06/05/2013
Port of Rio Grande already operates in 24 hours Autor: Jornal do Comércio
Five major ports in the country enter, starting today (06/05/2013), the program port 24h, which maintain uninterrupted operation of authorizing agencies such as IRS, Federal Police, IBAMA and ANVISA - responsible for the release and supervision the loads. The project, which has been operating in Santos, Rio de Janeiro and Vitoria, will be implemented today in Rio Grande and in Paranaguá, Suape, Itajaí and Fortaleza, in order to complement the actions Paperless Port, Smart Load and VTMS, initiatives that together involve investments of R $ 800 million through the Growth Acceleration Program (PAC).
Responsible for the project, the Special Secretariat of Ports (SEP) began in 2010, the development project called "Intelligence Port Logistics", involving the reduction of bureaucracy through tools of information technology in the process of release of vehicles and loads. The idea is to synchronize the flow of cargo to avoid queues and congestion at ports.
The Port 24h is considered an evolution of this process. In practice, inspection teams will be consenting services, integrated electronically on duty seven days a week and 24 hours a day to release cargo. The goal, according to estimates of the SEP is to reduce by 25% the cost. The same percentage is also expected to gains in efficiency and agility.
However, the benefits of the initiative can still bump the lack of manpower. This explains the superintendent of the Port of Rio Grande, Dirceu Lopes. Only terminal gaucho, according to Lopes, the authorizing agencies would need to expand the workforce of 100 workers. In the first step, however, the number will be complemented with the relocation of staff from other regional departments. "The measure is good, the concept is great, but needs to be accompanied because of the support infrastructure. Is consolidated decision and operation, now we must work to provide the program trained servers and tendering will have to contemplate it, "he argues.
On Friday, Lopes attended a meeting of the National Ports Authorities (Conaportos), Paranaguá (PR), where the program was tested last week before going into effect today. "All are unanimous in pointing out that the lack of staff is a problem to be addressed," he says.
Another aspect that will require adaptations is the infrastructure. The superintendent estimates that in the first stage, investments are made in the order of U.S. $ 2 million for readjustment of rooms, buying new computers and installing software.
Lopes also highlights that the principal benefits will be the continuity and systematization of services consenting. "We've talked to all the organs and identify all immediate impact in reducing the length of stay and cargo storage. The other points of the operations have to be made throughout the process. "However, the superintendent believes that the percentage of savings can only be measured after the first month of operation.
The measure should also help reduce peak periods recorded on arrival of vessels. This is because port operations already work full time, however, the cargo unloaded off hours had to wait at least a day to start the procedures. "It will be less strained, because you do not have to run to get within a time-release" summarizes Lopes.
