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General Motors of Brazil will have new engine plant in Santa Catarina - SIS4Biz - BBDO focus region

General Motors of Brazil announced the construction of its new engine plant in Joinville (SC), the company responsible for the 'turn key' construction is Cesbe S. A. Engineering a company based in the state of Parana and subsidiary in Santa Catarina (SC), scheduled to begin work in March 2011with inauguration is planned for 2012 with a total investment amounted to R$ 350 million. The location choice was due to excellent infrastructure, enough qualified manpower and proximity to five ports. 

Brazil Logistics is growing, are you ready for the opportunities? 
Brazil’s railroad freight transportation handled 246,869 containers and more than 471 million tons in 2010.  19.1% higher than in 2009. Investments in the sector amounted to US$ 2.98 billion in 2010. The country would currently has 28.000 km of railways and needs 52.000 km. Between the years 2011 to 2020, the expectation is to get two thousand locomotives, 40 000 cars and 1.5 million tons of tracks, demonstrating the increasing modernization of the sector. 

Miami, Florida - Brazil growth..

Miami’s airport and seaport show growth

 

Among the bright markets for MIA were Brazil, which saw 110 percent growth in cargo tonnage, and Asia, which was up 54 percent, said José Abreu, director of the Miami-Dade Aviation Department.

MIA’s air trade is valued at around $40 billion, accounting for 97 percent of the state’s trade transported by air. The airport, Abreu said, accounts for 282,000 jobs and $26.7 billion in business revenue.

Cargo traffic at the port was up about 5 percent in fiscal 2010 and the port hopes to see double-digit cargo growth this fiscal year, said Johnson.

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Petrobras will invest R$ 225 million and the state (TO) will become a distribution center of fuel to the Country

The executive manager of Petrobras, Sérgio da Silva, said that the company's investment should be around $ 225 million, the project will make the state a center of distribution of fuel for the country. "We are working on an integrated project that will change and the logistics of fuel distribution in the country. We already have the biding process concluded and the selected company already contracted. Our expectation is to produce 30,000 liters of fuel per year and the goal is to reach in 10 years a production of 75,000 liters per year, "he emphasized”.

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Brazil has increased its imports in 2010 by 45.8%. Its exports also increased substantially in comparison to 2009 by 29.6%.

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Brazil News:

• In the south of Brazil, when the new roads are finished, Hamburg Sud will have its new port of Itapoá in operation with 52 feet of natural draft after March, 2011. An expected average of 30 vessels should call the new port every month with a projected volume of 120 thousand containers for the first year.
• Advent International, a global private equity company, has recently purchased 50% of one of the main terminals, TCP – Terminal de Containers de Paranaguá, (in the state of Paraná, with Curitiba as its capital).  The new investment will allow TCP to build a third pier and increase capacity by about 70%.

 The map with the three states I have been focusing on in Brazil above will help you put the locations in perspective. The new port of Itapoá is located in the state Santa Catarina (SC) and the TPC terminal is located in the state of Paraná (PR); both states are right below the state of São Paulo (SP), which has Brazil’s highest population and  port volumes at the port of Santos.   J JR

• Brazil’s Secretary of the Ports’ Minister, Leônidas Cristino, said this week that the Federal Government will invest R$ 3,8 billion (approximately US$ 2.2 billion) in improvements in port infrastructure in the country during the next few years.
• Transpetro, announced it started a new tender in late December for an additional eight ships for Petrobras. National and International companies have until February 23 to submit their proposals. The bidding process should be completed by the end of June.