Brazil has leased the MCP01 grain terminal at the Port of Santana in Amapá state to CS Infra for 25 years, with R$150.2 million, or about $30 million, in planned investment aimed at moving more soybeans and corn north to export markets.
Ports and Airports Minister Tomé Franca signed the contract Friday during a visit to the port, according to a release from the Ministry of Ports and Airports. CS Infra won the terminal at a Feb. 26 auction held by the ministry and the National Waterway Transportation Agency, known as Antaq. The ministry's auction results list the site at 30,546 square meters with an estimated handling capacity of 1.2 million metric tons a year.
The terminal is designed to handle and store solid vegetable bulk cargo, mainly soybeans and corn. The investment plan calls for conveyor belts and a new shiploader, along with upgrades to the piers and landside infrastructure.
The ministry tied the project to the Arco Norte, the logistics corridor Brazil uses to move crops from its Center-West growing region to international buyers. Franca said the contract would give Santana and Amapá more capacity and efficiency to connect Center-West soybean production with world markets. The ministry said the work should raise operating efficiency and cut logistics costs, a goal that bears directly on how competitively Brazilian soybeans and corn reach the same export markets U.S. shippers serve.
Santana's volumes have been climbing. The port handled about 3.6 million metric tons in 2025, up 13.54% from 2024, and 403,000 metric tons in the first two months of 2026, up 6.52% from a year earlier. Soybeans, wood, corn, soybean oil residues and manganese are its main cargoes. Edival Cabral Tork, president of Companhia Docas de Santana, the municipal company that runs the port, said it has set cargo records three years in a row.
MCP01 is one of two terminal leases at the port. Together, MCP01 and MCP03 carry R$239.1 million, or about $48 million, in planned investment under projects launched between 2023 and 2026.
A separate R$11.6 million project, about $2.3 million, will rebuild roughly 1.2 kilometers of access roads with reinforced concrete pavement to improve truck flow. That work is scheduled to start in November 2026 and finish in November 2027.
The federal government is also extending the agreement that delegates the port to the city of Santana by 25 years, to 2053, keeping Companhia Docas de Santana in charge. The ministry did not give a construction schedule for the MCP01 upgrades or say when the new shiploader will be in service.
