3000 soy trucks stuck in traffic at Pará terminal

Over 3,000 trucks full of soy are stopped at the river port of Miritituba, in Itaituba (PA), due to the high flow of vehicles going to the Tapajós River transshipment station.

According to ABIOVE (the Brazilian association of vegetable-oil industries), the line began to form on February 11. “Congestion in the Miritituba region takes place on an unpaved stretch of road about 7 km from the BR-230, which connects the BR-163 to the Tapajós Transhipment Cargo Station. The route is the responsibility of the city of Itaituba and the difficulty in traffic is due to the rains and the increase in traffic at this time of the harvest”, says the entity in a note.

According to ABIOVE, the situation has already been reported to the federal government, and “the municipality [of Itaituba] is working to mitigate the problem until the BR-163 concession is made viable, definitively resolving the issue”.

The Secretary of Agriculture of Itaituba, Emanoel do Livramento Pires Júnior, told the website “Agricultural News” that up to 10,000 trucks were lined up at the end of last week, but that the problem has been solved with the help of the police. “The good news is that it has already been solved. Traffic is still very intense on the highway. It is raining a lot, but it is not a standstill like it was before,” Pires Júnior told the website.

Grain terminals on the Tapajós river are supplied by trucks arriving via Highway BR-230 which is managed by the federal government and, for the 7 km stretch, by the city of Itaituba. The site also receives trucks that arrive from the intersection with Highway  BR-163.

ABIOVE does not yet see an impact on grain exports, since the problems have been solved.

Source: Valor Econômico

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