Porto de Itapoá (Itapoá Port)
The port was conceived and implemented as a project finance investment. Previplan coordinated, from the start, all the services to design and develop the project, to obtain the appropriate combination of equity and debt sources of funding, and to implement its first phase with total investment exceeding R$450 million. The Itapoá Port began its operations in June of 2011, with a set of competitive advantages among the existing ports. Privately administrated, the port has a structure capable of moving 500,000 TEUs per year, and it already initiated its expansion project, in which it will be able to move 2 million TEUs annually. Located in northern Santa Catarina, Itapoá Port (Porto Itapoá) is positioned among the most productive regions of Brazil.