With the short-term growth focused on projects related to natural gas, the port of Açu, in the north of Rio de Janeiro, aims at expanding and operate in agribusiness. The company started to import fertilizers in 2020 and is now an alternative for the flow of grains in Minas Gerais and in Brazil’s Central-West region. Today, in addition to the ore terminal, the port’s main operations depend on the offshore oil platforms and the oil transfer terminal for large vessels exporting oil, with shares to be publicly traded on the Stock Exchange. With a general cargo terminal, the company has started to operate in cabotage, to receive oil equipment imported by the port of Rio de Janeiro. In 2019, GNA (Gás Natural Açu) started work on a thermal power plant and on a terminal for receiving imported gas at the port, which should may operating commercially at the end of the first half of 2021. A second thermal station has already been authorized, but the beginning of the works depends on the evolution of the pandemic.
Sources: Folha de São Paulo / Portos e Navios
*Translated by Ia Niani