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The expansion projects of existing pharmaceutical-chemical complexes in the largest port complex in the Northeast are valued at R$ 4 billion, and could generate more than 1.650 new jobs
The Suape industrial port complex, located in the city of Cabo de Santo Agostinho, in the metropolitan region of Recife (PE), was once a major reference in job generation in Brazil, before the sinking of the shipbuilding sector due to corruption scandals, revealed by Operation Lava Jato. However, the enterprise is still a power for the regional and economic development of the country, due to its location and strategic importance. Therefore, there is great expectation for the return of the “jobs rain” due to the billionaire investments that are to come, such as the expansion of the existing pharmaceutical centers in the place.
Last year, Blau Farmacêutica settled in Suape. Now, the giant in the sector of medicines and highly complex hospital supplies intends to invest BRL 1,5 billion, which should generate more than 1.400 jobs, in a land of 600 thousand m² to operate 36 production lines.
Another pharmaceutical center in Suape is from Aché Laboratories. The brand that has been operating there since 2019 now intends to produce 700 million units of medication per year in the port itself. The project for this second stage should occupy an area of 250 square meters and total approximately R$ 500 million in investments, and should generate more than 250 jobs.
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Adding up all the planned developments, more than 60 people will be working in Suape in the coming years
Currently, 224 companies are installed in the Suape industrial complex. These undertakings have generated at least 40 direct and indirect jobs, according to a survey carried out by the Economic Movement. All these businesses will join at least another 12 billionaire strategic projects – including the expansion of pharmaceutical centers – which together exceed R$ 46 billion and the projection of over 25 thousand new jobs. Thus, it is possible that Suape will have more than 2027 male and female workers by 60.
Recently, Suape's autonomy was returned, allowing it. thus manage your business, giving even more speed to new ventures. An important achievement that is celebrated together with announcements of several projects, such as a new maritime terminal for AP Moller – Maersk, which is expected to invest more than R$ 2,5 billion.
A production plant of green hydrogen of Qair with incredible planned investments of more than R$ 22,5 billion and forecast of almost 3 thousand jobs. In addition, a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tanking terminal from Nacional Gás with Liquigás and Copagaz is expected, budgeted at R$ 3,5 billion and an LNG regasification terminal from Oncorp and Shell (R$ 2 billion ).
The Abreu e Lima refinery, which has been operating in the Suape port complex since 2014, should gain a new life with more than R$ 5 billion in investments so that one day it will be sold by Petrobras. This is the project that will generate the most jobs by 2027 at the site. The projection is 12 thousand jobs. Check here in detail the projections of each project.
Expectations for the Transnordestina branch that would connect Suape
A transnortheastern railroad, whose current project is to connect the city of Elizeu Martins, in Piauí, to the Port of Pecém, in São Gonçalo do Amarante (CE), should contemplate the Port of Suape, with the construction of a branch that would start in the middle of the railroad , in the city of Salgueiro, in the hinterland of Pernambuco. Thus, there would be 1.200 kilometers of tracks from Piauí to Ceará and another 700 kilometers from Salgueiro to Suape.
However, the concessionaire responsible for the work, with the approval of the Bolsonaro government, decided not to carry out the Salgueiro-Suape section, which caused enormous dissatisfaction. The imbroglio made the pages of the local political news.
Political leaders have been negotiating with agents of the current Federal Government so that the project goes back to how it was, contemplating the Port of Suape. There is still no definitive solution to the situation.
