Volume of grain transported from west to Paranaguá grows 128% in first semester

In the first half of this year, the volume of grain transported via rail from the West of Paraná to the Port of Paranaguá more than doubled in comparison with the same period çast year. The increase was 128%, despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

One of the main factors driving this growth is the partnership developed by the State Government, through the Estrada de Ferro Paraná Oeste SA (Ferroeste), a state-owned company that operates the rail network between Cascavel and Guarapuava, and the company Rumo Logística, which moves cargo from Guarapuava to Paranaguá.

Signed in February 2020, the Specific Operation Contract aims to expand the flow capacity of the western region’s harvest via the railway branch. In these first six months, the volume of grains jumped from 133.2 million tonnes to 303 million tonnes.

In addition to the 128% increase in the volume of grains, there was also a 32% increase in transportation of fertilizer and a 31% rise in cement handling. The total volume transported from the west to Paranaguá was 55% higher than in the first half of 2019, with volumes at 598,100 tonnes, up from 385,800 million tonnes.

Investments

To further increase the flow of grains via rail, plans are for a new route of up to 1,371 kilometers in length of a railroad between Maracaju (MS) and Cascavel (PR), with the integration of the intermodal section Foz do Iguaçu-Cascavel. The plan includes Cascavel-Guarapuava-Litoral lines, covering a strategic region for the country and the continent. The connection will span around 1,000 kilometers. The forecast is that 50 million tons of cargo will move via this railroad. This modeling is already in the EVTEA phase. The study was contracted in 2019 by the State Government.

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