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Norte-Sul Railroad
UPDATED: AUGUST 2020
When concluded, the Railroad North-South (1980 km / 1,237 mi) will connect the states of Maranhão, Tocantins and Goiás to the ports in the States of Espírito Santo and Sao Paulo.
The railroad integration of the Brazilian regions will make possible the economic and social opening of the Brazilian cerrado with an area of approximately 1,8 million of km 2, representing 21.84% of the area of Brazil, and 15.51% of the Brazilian population.
The railroad integration of the Brazilian regions will make possible the economic and social opening of the Brazilian cerrado with an area of approximately 1,8 million of km 2, representing 21.84% of the area of Brazil, and 15.51% of the Brazilian population.
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MARCH 2019
Rumo won the concession for the section of the Norte-Sul running from Porto Nacional, TO to Estrela d'Oeste, SP where it will connect with the companies line that goes to the Port of Santos. North-South Railway: Caiado announces construction of the Rodoferroviário Terminal, in São Simão, through the Rumo-Caramuru partnership JULY 2020 The governor of the State of Goiás, Ronaldo Caiado, announced on Tuesday, July 21, that the companies Rumo and Caramuru Alimentos signed a new partnership and will invest R$ 80 million in the construction of a railroad transshipment terminal for multimodal cargo transportation, interconnected to the North-South Railway. Installed in the municipality of São Simão, in the extreme southwest of Goiás, the terminal will be able to handle more than 5.5 million tons per year of soy, corn and soy meal, which is equivalent to more than 80 thousand trucks per year. "We will have the capacity, along with road transport, to make grains and industrial products reach the Port of Santos at a competitive price for the productive sector of the State of Goiás," said Caiado during a project presentation meeting, held in Emerald Palace. ** This is closely followed in Kory's Newsletter and VIP clients. |