Logistics company VLI announced the first shipment of corn at the Inácio Barbosa Maritime Terminal (TMIB), located in the state of Sergipe. The company said that between June and July, by 60,000 tons of corn will be shipped to the US. “With the new flow, the company takes another step for consolidating TMIB as a channel for Brazilian agribusiness. The corn shipped in Sergipe comes from the west of Bahia”. In May, VLI had announced the resumption of grain shipments through Sergipe, with the shipment of 90,000 tons of soy meal abroad. “The terminal has the structure to work for different production sectors, and can support the flow of steel inputs, now it is also a route for agribusiness, meeting a growing demand from producers, especially in the Northeast and Center-West regions of the country”, said Italo dos Santos Leão, commercial manager of VLI. In 2020 alone, 763.28 thousand tons were handled by the terminal, over 578.71 thousand tons in 2018, which represents an increase of 31.8%.
Source: Canal Rural (*Translated by Ia Niani)