The minister of Industry, Energy and Mining, Omar Paganini, He assured that “the impact was felt” of the strike Ancap Federation (Fancap), which generated a fuel shortage during yesterday and part of Sunday, within the framework of the long weekend.
Paganini questioned that the strike that decided Fancap last Thursday was carried out “without any prediction of when it would end”, after which he admitted that “in some areas of the country there was a shortage of fuel, mainly on Sunday night and during the day on Monday”, although it is beginning to normalize due to these hours.
During the launch of Antel Open Digital Lab at the Telecommunications Tower, an event in which he was present Ambit, The boss maintained that the strike “started an hour after they had started shipping and that made the truckers understandably say that they can’t work like that.”
About the strike fancap, the holder of the MIEM He was inclined for “the dialogue to move forward and this type of thing to end,” in reference to the forceful measures. At the same time, he clarified that the government has not yet calculated the impact generated by this latest strike.
It is worth remembering that more than 50% of service stations were left without at least one of the two products, be it gasoline or diesel, according to data from the Union of Nafta Sellers of Uruguay (Unvenu).
The president of Unvenu, Daniel Añón, shared the look of Paganini and explained that “there was no distribution of fuel except for what came out in 1 hour and a half, which will be 10% of the sale.
Paganini raised the importance of reactivating the La Teja refinery soon
When asked about the maintenance stop at the La Teja refinery, Paganini proposed “achieving an agreement that will allow us to clear up the problems and get off to a quick start” and warned that it “has to be as short as possible so that the cost is over Ancap and all citizens be the minimum.”
At that point, he recalled that today the state company “is importing fuel refined and resells it, then you can’t make money from it.” Furthermore, this situation is reflected in the impossibility of absorbing increases in Import Parity Prices (PPI), which is reflected in the increases in the naphtha, he gasoil and the supergas.
Finally, the minister highlighted the inauguration of the Antel Open Digital Lab, a national and open initiative, specialized in the validation and adoption of emerging technologies, particularly in the field of 5G.
“We can be at the forefront of intelligent logistics with this environment where everyone can develop their logistics ventures. Artificial intelligence, technology and innovation. Uruguay “It has to be up to par,” he said. Paganini.
Source: Ambito
