Itaqui Port Complex gained new fuel terminal

The Itaqui port area gained, on the 17th, a new fuel distribution base with the inauguration of the Raízen terminal, which has a handling capacity of 1.5 billion fuel liters per year and can store up to 80 million liters of gasoline A, Diesel S10, and S500. The total investment amounts to R$ 200 million.

The new terminal, built on a 140,000 square meter area in the Port of Itaqui’s retro-area, is already operational. The Raízen terminal will increase the supply of fuel in the region, mainly to the states of Maranhão, Piauí, Pará, and Tocantins, in addition to serving as a cargo hub for other ports in the North and Northeast regions.

The inauguration of the new Raízen terminal is part of the package of public and private investments at the Port of Itaqui, which total around R$ 2 billion in works. Assets include, in addition to this new fuel terminal, the second phase of the Maranhão Grain Terminal (TEGRAM), the new fertilizer terminal, berth 99, the new pulp terminal, among others.

Strategic investment in infrastructure will help reduce costs in the region’s agricultural and transport production chain and create jobs for Maranhão. There were almost 1,000 direct jobs and 500 indirect jobs created during the construction period, 50 jobs directly linked to the operation, and preferential material and service contracting from the region.

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