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founded LLX, the logistics division and warehousing petroleum. which carry up to 320,000 tons of of EBX Group, in March 2007 to Berto says that the negotiations cargo, and Chinamax carrying up to provide Brazil with integrated offer a strategic advantage for LLX 400,000 tons, Berto told OE.

infrastructure and logistics facilities, and Petrobras. The Superport has About $2.5 billion will be mainly in the port sector. LLX’s been under construction for the last invested of which one billion is

Brazil Focus ventures are strategically located six years. being provided by LLX Minas-Rio and are designed to handle the (responsible for implementing the

Açu Superport details largest vessels, using the latest port iron ore port terminal) and $1.5 technology. With two terminals - one offshore billion by LLX Açu (responsible for

The company is currently and one onshore, the Açu Superport handling other cargo such as steel building the Açu Superport in São is a private, mixed-use port products, petroleum, coal, granite,

João da Barra, Rio de Janeiro. It is complex being built on the northern slag, pig iron, and liquid and solid the largest port infrastructure Rio de Janeiro coastline, near the bulk). LLX says that $500 million investment in Latin America, claim area responsible for 85% of Brazil’s will be invested in 2013.

LLX offcials say. oil and gas production. It will Occupying a total area of 90sq

Recently the project got a boost have 17 km of piers, with up to 47 km, construction began on the port when Maria das Graças Foster, mooring berths. in October 2007. Since that date, $2 president and CEO of Petrobras, LLX offcials say that the port is an billion has been invested in Açu, and Marcus Berto, president of innovative project boasting modern LLX offcials say.

LLX, confrmed that negotiations engineering, construction, and The port will have two terminal are advanced for Petrobras to install operating practices. The port will be complexes: TX1, an offshore itself in Açu, and use the port as comparable with the most modern terminal with a depth of 3km (to be a basis for offshore support for and effcient ports in the world, expanded to 26m), a three-kilometer petroleum platforms. such as those in Asia and Europe. access bridge, a tugboat pier, nine

According to the executives, It is being prepared to receive large oil and iron-ore piers, an approach this is the frst step, which will be vessels such as Capesize and Very channel, and turning basin. Of these, expanded in the future for offoading Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs), two iron ore piers, the tugboat pier,

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