The logistics company VLI and Companhia Operatora Portuária do Itaqui (Copi) set up a partnership to create a new railway branch for transporting fertilizers. The input will be transported to a new intermodal terminal to be built in Palmeirante, Tocantins. The works valued at R$ 200 million will start in August. The initial handling capacity provided by this new structure will be 1.5 million tons per year. “With the start of operations in 2022, the new structure will grant the handling of fertilizer imported by the Copi Port Terminal at the Port of Itaqui by rail, connecting the port via the Carajás railroad and the North-South railroad to the new terminal to be built by COPI in Palmeirante”. The new railway line will support 80 cars, and a hopper for two cars.
Sources: UOL Economia/Global Fert (*Translated by Ia Niani)