so it was decided that the company needed to build additional installations in the neighboring caju island.

large and well-equipped, this terminal was recently chosen to build the mexilhão oil rig, the largest ever produced in brazilian soil.

caju also contains installations belonging to the codepe, the 'centro de desenvolvimento da pesca', or 'center for the development of fishing'.

furthermore, this island is close and has direct access to, through the niterói- rio bridge, the neighborhood of santana, to the south, and the mocanguê island, to the northwest.