Rumo, formerly known América Latina Logística (ALL), is a Brazilian logistic company, mainly focused in the

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

line logistics in Brazil, being the largest company in Latin America in this segment, the company also provides transportation services such as

logistics Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics manages the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet the requirements of ...

, intermodal transport, port operations, movement and storage of

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, administration of storage facilities and general storage. It is also involved in lease of railroad equipment to third parties, and offers road transport services in Brazil through América Latina Logística Intermodal S.A.

History

The company was founded as "Ferrovia Sul Atlântico" in 1997 and is headquartered in

Curitiba Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Brazil. The city's population was 1,948,626 , making it the List of cities in Brazil by population, eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in ...

Paraná state Paraná, Paranã or Parana may refer to: Geology *Paraná Basin, a sedimentary basin in South America Places In Argentina * Paraná, Entre Ríos, a city * Paraná Department, a part of Entre Ríos Province * Paraná, Buenos Aires, a settlemen ...

. Pursuant to a privatization process it began operating lines in Paraná, Santa Catarina, and

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...

. It began operations in

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in 1998, and later (2001) acquired Delara Ltda, a Brazilian logistics company also operating in Argentina,

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, and

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. Operations were extended to

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and

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through acquisition in 2006. There are connections with the standard gauge rail networks in

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and

and with the network in

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. The company assumed its current name after acquisition of its Argentine railway interests in 1999. There it partnered with

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and the

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until June 2013 in the operation of two freight services: * "ALL Mesopotámica" operated the network built by the British-owned Entre Ríos and East Argentine railway companies which extends north from the city of Buenos Aires into the provinces of Entre Ríos,

Corrientes Corrientes (; Guaraní language, Guaraní: Taragüí, literally: "Currents") is the capital city of the Provinces of Argentina, province of Corrientes Province, Corrientes, Argentina, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, about from ...

and

Misiones Misiones (, ''Missions'') is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by Paraguay to the northwest, Brazil to the north, east and south, and Corrientes P ...

. Those lines had become part of the state-owned

General Urquiza Railway The General Urquiza Railway (FCGU) (in Spanish: Ferrocarril General Urquiza), named after the Argentine general and politician Justo José de Urquiza, is a standard gauge railway of Argentina which runs approximately northwards from Buenos Aire ...

after railway nationalisation in 1948. With the

privatisation Privatization (also privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation when ...

of the entire railway network in Argentina, the Urquiza Railway was given in concession to

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" Ferrocarril Mesopotámico - General Urquiza S.A." on October 22, 1993."El Gobierno rescinde el contrato del Tren de la Costa y del Parque de la Costa"
Apertura.com, 4 Jun 2013 * "ALL Central" operated the

broad gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union (CIS ...

network built by the British-owned

Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway The Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway (BA&P) (in Spanish: Ferrocarril Buenos Aires al Pacífico) was one of the ''Big Four'' broad gauge, , British-owned companies that built and operated railway networks in Argentina. The original concession w ...

which extends westwards from the city of Buenos Aires into the western provinces of Mendoza and

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. Those lines had become part of the state-owned San Martín Railway after nationalisation. The had been previously operated by private company "Buenos Aires al Pacífico - San Martín S.A." (BAP) that took over on August 26, 1993. On June 4, 2013, the Argentine government cancelled ALL's concessions due to contract violations by failing to invest and accumulating fines worth 30 percent of the concession. The head of Trenes Especiales Argentinos, which had operated passenger services on the

, has publicly supported the decision, claiming that ALL was responsible for the deterioration of the standard gauge network. ALL operates a subsidiary named Brado Logistics which handles

intermodal freight Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of cargo, freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation (e.g., rail transport, rail, ship, aircraft, and truck), without any handling of the freigh ...

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