Company News: Latin America

News on equipment and service providers from Latin America

• BYD delivers 20 electric buses to CUTCSA, Uruguay

  May 23, 2020
  BYD, in collaboration with its Uruguay-based distributor, Abriley S.A., has delivered a fleet of 20 electric buses to Compañía Uruguaya de Transportes Colectivos SA (CUTCSA), the largest public transport operator in Uruguay.

• Construction contract awarded for Mayan Train Section 3, Mexico

  May 20, 2020
  A consortium of Construcciones Urales, Gami Ingeniería e Instalaciones, and Azvi has secured a contract from Mexico’s National Tourism Promotion Fund/ Fondo Nacional de Fomento al Turismo (FONATUR) to construct and maintain Section 3 of the Mayan Train Project.

• Idinsa to develop elevated trolleybus line in Mexico City, Mexico

  May 14, 2020
  Mexico-based Impulsora de Desarrollo Integral (Idinsa) has secured a MXN2.39 billion contract from the Government of Mexico City to develop an elevated trolleybus line.

• Metro de Santiago raises USD1.50 billion via bonds, Chile

  May 14, 2020
  Metro de Santiago has issued bonds worth USD1.50 billion in the international market.

• BYD SkyRail Sao Paulo signs systems contract for Sao Paulo Metro Line 17, Brazil

  May 8, 2020
  BYD SkyRail São Paulo has signed a contract with Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo (CMSP) on the systems to be deployed on São Paulo Metro Line 17, an upcoming monorail line.

• Construction contract awarded for Mayan Train Section 2; bids received for Section 3, Mexico

  May 1, 2020
  A consortium of Mexico-based Carso Infraestructuras y Construcción (CICSA) and Spain-based FCC Construcción has secured a contract from Mexico’s National Tourism Promotion Fund/ Fondo Nacional de Fomento al Turismo (FONATUR) to design, construct, and maintain Section 2 of the Mayan Train Project.

• BYD Brasil to supply electric buses in São José dos Campos, Brazil

  April 29, 2020
  BYD Brasil has secured a contract to supply 12 articulated electric buses in São José dos Campos, a city in southeast Brazil.

• Construction contract awarded for Mayan Train Section 1, Mexico

  April 23, 2020
  A consortium led by Mota-Engil México SAPI has secured a contract from Mexico’s National Tourism Promotion Fund/ Fondo Nacional de Fomento al Turismo (FONATUR) to construct Section 1 of Mayan Train, an upcoming rail project.

• Bids received to construct Mayan Train Section 2, Mexico

  April 16, 2020
  Fondo Nacional de Fomento al Turismo (FONATUR) has received 15 bids to construct Section 2 of Mayan Train, an upcoming rail project in Mexico.

• Via Mobilidade Consortium to issue debentures, Brazil

  April 8, 2020
  Brazil’s Ministry of Regional Development has published an ordinance that allows Via Mobilidade Consortium to issue debentures for the development as well as the operation and maintenance (O&M) of São Paulo Metro Lines 5 and 17.

• Operations concessions extended for Buenos Aires commuter rail lines, Argentina

  April 2, 2020
  The Government of Argentina has extended the operations concessions by 18 months for the Urquiza and Belgrano Norte lines, two commuter rail lines.

• Contract consultancy services contract awarded for REGIO, Colombia

  March 25, 2020
  ARCO Bogotá Zipa, a consortium of Ardanuy Ingeniería Colombia and Coral Delgado y Asociados, has secured a COP2.332 million contract to provide consultancy services for REGIO Tram de Occidente (REGIO), the first suburban rail line project in Colombia.

• Bus operators in ABC Paulista expand fleet, Brazil

  March 23, 2020
  Viação Guaianazes and MobiBrasil, two bus operators in ABC Paulista, a region in Greater São Paulo, have expanded their bus fleets.

• Mascarello and BYD to conduct electric bus trials in Cascavel, Brazil

  March 14, 2020
  Brazil-based Mascarello, in collaboration with BYD, has signed an agreement with the city government of Cascavel to conduct trial of an electric bus.

• Marcopolo and Mercedes Benz to supply buses for Santiago’s Red, Chile

  March 12, 2020
  Brazil-based Marcopolo, in partnership with Mercedes Benz, has secured a contract to supply 240 buses to be deployed on Santiago’s Red Metropolitana de Movilidad system (Red; formerly known as Transantiago).

• Contract awarded for Sao Paulo Metro Line 19 topographic survey, Brazil

  February 28, 2020
  A consortium comprising Brazil-based Metro Cúbico Engenharia has secured a contract from CMSP to conduct the topographic survey of the route of Line 19.

• Marcopolo delivers 199 buses in Curitiba, Brazil

  February 22, 2020
  Brazil-based Marcopolo has delivered 199 buses to be deployed in Curitiba.

• BYD Consortium secures Sao Paulo Metro Line 17 systems contract, Brazil

  February 5, 2020
  The BYD Skyrail Sao Paulo Consortium, a consortium of BYD Brazil, BYD Auto Industry Company Limited, and BYD Signal & Communication Company Limited, has secured the systems contract of Sao Paulo Metro Line 17.

• Civil works contracts awarded for Transmilenio Avenida 68 Corridor, Colombia

  January 29, 2020
  The Instituto de Desarrollo Urbano (IDU)/ Institute of Urban Development, a state-owned department responsible for the development of the road network in Bogotá, has awarded contracts to three consortia and one company to develop Transmilenio Avenida 68 Corridor, a bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor.

• Construction begins on Sao Paulo Metro Line 2, Brazil

  January 23, 2020
  The consortium of Sacyr Infrastructures and Engineering and Brazil-based Galvâo Engenharia and SA Paulista has commenced construction on a 7.3-km-long section of Sao Paulo Metro Line 2.