Paraná to invest R$ 2.5 billion in infrastructure works in the state

The governor of Paraná, Carlos Massa Ratinho Junior, announced this Tuesday (29) more than R$ 2.5 billion in investments in infrastructure. This sum will finance service orders (some in partnership with Itaipu Binacional), bids for new works, the paving of urban streets, and two large investments in the Port of Paranaguá – one public, worth R$ 1.3 billion, in the New Export Corridor, and one private, worth R$ 800 million for new conveyor belts.

Regarding the state’s ports, Ratinho Júnior announced the dates his administration intends to deliver the modernization and expansion works of the Port of Paranaguá’s export corridor. Portos do Paraná, the state-controlled port authority, will invest R$ 1.3 billion in the works.

The primary project is on the verge of being finalized and will allow the construction of a T-shaped pier with four berths, an access bridge, and eight fishing towers, each with a loading capacity of 4,000 tonnes/hour. The investment will be public.

The installation of new conveyor belts at berths 211, 209, and 208 is another project that will change the pier. The machinery, designed to receive fertilizers from other nations, will speed up the unloading of imported goods. Thanks to private investments, fertilizer storage capacity will be increased to about 492,000 tonnes. The firms Rocha and Fertipar have invested more than R$ 800 million in upgrades within and outside the public pier.

Also part of the investment plan is the construction of the new storage hopper, known in Portuguese as moegão for its stature, whose objective is to contain the flow of products that arrive via rail. This venture will require an investment of R$ 524 million, in addition to leasing five areas (PAR09, PAR32, PAR14, PAR15, and PAR03) to private parties.

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