Port of Imbituba inaugurates new railway

Last Friday, September 25, a pear-shaped railway track was inaugurated at the Port of Imbituba which will facilitate trains transporting containers to the port. The work is part of the first stage of expanding the Imbituba train network. With the pear-shaped path, vehicles are able to enter and exit without the need for additional maneuvers.  About 50 containers arrive daily at the port by railway, bringing mainly rice and ceramics produced in the south of Santa Catarina.

The improved port infrastructure investment valued at R$ 700,000 was carried out by Ferrovia Tereza Cristina (FTC), a concessionaire of the network that connects the south of Santa Catarina to Porto Público, and integrates the first phase of the Network Expansion Plan in the Port of Imbituba.

The pear-shaped railway project was developed by the engineering sectors of FTC and SCPAR Porto de Imbituba Port Authority. Improvements include a rail extension, a return stretch, the duplication of a stretch to accommodate railcars, the construction of level crossings, installation of equipment for changing direction, and horizontal and vertical and traffic signaling.

Over the past few days, operational tests have been carried out and the construction of the drainage structure, scheduled for 2021, will be moved up. This will provide greater durability and safety. After more than a decade of planning, the project to expand the railway network inside the port was re-presented in 2019 by the FTC. The works began in January this year.

Port Expansion Plan

The next phase of the Expansion Plan consists of connecting the track extension to the Container Terminal, located near Pier 3. The proposal has been under study since early April and was initiated with a technical visit by the FTC concessionaire.

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