Transportation and distribution company Rumo SA, Curitiba, PR, and Andali, a joint venture between US-based agribusiness cooperative CHS Inc. and BRFértil, started operations at their new fertilizer terminal on the North-South Railway in Rio Verde, Goiás, on Aug. 9, according to Valor International. The project will enable fertilizer transport from the Port of Santos, in São Paulo, to Goiás.
Andali CEO Rafael Vaccari Gonçalves told the paper that freight transportation is expected to go from 500,000 mt this year to 800,000 mt in 2023, and then to 1.5 million mt in 2025. A fertilizer mixing plant was also built at the location.