LATAM BLOG: The Elusive Dream of Connecting Two Oceans by Rail

LATAM BLOG: The elusive dream of connecting two oceans by rail

The Bi-Oceanic Railway promises to connect Brazil’s Atlantic coast with Peru’s Pacific port of Chancay. Yet this grand vision remains more geopolitical statement than reality, facing immense logistical, environmental, and political challenges.

A transcontinental railway that aims to connect the Atlantic coast of Brazil and the Pacific one of Peru is destined to strengthen the strategic penetration of China in Latin America, a key region for the interests of the United States but not always aligned with the political line of Washington. The infrastructural project, taken into consideration for the first time in 2014, has returned to the spotlight after the minister of the Peruvian Econ…

Peru joins railroad project to Chancay to boost Chinese trade

Peru has joined Brazil and China's transcontinental railroad project to connect the Pacific coast with the Atlantic Ocean across South America, offering an alternative trade route to the Panama Canal. This railway aims to facilitate the transport of Brazilian goods, such as soybeans and minerals, to China’s Shanghai port via Peru’s Chancay port, reducing maritime trade distance by about 10,000 km and easing reliance on Brazil’s congested Santos p

The Ministry of Economy and Finance of Peru reported on the importance of coordinating and planning a meeting between the governments of Brazil, Peru and China to promote a transcontinental railway that connects the Peruvian Pacific coast with the Brazilian Atlantic coast. READ ALSO: China and Peru will consolidate the Gaza Strip Initiative and the Route with the port of Chancay The Minister of Economy and Finance, Raúl Pérez Reyes, said that th…

Oleajes force the closure of 108 ports along the Peruvian coastAfter the beginning of its concession in 2014 in the port General San Martín, in Pisco, the company Puerto de Paracas has been advancing progressively in its planned investments, positioning last year as the third one of greater movement of cargo in containers nationwide, widening more and more its scope of influence in regions of the center and south of Peru. According to figures of…

Megaport of Chancay would reach capacity of Callao: How much will it move in logistics, investment and regional trade? Source: RPP Juan Carlos Paz, president of the National Harbour Authority, presented in Economy For All by RPP and gave more details on the operations of the Megaport of Chancay. The commercial stage of the project will start on June 1 and with this, it is expected that Chancay will initially move between 700,000 and 1 million T…