Reefer container movement at Cascavel terminal increased 23% YoY in May

Ferroeste (Estrada de Ferro Paraná Oeste S.A.) transported 1,001 reefer containers to the Port of Paranaguá in May. Approximately 30,000 tons of frozen meat was loaded at the intermodal terminal in Cascavel, a volume 23% higher than that transported in May of last year.  This amount also surpassed Ferroeste’s last container throughput record, which had been set in January of this year, which was 946 TEU. Ferroeste operates the rail network between Cascavel and Guarapuava.

As well as the expansion of grain outflow capacity, the increase in container’s leaving Cascavel bound for the Port of Paranaguá is the result of an agreement signed by Ferroeste with Rumo Logística, which reduced the transport time for trains. Container transportation also includes Brado Logística, which is responsible for managing contracts with producer cooperatives.

In February of this year, Ferroeste and Rumo formalized the Specific Operations Contract (COE), an agreement that allows the two companies to share cargo that leaves the Western Region towards Paranaguá. The negotiation allows Rumo, which operates the network from Guarapuava to Paranaguá, to enter the section of Ferroeste (Cascavel-Guarapuava), along with machinery reinforcements.  The agreement brought more efficiency in logistics since it is no longer necessary to transfer cargo from one company to another.

Most of the cargo transported in containers is chicken, produced by the main agro-industrial cooperatives in Western Paraná which go to the Port of Paranaguá for export. About 2,500 TEU of meat is sent to Paranaguá per month, either by train or truck.

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