La Embraport - Empresa Brasileira de Terminais Portuários (DP World Santos) of the terminal operator DP World group in Dubai and the Brazilian railway company Rumo have signed an agreement to build a new grain and fertilizer terminal in the port of Santos, which will have a capacity of up to 12.5 million tonnes, of which nine million tonnes million tonnes of cereals and 3.5 million tonnes of fertilizers. The agreement has a duration of 30 years and provides that DP World carries out port operations and services by for the installation of the new terminal, part of the managed under concession in the Brazilian port.

The investment planned for the construction of the terminal is of 2.5 billion reais ($496 million). It is estimated that the construction, which will begin after obtaining the authorizations required, will have a duration of 30 months. DP World has specified that the construction of the new terminal will not will have an impact on the container traffic handled by the group in the Brazilian airport.