Porto do Açu Operações, responsible for the management of the Prumo Logística port complex in São João da Barra (RJ), wants to establish itself in agribusiness for the 2020/2021 harvest. This year, the company started to import fertilizers and expects to start exporting grain in the reverse flow beginning next year. The initial focus will be the shipment of soybeans. To operate in agribusiness, Açu built a covered warehouse in 2020 at the Multicargas Terminal, with a capacity to store 25 thousand tons per month of inputs. The company plans to quadruple the structure by 2022. With the movement of grains, the company’s idea is to develop a reverse flow for the importation of fertilizers. The intention is that the trucks that leave Açu towards Minas with fertilizers will return to the port transporting soy. The company also intends to become an export route for soybeans and corn from the Midwest, and not just grains from Minas Gerais producers.
Sources: Valor Econômico/Datamar News