Eldorado inaugurates mega terminal in Santos

Eldorado Brasil — a pulp producer whose shareholders are J&F Investimentos and Paper Excellence — embarked on Monday the first cargo to China from its new multimodal port terminal in Santos, São Paulo state, the result of an investment of about R$550 million, including a grant. This was the company’s largest disbursement since the construction of the Três Lagoas plant, in Mato Grosso do Sul state, which began operations at the end of 2012.Already prepared for the expansion project of Eldorado, which produced more than 1.8 million tonnes of eucalyptus pulp last year, EBLog practically triples the company’s shipping capacity compared to the old terminal, with 3 million nominal tonnes per year.With an area of 53,000 square meters and a warehousing capacity of up to 150,000 tonnes of pulp, EBLog can accommodate up to 72 railcars, as well as the simultaneous loading of up to two ships and the receipt of cargo by both road and rail. Today, 98% of the pulp that Eldorado transports to the Port of Santos is made through trucks, a modal that is even more competitive. But the company is also evaluating other alternatives, including rail and bargers — whose operations were suspended after the water crisis."The Eldorado project was conceived from the beginning with an eye on the second production line and a port terminal that would make us more competitive. We do not want to be the biggest, we want to be the best," said Rodrigo Libaber, the company’s commercial and logistics executive director.Carmine De Siervi, CEO of Eldorado Brazil, said that the inauguration of the new...

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