A batch of grain hooper wagons customized for Brazilian clients by the Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Company, a subsidiary of the CRRC Yangtze Co.，Ltd., were delivered from the Taicang Port in Jiangsu Province on April 10.

This was the company's second successful delivery to the Brazilian market after an interval of more than two decades.

In July 2003, the company contracted to export 900 GDT GDE open wagons to Brazil's Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD). That was the largest single export order of rolling stock from China at that time, signifying the entry of China-made rolling stock into the South American market. The wagons applied to over-20,000-tonne heavy-haul trains, providing R&D and manufacturing experience for China in developing 20,000-tonne trains and embedding a technical breakthrough in freight trains as simple "iron boxes".

The Brazil-tailored grain hopper wagon project was launched last year. Undergone 11-month meticulous design, manufacturing, and rigorous examinations, the wagons passed client inspection and won high recognition. With a tare weight of approximately 28.5 tonnes and a load capacity of up to 101.5 tonnes, these wagons can operate at a maximum speed of 80 km per hour. They will serve VLI, one of the largest integrated logistics operators in Brazil, transporting such goods as soybeans, bean pulp, bulk sugar, fertilizers, and phosphate, and providing safer and more efficient logistics solutions. This collaboration will lay a solid foundation for deeper cooperation between the parties in the future.