Exceptional Conditions

• electric energy supply system with two substations totaling 37.5 MVA, supplied by a 300 MVA substation. A thermoelectric plant with a generation capacity of 523 MW is in its implantation phase and is expected to begin operations at the end of 2004.

• crude and treated water supply system with a capacity to accumulate 13 million m3 and treatment of 1800 l/s.

• natural gas: supply of 3.5 million m³/dia

• telecommunications and data transmission system with two digital centers

• internal system of road and railways.

Access Roads and Railways

Suape has a network of internal roads of around 41km in extension and excellent technical-operational characteristics allowing the circulation of cargo from the piers to the terminals and industries. The internal roads allow direct links to the main federal and state road systems through controlled access points, two on the state road PE-60 and one on PE-28.

The railway system, embedded in concrete with TR45 tracks and metric measurements, is connected to the national railway system by way of lines operated by the Northeast Railway Company concessionary.