Brazil's Biggest Port Project Is Almost Done. It May Sit Idle

Brazil · Infrastructure

Key Facts

—The project. A giant new rail hub at the port of Paranaguá is the largest public port works under way in Brazil.

—The size. It cost roughly 650 million reais (about US$125 million) and would add about 24 million tonnes of grain-export capacity a year.

—The progress. The structure itself is about ninety-five percent built and nearly ready.