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Brazil Enlarging Global Trade Role

The recent development of global manufacturing facilities in the Amazon region looks to play an increasing role in future growth.

By John McCloud | Updated on November 05, 2008

MANAUS, BRAZIL-The announcement of new K-Line feeder service beginning in mid-October by Japan’s Kawasaki-Kisen-Kaisha Ltd. between the US East Coast and Brazil’s Amazon region highlights the South American nation’s rising role in world trade. The bi-weekly service, to be jointly operated with Miami-based Bringer Lines, will deploy two 500-TEU vessels traveling between Savannah or Port Everglades, FL and Manaus or Vila do Conde, Brazil.

The announcement coincided with the inauguration by TAM Cargo, the freight unit of Brazilian airline TAM Linhas Aereas, of the organization’s largest freight terminal, in Manaus. The facility has an operational area of 23,250 square feet, three times the size of the former Manaus facility, providing more than 80 tons per day of storage capacity.

“Manaus is strategic for TAM Cargo as a result of steadily increasing production at its duty free zone and the increase in international flights at the airport,” explains Paulo Castillo Branco, TAM vice president for planning and alliances. “The new terminal can handle nearly 35% more freight than its predecessor, in addition to allowing for expansion in coming years, depending on market demand.” He says the larger terminal will make it possible for new partnerships with air and ground transportation companies.

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