The COFCO Group, reducing the emission of 35 tons of CO2 per year, is building a pipeline that will transport the biodiesel from its own plant to the distributors. The project will have the capacity to transport 245 tons of fuel per hour
Trading company COFCO International has begun installing a pipeline that will connect its biodiesel plant located in Rondonópolis (MT) directly with fuel distributors in the same municipality. This will be the first Brazilian pipeline to transport the renewable fuel.
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According to a press release issued by the company, the pipeline will have a length of approximately 3 km and is expected to start exporting biodiesel from the plant in five months.
The construction was authorized by the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP). According to Marcos Dalla Rosa, senior manager of COFCO International's biodiesel division, when it is in operation, the pipeline will transport about 245 tons of biodiesel per hour from the plant, which, compared to what is transported by trucks in the current cycle, is 60 times faster.
Reduction of more than 35 tons of CO2
With the beginning of the activities of the biodiesel pipeline, the executive estimates that more than 12 thousand trips by trucks will be avoided per year, reducing the emission of 35 tons in the company's operations.
According to Dalla, the logistics of his biodiesel operation will become cheaper, both for COFCO International and for its customers, in addition to being faster, more sustainable and safer.
The company's plant in Rondonópolis (MT) had already undergone an expansion process in 2019, when its soy processing capacity was increased to 1,4 million tons per year and biodiesel increased by 42%. Since then, the plant's production of biodiesel has grown by more than 28%, according to the company.
Get to know COFCO International
With more than 11 employees, operating in 35 countries and negotiating with over 50 around the world, COFCO is an agribusiness platform of COFCO Corporation, one of the largest companies in the agriculture and food sector in China that operates globally.
The company provides food that the world needs in a responsible and balanced way. The company focuses mainly on the supply of grains, sugar, coffee and oilseeds. With its headquarters located in Geneva, Switzerland, COFCO is ambitious and has adequate structures and cultures to better serve the world's transformations and growth.
