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AGRICULTURE OFFICER STRIKE 2024

Brazil: Agriculture Officers Strike Federal agriculture officers decided to start the strike next Monday (22), which will directly affect trading involving perishable products and may cause delays in berthing and unberthing ships. Federal Revenue tax auditors also announced that they will intensify the general strike that has been ongoing since November last year, as reported in our previous newsletters. Next week, from the 22nd to the 26th of January, there will be no cargo clearance at the ports and airports of São Paulo and Bahia. This means that goods release services will be affected at Viracopos airport, the Port of Santos, Salvador customs (from the 23rd) and Guarulhos Airport. During the period, only perishable, live and dangerous cargo will be released at the sites, in addition to medicines and food, as they are considered essential. It is important to highlight that the import and export of goods of animal and plant origin require the consent and inspection of agricultural officers. The category's national union (Anffa Sindical) informed that the release of certificates and goods at ports, in this case, will respect the last day of the deadline set out in the rules of the Ministry of Agriculture. It is worth remembering that in the last meeting held on December 27th with Sindifisco Nacional, minister Fernando Haddad and the special secretary of Revenue, Robinson Barreirinhas, stated that they did not plan to make changes to the proposal presented for the payment of the efficiency bonus in 2024 , which motivated the continuation of the strike. The Superior Courts have already pacified the understanding that the strike movement cannot interrupt essential public services. Therefore, the functioning of the productive activity of shipowners/importers/exporters cannot be delayed by the Customs Inspectors' strike. Customs clearance must continue, regardless of the tax auditors' strike. The Judiciary has been intervening effectively on a case-by-case basis, in order to avoid the harmful effects of the Federal Revenue auditors' strike and maintain the regular activity of taxpayers at Brazilian customs. The strike could affect the port and customs sector. Our team is closely monitoring the situation in the North/Northeast ports and will inform you of any updates.

Shore crane catches fire at coal terminal in Brazil

A stevedore in Brazil has had a lucky escape after the quayside crane he was operating during the discharge of coal from the dry bulker Nord Trust burst into flames, Wilhelmsen Ships Service reports. Fellow stevedores rushed to the aid of the operator who was rescued unharmed following the incident around 0630 on Sunday (Brazil time) at the Port of Itaqui in São Luís in the northern state of Maranhão. Report with pictures at http://www.seatrade-maritime.com/news/shore-crane-catches-fire-at-coal-terminal-in-brazil.html

Dreyfus may sell stake in new Brazil grains terminal

Agricultural commodity trader Louis Dreyfus may sell a stake in a new northern Brazil grains terminal to book profits from its early participation in the project, a company source said. The Tegram terminal, at Itaqui port in Maranhão state, is one of the new terminals under development in north-northeastern Brazil that put cargoes closer to some export markets. Dreyfus, along with its local grains trading partner Amaggi, has a 25 percent share in the project. Swiss trading house Glencore PLc and local companies NovaAgri and CGG Trading control the remaining three-fourths of the project. Itaqui’s Tegram is nearly 2,500 miles (4,000 km) closer to the Panama Canal than Brazil’s top soy exporting port of Santos, which gives it an advantage in shipping soy and corn to Asia. The facility receives grains produced in the agricultural frontier area of Matopiba in the northeast and grains coming from the northern part of Brazil’s No. 1 soy state Mato Grosso. http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/dreyfus-may-sell-stake-in-new-brazil-grains-terminal-source/