May 07, 2012 [Business News Americas] - Aratu port in northeastern Brazil's Bahia state is planning at least 685mn reais'(US$357mn) worth of investments in port expansion works this year, the chairman ofstate port authority Codeba, José Muniz Rebouças, told BN Americas.
The authority plans to spend 100mn reais to expand the port’s liquid bulk terminal, with its lease holder providing another 400mn-500mn reais. Work will entail building two berths and increasing liquid storage capacity.
Finally, some 35mn reais will go towards improving access roads and rail lines in the area as well as building waste management and sewerage treatment facilities. Some of these works have already begun.
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