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Water and Sewage

The Pernambuco Sanitation Company (Compesa), a mixed-economy corporation under the Pernambuco State Water Resources Secretary, executes sanitary policy and is concessionaire of water supply and sewage services. Its services cover 171 municipalities (93.9% of the total number), with 3,600 km of pipelines and 200 reservoirs in operation. The monthly supply capacity is 40 million liters, 27 million of which is destined for Recife, the remaining 13 million for the rest of the state.

Energy

The Pernambuco Energy Company (Celpe) is part of Neoenergia, one of the biggest groups in Brazil’s energy sector belonging to the Spanish group Iberdrola, and serves 3 million clients and supplies electricity to 184 municipalities, from the Fernando de Noronha District to the Pedras de Fogo municipality in Paraíba. Termopernambuco, also tied to Neoenergy, has three cyclic combination system turbines, two of which use natural gas, the other steam, operating in the Suape Port and Industrial Complex.

Electrical System Data

Natural Gas

The Pernambuco Gas Company (Copergás), a mixed-economy corporation in partnership with Pernmbuco State Government, Petrobras  Gás S.A. – Gaspetro and Mitsui – Gas and electricity of Brazil, has one of the biggest distribution networks in the Northeast, covering over 300 km. Their goal is to expand their gas ducts system to over 1,000 km.

The company currently commercializes a volume of approximately 1 million cubic meters per day of natural gas and supplies the industrial, automobile, commercial and domestic sectors with cogeneration and thermoelectricity. The company offers natural gas at competitive prices, contributing to the attraction of new investments to Pernambuco.

Health

Pernambuco is also a national reference in health care. The State ranks second in Brazil in terms of size, quality, modernity and technological advance in the sector. Pernambuco has the second highest index of doctors per capita, and it occupies the third position in research in the medical-hospital-pharmaceutical arena.

The State offers over 3,000 health establishments and almost 22,000 hospital beds, with the expertise of cutting edge health providers (public and private) and renowned research institutions, broad professional knowledge as well as highly innovative industrial establishments in the electric-electronic, medical-hospital, and information technology sectors.

Pernambuco’s heavyweight public institutions in technology research and development reinforce our vocation for and pioneering in health at world-class levels. The Pernambuco State Pharmaceutical Laboratory (Lafepe) maintains partnerships with Cuba, Holland, Africa and Peru, and the Aggeu Magalhães Research Center collaborates with Health and Environment for the World Health Organization (WHO).

Main Private Hospitals in Recife

• Esperança Hospital
• Portuguese Hospital
• São José Memorial Hospital
• Santa Joana Hospital
• Unimed Recife Hospital

Main Public Hospitals in Recife

• Agamenon Magalhães Hospital
• Hospital das Clínicas
• Oswaldo Cruz Hospital
• Restauração Hospital

Telecommunications

All telecommunication services are offered by two private companies: Oi and Embratel. There are over 850,000 land lines installed, permitting all municipalities in Pernambuco (1,417 localities) to use land lines, Direct Long Distance Dialing (DDD) and Direct International Dialing (DDI).

Source: Anatel, March, 2010

Mobile telephone services are offered by: Oi (Telemar – Brazil), TIM (Telecom Itália), Claro (América Móvil – México) and Vivo (Telefonica/ Portugal Telecom – Portugal) with Nextel offering radio communication. There are currently 7,9 million active mobile lines, representing a saturation of 89.8% (source: Teleco, March 2010).

Around 72% of homes have land line telephone and 16% have a computer with 11.9% internet coverage. Pernambuco receives transmission signals from eight television channels, is covered by around 80 AM/FM radio stations and three high circulation newspapers in the capital alone. (source: PNAD/IBGE, 2008).

Two private companies offer broadband cable internet: GVT (in the meantime serving Recife and Jaboatão dos Guararapes) and Oi. Wireless, high speed internet is provided by Claro, Oi, Tim and Vivo.

An integrated network for access by governmental organs is offered by Rede PE-Multidigital, which integrates data, voice and video conferencing in speeds varying from 256Kbps to 100Mbps.

PE-Multidigital is an integrated telecommunication and information technology solution, constructed from a backbone of telecommunications, maintaining a main access point (Recife) and access points distributed in strategic locations throughout state territory. The resources and operational services are provided by Consórcio 31 Multidigital PE, made up of Oi (technology access) and Siemens (infrastructure).

Ports

There are two large ports in Pernambuco:

Port of Recife

Port of Recife handles a yearly average of 2.2 million tons of cargo, including sugar, wheat, corn, barley malt, fertilizers, clinker and carbonated soda. The port is located near the main centers of consumption and it serves almost all of the states in the Brazilian Northeast. It has a 2,960 meter-long moveable quay with 16-ships docking capacity, a covered area of 48,500 m² for storage and a 1,000 m² uncovered patio, as well as a cruise-ship passengers terminal.

Suape Port

Suape, a 15,000-hectare Port Zone just 35 km from Recife, moves over 5 million tons of cargo annually and boast external and internal ports with multi-purpose quays, a containers terminal, and a liquid bulk terminal connecting to 160 ports in all continents.

Suape has the potential to become the country’s main port. In a recent study, the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) singled out Suape as the best public port in Brazil.

Companies operating in the Industrial Port Complex of Suape enjoy a well-developed infrastructure, including internal roads and train lines, water supply, electric energy, telecommunications and natural gas throughout the complex.

Major shipping lines operating in Suape

• MERCOSUL LINE - http://www.mercosul-line.com.br
• EVERGREEN - http://www.evergreen-line.com
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Airports

International Airport Gilberto Freyre (in Recife)

Located just a few minutes away from the main hotels, shopping centers and tourist attractions of Recife’s Metropolitan area, Gilberto Freyre International Airport is one of the country’s most modern airports, equipped with the longest runway in the Northeast (3,300 meters). This extension permits the operation of large aircraft such as the Boeing 747-400, capable of carrying 290 passengers and a 62 ton cargo load with a flight autonomy which covers all of Central and South America, Africa as well as parts of Europe, The United States and Canada.

Senator Nilo Coelho International Airport (in Petrolina) (link to the webpage)

Senator Nilo Coelho International Airport has the second longest runway in the Northeast and is the largest airport outside of a state capital in Brazil. This industrial airport is linked to the development of the Sao Francisco Valley, the biggest fruit-exporting center in Brazil and an important wine-producing region. Ready to welcome large aircraft, like the Boeing 747-400, capable of transporting 110 tons of products in its cargo version, the terminal can also receive perishable goods.

Fernando de Noronha Airport (link to the webpage)

The Fernando de Noronha Airport has a runway 1,845 meters long by 45 meters wide. The maneuvering patio has the capacity to handle four Boeing-type aircrafts and four light aircrafts.

The 683m² Passenger Terminal handles 3,100 passengers per month, is currently undergoing expansion to 1,794m², and offers:

• Hall, with food court, shops, tourist information desk, bank kiosks, pharmacy, taxis rank, newsstand and souvenirs;
• Check-in and check-out counters;
• 386m² Disembarkation and Migration Control Area;
• 200m² Embarkation area;
• Airport administration, Federal and Civil Police offices; and
• Airline offices.

The airport will be equipped with firefighting equipment, audio, CCTV, voice network and signposting.

Aerodromes

According to information from the National Agency of Civil Aviation (ANAC), there are also 11 public aerodromes and 11 private aerodromes able to receive light aircraft located in cities throughout Pernambuco.

Surface Transportation

The surface of the State is crossed, from northeast to the south, by 17 federal system highways, such as BR 232 and BR 116, which connect Pernambuco to other states in the Northeast. In total, 41,657 km of highways connect Recife, the state’s capital, to other state cities and the rest of the country.

The State railway is operated by TransNordestina Logistíca and is 1,009 km in extension. The construction of the Trans Northeastern Railway is underway, a world class project which will link the ports of Pecém (Ceará) and Suape to the municipality of Eliseu Martins (Piauí).

Passenger rail transportation in Recife is offered by the Brazilian Urban Trains Company (CBTU). The system has an extension of 53 km with 27 stations, serving 5 municipalities. Using the Integrated Structural System (SEI) of public transport in the Metropolitan Region of Recife, passengers pay just one fare for combined bus and Metro trips, benefitting the labor force and relieving employers of the cost of fares.

The São Francisco River has a short navigable stretch in Pernambuco, which is planned to become Petrolina/Juazeiro’s intermodal road/rail/waterway terminal.