VLI loads first vessel with sugar from Tereos

VLI, a logistics company that integrates railroad, intermodal terminals, and ports as well as managing the concessionaire FCA (Ferrovia Centro-Atlântica), has completed the first sugar shipment for Tereos, the third largest producer in the world.

The cargo, marketed by Tereos Commodities Sugar, a trading arm of the Tereos Group that sells white and raw sugar in more than 60 countries, went through berth 3 of Tiplam at Santos on June 18, bound for China. All the products arrived at the port via the railroad and the multimodal structures of VLI.

From 2015 to 2018, VLI has already transported almost 15m tons of sugar along the same route. The volume is driven by the operation of the company’s terminals in Uberaba and Guará.

Strategic partnership

In 2018, Tereos and VLI signed a contract for joint investment in the construction of two warehouses in São Paulo state and a long-term contract for the transportation of 1m tons of raw sugar per year. The storage units will be installed within the VLI integrated system, which starts in the outskirts of São Paulo and ends at the Port of Santos. The agreement establishes a total investment from both entities combined of more than R$200m.

Last year, growing agribusiness demand made FCA acquire 26 new locomotives, 15 of the SD70 BB model from EMD. With three of them, it is possible to draw up to 90 loaded wagons. The 11 other locomotives are from the ES43 BBi model and were produced by the GE unit in Contagem (MG).

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