VLI will begin moving soybean meal year-round by rail to Itaqui port in Maranhão, turning previously sporadic shipments into a steadier export flow.
The new route is meant to relieve bottlenecks in Brazil's soymeal trade by giving exporters an alternative to crowded southern ports.
Carolina Hernandez Tascon, VLI's chief commercial officer, said the link should help Brazil expand shipments of the animal-feed ingredient through its northern corridor.