Company News: Latin America

News on equipment and service providers from Latin America

• CRRC–Bombardier JV secures contract to supply 19 additional trains for Sao Paulo monorail Line 15, Brazil

  January 14, 2022
  São Paulo Metro has signed the contract for the purchase of 19 new Innovia 300 monorail trains for Line 15-Silver, which will be manufactured in China by the joint venture (JV) between Bombardier, now owned by Alstom, and CRRC.

• Wood to provide engineering solutions for Santiago Metro, Chile

  January 12, 2022
  Consulting and engineering firm Wood has secured a contract to provide engineering solutions for section C of Santiago Metro Line 7.

• Silica Networks to deploy fibre optics along the San Martín railway line in Buenos Aires, Argentina

  January 6, 2022
  Fibre network operator Silica Networks has signed an agreement to deploy fibre optics along the 70 km General San Martín railway line, connecting Buenos Aires city and the metropolitan area.

• Electric buses to be procured for the first green route in Panama

  January 5, 2022
  MiBus and the Panama Tourism Authority have signed an inter-institutional cooperation agreement for the acquisition of five electric buses and e-charging facilities.

• Jalisco state government to procure 400 buses from Mercedes-Benz; renews bus fleet in Guadalajara, Mexico

  November 30, 2021
  Mercedes-Benz has announced plans to supply 401 units, including 386 feeder buses and 15 articulated buses, under the “My Macro Calzada” programme promoted by the state government of Jalisco.

• Contract awarded to construct Chalco–Santa Martha trolleybus line, Mexico

  October 29, 2021
  A joint venture (JV) of La Peninsular Compañía Constructora and Alcance Total has secured a contract to construct the Chalco–Santa Martha trolleybus line.

• Contract awarded for electric bus corridor in Antofagasta, Chile

  October 13, 2021
  Inversiones Río Bósforo SpA has secured a contract from Chile’s Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications (MMT) to deploy and operate 40 electric buses in Antofagasta. MMT invited bids in June 2021 and received bids from 10 companies.

• Alstom to supply 58 trains for Sao Paulo Metro Lines 6, 8, and 9, Brazil

  October 9, 2021
  The Government of Sao Paulo has announced plans to procure 58 trains from Alstom for Sao Paulo Metro. The procurement will support expansion of Alstom’s factory in Taubaté.

• Bids received to develop Guatemala City Transmetro Line 5, Guatemala

  October 7, 2021
  Guatemala City has received bids from more than 12 manufacturers to develop the 19-km-long Transmetro Line 5, which will be Guatemala City’s first electric bus corridor.

• Bus fleet expanded in Salvador City, Brazil

  October 7, 2021
  Salvador City Hall has deployed a fleet of 70 buses. Of the total, 40 buses will be operated by Ótima Transportes de Salvador (OT Trans) and 30 buses by Plataforma Transportes (Platform).

• Busscar and Marcopolo to supply double-decker buses to Grupo Guanabara, Brazil

  September 25, 2021
  Grupo Guanbara has awarded contracts for 32 double-decker new buses to replace the existing bus fleet.

• Bus fleet expanded in Cordoba, Argentina

  September 25, 2021
  Colcar has supplied the first 30 buses of 80 Mercedes Benz buses to TAMSE in Cordoba, Argentina.

• Scania and Beccar to launch electric buses in Mexico

  September 22, 2021
  Scania Buses and Beccar have announced plans to launch the production of the all-electric Scania Volt bus with E-Urviabus bodywork by the first quarter of 2022 in Mexico.

• Tunel Estaçao Luz consortium to construct tunnel on Luz Station in Sao Paulo, Brazil

  September 22, 2021
  Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) has awarded a BRL59.9 million contract to the Tunel Estaçao Luz consortium to construct a new tunnel on Luz Station to connect CPTM and the Sao Paulo Metro lines.

• Bid received for management of Greater Recife BRT, Brazil

  September 22, 2021
  The Nova Mobi–Pernambuco joint venture (JV) has emerged as the only bidder for a public private partnership (PPP)-based concession contract to manage the bus rapid transit (BRT) as well as its stations and terminals in Greater Recife, Brazil.

• Construction work begins on Avenida Camucim viaduct of Campinas BRT, Brazil

  September 21, 2021
  The Campinas BRT Consortium has begun construction work of a new viaduct on Avenida Camucim in Sao Paulo City.

• Santo Andre and Macapa cities to deploy new buses by September 2021, Brazil

  September 19, 2021
  The Government of Santo Andre in the ABC Paulista region has announced plans to deploy 16 new buses by September 2021.

• Expresso Fenix to operate public transport in Mogi Guacu, Brazil

  September 18, 2021
  Expresso Fenix has secured a BRL330 million contract to operate the public transport system for 20 years in Mogi Guaçu, a municipality in the state of São Paulo.

• Contract awarded to design Bogota Metro Line 2, Columbia

  September 13, 2021
  The Unión Temporal Movius–UT Movilidad Urbana Sostenible consortium has secured a contract from Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional of Colombia (FDN) to design Bogota Metro Line 2.

• ATT secures contract to operate public transport in Ferraz Vasconcelos, Brazil

  September 9, 2021
  Alto Tiete Transportes Ltda (ATT) has secured a contract to operate the public transport system in Ferraz Vasconcelos in Greater São Paulo for a period of 15 years, starting from 2022. The contract value is estimated to be BRL45 million.