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Suape: 45 years of history and new challenges

The history of the economic development of other governments in Brazil, especially the Fe-
Pernambuco, especially in the last few decades, deral Government, are all helping to ensure that
is inextricably linked to that of the port at Suape. Pernambuco is once again a regional leader in
The Governor Eraldo Gueiros Port and Indus- the Northeast and is becoming a national point
trial Complex is a regional and national logistics of reference and that the port is a top priority for
hub and an area with an enormous capacity for any administration.
the installation of industry and all the employ- So it has been since the beginning, and
ment and income generation opportunities this many achievements have been accomplished
brings. The Complex is currently celebrating since then. The most important and symbolic
forty-five years of existence as a valuable asset for the State of Pernambuco is the construc-
for Pernambuco and for Brazil. Every stage in its tion of the Pernambuco Branch of the Trans-
construction over this period deserves our ad- nordestina Railroad, which will vastly increase
miration, and this has ensured that, as the port opportunities for the port as a hub. The annou-
passes this milestone, its future promises even ncement of public works such the expansion
greater sustainability and further success. of Petrobras’s Abreu e Lima Refinery, the pros-
As the first woman to be elected governor of pect of making the port accessible to the very
the State Pernambuco, I am proud of every step largest ships, and the feasibility of creating a
in this extraordinarily productive process and logistical connection with the industrial hubs
would like to take this opportunity to reaffirm located north of Recife are all important com-
that my government will always see Suape as ponents of this ongoing endeavor to connect
a facility that drives development and makes it the port to opportunities related to the Green
possible to achieve continual growth and rene- Hydrogen market.
wed potential year after year. The development Pernambuco is extremely proud of its indus-
of Suape remains a top priority for the State. trial port complex. As governor, I welcome this
Strategic planning in Pernambuco requi- anniversary as an opportunity to consolidate
res the existence of this port. This is where the our mission to ensure that all routes connecting
future lies. The prime location, the investment Pernambuco to other parts of Brazil and to the
already made, and ongoing negotiations with rest of the world begin and end at Suape.

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