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Yanis Koudil
May 16, 2025 at 11:15 pmVery interesting article!
Our suppliers mainly ship from the port of Navegantes, Itapoa and Itajai and they face constant issues related to shorter vessel cut-offs, lack of appointments and blank sailings.
Hopefully the government will implement policies that expand infrastructure investment, incentivize private participation to improve Brazilian ports as they are urgently needed.