Rumo and Olfar conducted the first shipments, in commissioning phase, from the new road-rail terminal in Porangatu (GO). The facility strengthens the connection between northern Goiás and southern Tocantins with the rail corridor to the Port of Santos (SP). The partnership between the freight railway operator and one of Brazil's leading biodiesel and soybean processing industrial groups was structured to support grain shipments and serve the agro-industrial production of an area with growing relevance in the North-Central region.
The new terminal has a transshipment capacity of 1.5 million tons of grain and can handle loading and unloading operations of up to 1,000 tons per hour. Porangatu's entry occurs as Rumo advances in Goiás. In 2025, the company moved approximately 5.7 million tons of grain in the state and achieved 28% participation in state exports, above the 25% recorded in 2024. The company believes the result reflects the expansion of its presence and the strengthening of rail infrastructure in Goiás. The facility is located near access to BR-153 and has direct connection to the Central Network.
"Porangatu expands Rumo's presence in a strategic region for agribusiness and reinforces the Central Network's capacity to serve production from northern Goiás and southern Tocantins with greater predictability and competitiveness. The rail connection to Santos shortens logistics distances, broadens shipment alternatives, and strengthens the integration of regional production to the country's major markets," said Rumo's Commercial Director, Diogo Velloso.
Olfar group president José Carlos Weschenfelder added that this project strengthens local production, drives integration of the supply chain, and creates new conditions for regional development. "Rail operations in Porangatu consolidate a strategic advance for Olfar, for the region, and for the state of Goiás," commented Weschenfelder.
In Porangatu, Olfar has been expanding its operations since 2021, when it reactivated the biodiesel plant, and advanced with the structuring of a soybean industrial complex, completed in 2026. With this new rail operation, this movement gains scale, with a terminal that has a contracted volume of 3,000 tons per day of soybean meal and expands the available infrastructure for a region increasingly strategic to Brazilian agribusiness.
Rumo operates approximately 14,000 kilometers of railways in the states of Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Goiás, and Tocantins. Olfar's industrial structure comprises three biodiesel plants located in Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, and Goiás, in addition to two soybean crushing facilities in the states of RS and GO. The group has more than 60 grain receiving units, strategically distributed across these regions.
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