Santa Catarina, with investment of € 491m ($664.3m), is Brazil' s leading port this year in terms of private capital.Part of the money is being spent on constructing two new complexes, various terminals, on new equipment and modernising existing installations. In Brazil as a whole, € 1.4bn ($1.9bn) is being spent on ports this year
His results will later be used by the Ministry of Transport to develop new port complexes in Brazil. Five of the ports being visited are Algeciras, Le Havre, Antwerp, Hamburg and Rotterdam.
