Company News: Latin America

News on equipment and service providers from Latin America

• Mercedes-Benz delivers 10 buses to multiple bus operators, Brazil

  November 6, 2019
  Mercedes-Benz has delivered 10 buses, equipped with Allison automatic transmission, to bus operators in Rio de Janeiro and Paraná.

• Caio–Induscar secure bus rolling stock contract from Urbi Mobilidade Urbana, Brazil

  October 28, 2019
  Brazil-based Caio–Induscar has secured a contract from Urbi Mobilidade Urbana, the public transport operator in Brazil’s Federal District, to supply 133 buses of the Caio Apache model.

• Guaicurus consortium delivers 20 buses in Campo Grande, Brazil

  October 23, 2019
  Brazil-based Guaicurus Consortium has acquired 20 buses and delivered them to the City Hall of Campo Grande.

• Four bids received for electric buses for SITP in Bogota, Colombia

  October 23, 2019
  Transmilenio SA has received bids from two firms for the supply of 594 electric buses and from another two firms for the operation of these buses.

• Comil Carrocerias e Onibus to supply six buses in Puerto Rico, Brazil

  October 15, 2019
  Brazil-based Comil Carrocerias e Onibus has secured a contract from Auto Viação Puerto Rico to supply six buses.

• Volvo to supply 129 buses in Mexico City, Mexico [free access]

  October 11, 2019
  Sweden-based Volvo Buses has secured a contract from Red de Transporte de Pasajeros (RTP)/ Passenger Transport Network to supply 129 B8R buses for public transportation in Mexico City.

• Viacao Gatusa buys Volkswagen buses, Brazil

  October 6, 2019
  Viação Gatusa, a public transport service provider in São Paulo, has purchased 39 low-floor buses from Volkswagen Dibracam (a Volkswagen trucks and bus dealer), many of which have already been delivered to the operator.

• Financial offers presented for Bogotá Metro Line 1, Colombia

  October 4, 2019
  Two of the five consortiums that participated in the bidding process have submitted their financial offers to Empresa Metro de Bogotá for the construction and operation of the Bogotá Metro Line 1.

• Busscar delivers eight buses to EUCATUR, Brazil

  September 27, 2019
  Brazil-based Busscar has delivered eight Vissta Buss DD buses to Empresa União Cascavel de Transportes e Turismo Ltda (EUCATUR), a public transport operator in Brazil.

• Caio delivers 20 buses in Pernambuco, Brazil

  September 25, 2019
  Brazil-based Caio Induscar has delivered 20 Apache Vip da Caiobuses to MobiBrasil, a bus operator in the states of Pernambuco and São Paulo for deployment in the metropolitan region of Recife.

• MPPT deploys new Metropolis train, Venezuela

  September 16, 2019
  Venezuela’s Ministry of Popular Power for Transportation (MPPT) has deployed a new Alstom Metropolis train on the Metro Los Teques Lines 1 and 2 to increase the mobilisation of and to minimise the waiting time for passengers

• Sao Paulo launches contactless bank card pilot, Brazil

  September 12, 2019
  The City of São Paulo has launched a three-month-long pilot project to allow passengers to pay fares on 200 buses, operating on 12 lines, using Visa or Mastercard contactless bank cards via the approach payment technology (NFC).

• Metro de Bogota shortlists bids for Line 1 concession, Colombia

  August 28, 2019
  The Empresa Metro de Bogotá (EMB) has shortlisted five bidders for the design, finance, construction, concession, as well as operation and maintenance (O&M) of Bogotá Metro Line 1.

• Uberlandia renews public transport concession contract, Brazil

  August 26, 2019
  The Municipality of Uberlandia has renewed bus operations contracts with the existing transport service providers namely São Miguel, Sorriso de Minas and Autotrans for a period of 10 years.

• Colinas de Buen SA de CV to undertake study on trolleybus on Ermita Iztapalapa Avenue, Mexico City

  August 21, 2019
  Mexico City’s Secretariat of Works and Services has directly awarded a MXN24.1 million contract to Mexico-based Colinas de Buen SA de CV to conduct studies on the elevated trolleybus system to be operated on the Ermita Iztapalapa Avenue.

• Constran to carry out São Paulo Monorail Line 17 complementary works, Brazil

  August 20, 2019
  Brazil-based ConstranInternacional Construçoes S.A. has secured a BRL494.87million contract from Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo (CMSP) to carry out the remaining works of the São Paulo Monorail Line 17 (Gold Line).

• Blanco y Negro Masivo SA delivers 47 buses in Cali, Colombia

  August 9, 2019
  Colombia-based Blanco y Negro Masivo SA has delivered 26 electric buses and 21 compressed natural gas (CNG) buses to Cali.

• Neobus delivers 150 buses in Minas Gerais, Brazil

  August 8, 2019
  Brazil-based Neobus has completed the delivery of 150 New Mega buses to Minas Gerais urban transport operators as part of their fleet renewal programmes.

• Six bids shortlisted for Bogotá Metro, Colombia

  May 1, 2019
  Empresa Metro de Bogotá (EMB), the developer of Bogotá Metro, has announced that six consortia have pre-qualified to develop and operate the upcoming metro system in the city.

• Camargo Corrêa to build Salvador Metro extension, Brazil

  April 30, 2019
  The CCINFRA–TSEA–EPC Consortium, led by Brazil-based Camargo Corrêa, has secured a BRL424.67 million contract to develop a 4.7-km-long extension of Salvador Metro Line 1.