{"id":520952,"date":"2026-03-13T10:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T10:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/520952\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T10:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T10:18:15","slug":"breaking-news-deme-signs-contract-for-paranagua-access-channel-concession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/520952\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: DEME signs contract for Paranagua access channel concession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DEME has signed the 25\u2011year concession contract with Brazil\u2019s National Secretariat of Ports (SNP) and the National Waterway Transportation Agency (ANTAQ \u2013 Ag\u00eancia Nacional de Transportes Aquavi\u00e1rios), formally securing Brazil\u2019s port access channel concession for the Port of Paranagu\u00e1. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/deme-2-768x509.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>photo courtesy of DEME<\/p>\n<p>The Paranagu\u00e1 Port Channel Company SPE S.A., owned by DEME and FTS Participa\u00e7\u00f5es Societ\u00e1rias S.A. (FTS), will carry out the full scope of works for the Port of Paranagu\u00e1 \u2013 Brazil\u2019s second\u2011largest public port in the state of Paran\u00e1. <\/p>\n<p>The signing ceremony took place yesterday in Brasilia, in the presence of key authorities including the President of Brazil, Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva. <\/p>\n<p>With all administrative steps now completed, DEME and FTS can move forward with the next phase of mobilization and implementation.<\/p>\n<p>The Port of Paranagu\u00e1 plays a pivotal role in the handling of agribulk, containers, and liquid bulk, with annual throughput exceeding 70 million tons. <\/p>\n<p>According to DEME, the planned deepening of the channel \u2013 increasing draft capacity from 13.3 m to 15.5 m \u2013 together with ongoing maintenance dredging and enhancements to the nautical signaling system, will significantly boost operational efficiency and enable larger vessels to call at the port.<\/p>\n<p>DEME also said that these improvements will further reinforce Paranagu\u00e1\u2019s position as one of South America\u2019s foremost export gateways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DEME has signed the 25\u2011year concession contract with Brazil\u2019s National Secretariat of Ports (SNP) and the National Waterway&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[941,4,450,235081,451,3,235082,452,453],"class_list":["post-520952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-brazil","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-deme","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-paranaqua","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}