BRAZILIAN bus operator EMTU says CAF has submitted the best proposal for a contract to supply 22 LRVs for the planned light rail line from São Vicente Barreiros Terminal to Valongo in Santos.
Rumo Logistics, a subsidiary of Brazil's Cosan group, has placed two orders worth a total of Reais 41m ($US 20m) for 200 sugar and ethanol wagons. The acquisition is part of Rumo's Reais 1.3 billion strategy to boost rail-borne sugar and grain volumes to 11 million tonnes by 2014.
BRADO Logistics has signed two agreements that will support the expansion of its intermodal freight business in Brazil and Argentina.
BRAZILIAN mining giant Vale has been granted environmental licenses for its huge $US 19.5bn project (called S11D) to develop a new iron-ore mine at Serra Sul to the south of its existing Carajás mine and associated rail and port links.
THE government of the Brazilian state of Bahia launched the tendering process on June 21 for the construction, operation, and maintenance of Salvador Metro Line 2, together with an extension of Line 1.
BRAZIL'S policy of awarding concessions for the operation of defined networks or individual lines is set to change as the government plans to allow several operators to access four new lines that will be built in the south of the country.
AFTER 13 years of delay, Metrofor launched limited trial services on the first section of Fortaleza's Metro South Line on June 15.
LATIN American Logistics (ALL) officially opened its new 120km line from Alto Araguaia to Itiquira, in Brazil's Mato Grosso state on June 2. The railway will carry large volumes of grain, and agribusiness Seara inaugurated its new grain terminal at Itiquira on the same day.
STADLER and MRS Logistics, Brazil, have unveiled what they say is the largest rack and pinion locomotive ever to be built.
A CONSORTIUM of CR Almeida, Santa Bárbara Construções, CAF Brasil, MagnaEngenharia and Astep Engenharia had been selected as preferred bidder for the contract to build the first light rail line in the Brazilian city of Cuiaba.