Pernambuco port terminal joins Rio de Janeiro port terminal to receive imported Nissan cars arriving from other countries

With the aim of making the distribution of cars to the Northeast and, later, to the North of Brazil even more agile, Nissan is starting the logistics operation at the Governador Eraldo Gueiros Industrial Port Complex, known as Porto de Suape, in Pernambuco. After Ford leaves Brazil and stops production of cars in Bahia, Camaçari is experiencing the 'dismantling' of factories and 7,5 people are expected to lose their jobs

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In addition to Suape, Nissan maintains an operation in the Port of Rio de Janeiro (RJ) to receive imported cars and distribute them to the Midwest, Southeast and South regions.

The port in Pernambuco now has an inspection and dispatch station for the Japanese brand in order to guarantee the quality of the models and compliance with Nissan's global processes.

Nissan's Frontier Pickup is the first to disembark at the Port of Suape

The first model to disembark at the port of Suape will be the Frontier pickup, which is imported from Argentina, from where it leaves the port of Zárate. The automaker guarantees that it has planned procedures that seek to guarantee more efficiency, quality and speed for customers looking for the brand's vehicles in the Brazilian market.

“With the option of also disembarking imported vehicles through the Port of Suape, we will reduce the time for models to arrive in our network and have more options for customers”, says Tiago Castro, senior director of Sales and Marketing at Nissan.

The Nissan Sentra is also imported from Mexico while the Crossover Versa is manufactured in Rio de Janeiro.

“The proximity of the port to our concessionaires in the Northeast and North even compensates for the longer route for ships coming from the South”, explains Andrey Olijnyk, director of Logistics and Production Control at Nissan South America.