
Suape Tecon enables its clients to
make use of perfect transportation
multimodality, including a railway
platform inside its area connected
by access lines to the main roads
and railways of the region. This
allows the offer of complementary
services and synergy with the logistic
needs of importers and exporters,
adding further value to its operations
 The facility also includes the following
attributes:
• Customs office
of the Suape Complex;
• Federal
Revenue Service depot for inspection
and storage;
• depot for loose
cargo;
• equipment maintenance
depot;
• towers with 286 reefer
plugs, 50 for PTI and either in construction
or in the project phase in accordance
with demands.
The communications
and information systems were specially
developed for this type of operation.
The CTS system of data processing,
integrated to the SPARCS/NAVIS software
program for control and planning
of the patio and ships, offers the
reliability of information in real
time.
 In the process of ISO 9001/2000
certification, Suape Tecon has the
most advanced equipment in the region
for receiving, expediting, handling
and storing containerized cargo.
Email: comercial@teconsuape.com
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