Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff, has unveiled a massive logistics concession programme to draw US$64 billion in private investment over five years to upgrade and operate Brazilian roads, railways, airports and port terminals.
According to a report by Reuters news agency, the logistics plan includes 4 371 kilometres of new highways, the extension of existing railway concessions and the private operation of airports in the cities of Porto Alegre, Fortaleza, Salvador and Florianopolis.
Brazil will also open 29 state-owned port terminals to private operators in Santos, the country's largest port, and in the state of Para.
Brazil announces ambitious multibillion dollar logistics upgrade plans
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