📋 Tender Overview
Brasilia (DF) -- This week, the Transnordestina Railway begins an operational test on the 585 km stretch between the Bela Vista do Piaui (PI) and Iguatu (CE) lots. The first locomotive should leave on Thursday (18), in a train with 20 wagons loaded with corn. Loading, unloading and running operation tests will be carried out.
The transport of goods on the railway network was released last Thursday (11), with the issuance of the Operating License (LO) by IBAMA. According to Transnordestina Logistica (TLSA), the concessionaire responsible for the construction and operation of the railway, the effective start of the commissioned operation will be scheduled together with the Federal Government, and the governments of the States of Ceara and Piaui.
Designed to transport high-performance cargo, the railway will transport goods such as grains, cotton, ores, gypsum/gypsum and containers, when commercial operation is officially authorized. From the moment this railway arrives at the Port of Pecem (PE), it gains a new scale, a new possibility, including more opportunities for us to enable other expansions, highlighted Eduardo Tavares, National Secretary of Funds and Financial Instruments at MDIR.
Logistics terminals
To ensure that production from the Northeast reaches consumption centers quickly, TLSA plans to install six to eight logistics terminals. Among the planned structures, strategic points such as Eliseu Martins and Bela Vista do Piaui (PI), Trindade and Salgueiro (PE), as well as Missao Velha, Maranguape and Porto do Pecem (CE) stand out. The latter will feature TUP NELOG, a private terminal belonging to the CSN Group that will connect the FTL and TLSA railways to the port, facilitating export and import flows.
The feasibility of these storage and cargo handling structures relies on different investment models and partnerships. TLSA itself will assume the construction and operation of part of the terminals. In Piaui, the Bela Vista unit should receive around R50 million in investments. In Ceara, the first phase of the TUP NELOG terminal is budgeted at R900 million.
To date, the Iguatu, Quixeramobim and Quixada terminals will be owned by private partners. These collaborations must follow a condominium model, in which partner companies install their operations within the railway concession area, enhancing the regions logistical efficiency.
Financing
Last week, the infrastructure agreement was signed for MVP lots 9 and 10, corresponding to the Baturite and Aracoiaba lots. With 100% of the works mobilized in Ceara, the project already generates more than 6,500 direct jobs.
Since 2023, the resources that finance the completion of Transnordestina have been raised by the National Secretariat of Funds and Financial Instruments of the Ministry of Integration and Regional Development (SNFI/MIDR). The completion of the 19 lots, which comprise Phase I of the construction of the railway, will be made possible with a total investment of R8 billion, of which R4.4 billion is contributed by the ministry.
The value includes resources from the Northeast Development Fund (FDNE) and the Northeast Investment Fund (Finor) auction.
Map shows contracted, ongoing and completed sections to the Port of Pecem (Source: TLSA)
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