Institutional Profile

05/08/2010

Santos Brasil is the largest containers operator in the country. Created in 1997 to operate Tecon Santos (SP), currently one of the largest containers terminals in South America, the Company is increasing its services and its geographic presence in the country. It currently counts with operations strategically located in the South, Southeast and North and serves all the steps of the logistics chain, integrating the port activities to the transportation and distribution.

In addition to Tecon Santos, Santos Brasil counts with a terminal in Pará (Tecon Vila do Conde) and another in Santa Catarina (Tecon Imbituba), a vehicles exporting terminal (TEV) at the Santos Port and a logistics and general cargos operator, Santos Brasil Logística.

In total, the company has already invested approximately R$ 2.5 billions, calculated at present value, in acquisitions, expansions of its activities, improvements and new equipment.  In 2009, despite the international economic crises, the company kept its investment plans and destined R$ 197.1 millions to the expansion, maintenance of the operational capacity, information technology and administrative structure. For 2010 more R$137 millions are foreseen, which value does not consider occasional acquisitions.

Part of these investments is destined to qualify its terminals to receive large vessels, of the super-post Panamax generation, which will berth in the Country, mainly after the Santos Port  draft works, foreseen in the Growth Acceleration Plan (PAC).

Listed in the level 2 of the Bovespa corporate governance, which follows the most strict corporate governance rules, Santos Brasil closed 2009 with a consolidated net profit of R$ 41.4 millions and net income of R$ 660.8 millions. During the year, the company moved 721,386 containers (or 1,084,123 TEU´s - unit regarding 20-feet containers).

Santos Brasil generates approximately three thousand direct jobs and has been invests systematically in the qualification of leaderships, in young talents and social-environmental responsibility projects aimed at the communities which are under its influence area.

Among the several actions, we can highlight the Santos Brasil Formare School, created in partnership with Fundação Iochpe, which offers professional qualification in the port sector for low income young people, with ages ranging from 15 to 17 years and involves collaborators who act as voluntary professors.