In brief: • The project involves connecting 5,000 km of railway • The line will reduce transportation costs by 25 – 30% The transoceanic railway, connecting the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans through South America, is about to become a reality. Just days ago, Brazil and China signed a memorandum to connect the ports in Peru and Brazil with at least five land stops along the way. The project, signed between Infra S/A, a Brazilian state company, and the China Institute of Economic and Planning Research on Railways, will use existing rail tracks and connect them with new ones, forming a complete 5,000-kilometer route through the northern part of the subcontinent. The area that will benefit the most is the "soy belt" in Brazil, which will then have the opportunity to export directly to China. Upon completion, the 5,000-kilometer corridor will connect Brazil's Atlantic ports with Peru's Pacific ports, drastically reducing the time and cost of exporting soybeans to China and other Asian ...