It is reported that the state of Amazonas has awarded a BRL•46 billion contract to build a 20 kilometers long straddle monorail in the city of Manaus to a consortium of Scomi, CR Almeida, Mendes Junior and Serveng Civilsan.

The line from Largo da Matriz to Jorge Teixeira will have nine stations and a capacity of 35,000 passengers per hour in each direction. Completion is scheduled within 40 months.

Announcing the contract award on August 5th 2011, Scomi said its BRL 342 million share of the contract includes the supply of 10 six car SUTRA train sets and depot equipment as well as beam design, system integration and project management services.

Scomi is also part of the Monotrilho Integração consortium which signed the contract for the Line 17 monorail in São Paulo on July 30th 2011.

Mr Shah Hakim Zain CEO of Scomi said that "2011 has been a great year for Scomi as we reach yet another milestone with this second monorail project in Brazil. The latest contract will further strengthen Scomi's position in bidding for four further projects to be tendered in the next 12 months. Our partners in Brazil are the two largest infrastructure companies in South America and we intend to harness this alliance to further our market presence."

(Sourced from www.railwaygazette.com)