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Thanks To ALL, Brazil’s Ethanol Gets On The Right Track
By Mr Ethanol | August 22, 2008
Brazzil Magazine:
Brazil-based ALL (América Latina Logística), the largest railway logistics operator in Latin America, is the newest player in the fuel alcohol sector in the state of São Paulo, which is responsible for around 75% of the whole alcohol and sugar production of Brazil. The state produces 24 billion liters of the product per year.
ALL has established a novel partnership with distributors and should invest 104 million Brazilian reais (US$ 64 million) in systems for collecting and distributing ethanol to the market in the state of São Paulo.
The partnership contemplates installation of 11 points for cargo centralization (loading centers) at strategic points in the main producer regions of the state of São Paulo, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, as well as a structure for railway unloading at Planalto Paulista Refinery (Replan), in the city of Paulínia, in the interior of São Paulo state.
According to ALL, the operation marks the start of cargo transport on the old Brazil Railways lines, purchased by the company in 2006, and covering three concessions, Ferroban, Ferronorte and Novoeste.
In 2009, the railway should move 1 million cubic meters of alcohol towards the market in São Paulo and surrounding region, and the total may rise to 2 million a year by 2010. The operation counts on 250 new tanker wagons each with a 103 cubic-meter fuel capacity to be used to collect the product in the interior of the states of São Paulo, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul. Read more.
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