Course receives loan of R$2,89 billion to improve railways and increased load capacity

The Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) has approved R$2,89 billion loan to the Direction of improvement work again S.A. in rail infrastructure charges in sections operated by company including the main the country's agricultural drainage corridor and access to the ports of Santos and Paranagua. Of the total financed by BNDES, R $1.16 billion will be destined to the mesh North, 754 km stretch from Rondonópolis (MT) to the border with São Paulo, in the region of Aparecida do Taboado (MS). The mesh, 1,989 km stretch that connects Santos to the cities of Santa Fé do Sul/SP (where it connects with the mesh), Panorama/SP and Colombia, will receive $1.076 billion in investments R. And the south rail stretch Mesh 7,265 km distributed throughout the southern region of Brazil, from the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul to the South of the State of São Paulo, have investments of R $650 million which will be concentrated in the State of Paraná , on the road that gives access to the port of Paranaguá. The works include the construction of new patios of crossings, improvements in permanent way, acquisition and modernisation of wagons and locomotives, in addition to investments in Intermodal Complex Rondonópolis. Intermodal complex Rondonópolis is critical to the flow of grain, he will undergo transformations that aim to increase the static capacity of grain storage and deployment framework for fertilizer operation, return of the load wagons that return from the port of Santos to the Mato Grosso. It is estimated that the fertilizer reaches carrying capacity of 7.5 million tons per year.