Portx Operacoes Portuarias SA : Sudeste Superport implementation at full speed, with BNDES disbursement and the right of use of a sea area

PORTX OPERAÇÕES PORTUÁRIAS S.A.
Publicly Held Company
CNPJ/MF 10.846.981/0001-46
NIRE 33.3.0029023-1

Notice to the Market

Sudeste Superport implementation at full speed, with BNDES disbursement and the right of use of a sea area PORTX OPERAÇÕES PORTUÁRIAS S.A. ("Company" or "PortX") (Listed at Bovespa as: PRTX3), a Brazilian publicly-held company under a tender offer by MMX Mineração e Metálicos S.A., which owns Sudeste Superport, a mixed use private terminal located in the city of Itaguaí, with an initial capacity to handle 50 million tons of iron ore per year, to be expanded up to 100 million tons per year, announces to its shareholders
and to the market in general that :

1. On December 28th, 2010, BNDES disbursed the first tranche of the financing, under the Investment Support Program (Programa de Sustentação do Investimento - BNDES-PSI),which total amount reaches R$ 407.7 million, to be used for the acquisition of two car dumpers for the unloading of the iron ore to be shipped at the Sudeste Superport. This financing agreement signed on June 2010 is reserved for the acquisition of equipments made in Brazil and has a total term of 10 years with a grace period of 2 years and a fixed interest rate of 4.5% per year.

2. Ordinance n. 561 issued by the Ministry of Planning and Budget in Brazil's Federal Gazette on December 31st, 2010 has approved the right of use of the sea area adjacent to Sudeste Superport for a twenty-year period, which can be renewed for an equal period. The onerous assignment of a sea area of 362,000 m2 allows for the construction, installation and operation of Sudeste Superport, which will be able to handle up to 100 million tons of iron ore per year.

These two recent events contribute to sustain the quick pace of Sudeste Superport's construction works guaranteeing its operation start up in 2012.

Rio de Janeiro, January 3rd, 2011.

Otávio de Garcia Lazcano
CEO and Investor Relations Officer
PortX Operações Portuárias S.A.

About Sudeste Superport:

Located in the city of Itaguaí, which is 80 km far from the city of Rio de Janeiro and just 2 km from MRS railway, 21-meter deep Sudeste Superport will have a retro area of about 70 hectares. Sudeste Superport will be the export channel for production from MMX Mineração e Metálicos S.A. mines located in the state of Minas Gerais and other ore producers in several areas of Minas Gerais's "Iron Quadrangle". With an initial iron ore capacity of 50 million tons per year, the Superport recently bought areas that will enable the duplication of its loading capacity. For more information, visit:

www.xportx.com.br
PortX Contacts

Investor Relations:
Otávio de Garcia Lazcano
CEO and Investor Relations Officer

Antonio Castello Branco
Investor Relations Manager

Fábio Lucena
Investor Relations Coordinator
[phone]

Press Relations:
Bárbara Bortolin
+55 21 2555.5675