VLI records first shipments of the 2022 soybean crop in January

VLI dispatched soybean loads at the São Luís Port Terminal (TPSL), in Maranhão, and at Tiplam, in the Santos region (SP) throughout January, symbolizing the start of the 2022 soybean harvest.

At the beginning of February, the Araguari Integrator Terminal (MG) will conduct the first shipment to the Miscellaneous Products Terminal (TPD), located in Vitória (ES). Once that happens, VLI will have initiated grain handling operations at all three export corridors operated by the company. The Centro-Atlântica Railroad (FCA) and the North-South Railroad (FNS), in Arco Norte, act as flow routes for Brazilian soybeans and other grains destined for export.

The multimodal system managed by VLI allows the soybeans harvested, mainly in the states of Minas Gerais, Goiás, Tocantins, Maranhão, and Mato Grosso, to be exported via three different port complexes: São Luís (MA), Vitória (ES), and Santos (SP).

The National Supply Company (Conab) expects soybean production to be 142.79 million tons in this cycle, up from 142.01 million in the 2021 harvest.

To handle this flow, which begins now and continues throughout the second half of the year, with volumes peaking in February, March, April, and July, the company uses three logistical corridors: the Center-Southeast and Center-East corridors of the Centro Atlântica Railroad (FCA) and the North-South section of the North-South Railroad (FNS), of which VLI is the administrator.

VLI handled 25 million tons of agribusiness inputs through the Centro-Atlântica Railroad alone in 2020. In turn, on the North-South Railway, agricultural volumes account for approximately 40% of the 10.66 million tons of general cargo handled in 2020.

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