Image: Portochuelo complex, in Porto Velho, where the new AMAGGI fertilizer factory will be built
Brazilian trading company AMAGGI announced that it will build a new fertilizer mixing factory in the Portochuelo terminal complex, in Porto Velho (RO). One of the leaders in Brazilian agribusiness, the company recently announced a total investment of around R$ 102 million aimed at increasing the capacity for receiving, storing, mixing and distributing fertilizers in the northern region of the country.
According to the executive president of AMAGGI, Judiney Carvalho, the new fertilizer mixing unit will have a capacity of 200 thousand tons per year and will have work simultaneously with the construction of a rear warehouse – with a static capacity of 40 thousand tons. According to the company's schedule, the structures should be ready within one year.
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“AMAGGI has been operating in Rondônia since 1997, at the Porto Público facilities. And, in 2014, it was time for the construction of the Transshipment Station, in Portochuelo. Since the beginning of 2020, we have been making investments aimed at fertilizer operations, with a focus on meeting the demand of agricultural producers, in line with the region's economy. In the fertilizer segment alone, investments will be in the order of R$ 102 million and will facilitate access to quality products for farmers of all crops in the surrounding area – not only corn, soybeans and cotton, but also cocoa, rice, coffee and others, in Rondônia and neighboring states, such as Acre, Amazonas and Mato Grosso”, stated Carvalho.
The Portochuelo terminal currently has a structure for unloading fertilizers received via ferries across the Madeira River, with logistics and storage on land. The mixing plant to be built at the Portochuelo terminal should be the second AMAGGI unit of this nature with the potential to serve rural producers in Rondônia. The first unit was the Comodoro (MT) mixing factory, located just 100 kilometers from Vilhena (RO).
By: Leonardo Gottems | Source: Agrolink
