RAS Group confirmed that it has already signed three contracts to use the railway to transport wood, containers and liquid bulk.
He Central Railway will receive an approximate total of 40 million dollars from the company RAS Group which intends to carry out a railway project with the objective of transporting wood, containers and liquid bulk, the latter coinciding with the project of a liquid bulk terminal that the group intends to install in the Port of Montevideo.
Meanwhile in Uruguay, RAS Group has managed to develop a successful logistics ecosystem, the company has a presence in 11 countries throughout the world with more than 800 employees. Regarding the project, they announced that it will involve the purchase of 7 locomotives, of which three would initially arrive in the country. On the other hand, they assured that they are acquiring equipment capable of supporting more than 18 tons per axle.
So far, 3 contracts have been signed for the transportation of wood, containers and liquid bulk. With a total investment of almost 40 million dollars – 25 million dollars in the first phase and 15 in the second – the company stressed that the investments were not only in machinery.
“You have to understand that when talking about the railway business, it is not only the rolling stock. In order to carry out the service, infrastructure in terminals and very important civil infrastructure is required,” the economist and corporate director of the RAS group told Radio Carve. Fabricio Diaz.
The director assured that, initially, between 30 and 40 direct jobs of specialized labor would be generated. However, he announced that indirect jobs will be even more and would amount to a total of almost 200 jobs.
The other investment of the RAS Group
The fact that the company’s machinery transports liquid bulk is not a coincidence, but is related to the project presented by the group to build a liquid bulk terminal in the Port of Montevideo. At the beginning of this month, the National Ports Administration (ANP) called for bids for the construction of a terminal specialized in liquid bulk, which has the objective of providing the necessary infrastructure to promote the business of fuels based in renewable energy, especially the green hydrogen.
Advancement in the million-dollar business green hydrogen will require the development of adequate infrastructure. From there, from the ANP will launch a tender that will begin on April 4 for all private applicants who want to participate in the initiative, for which several bidders are expected.
The initiative was also presented by the Ras Group, who presented the project for the construction of this terminal. He also has a plan to develop a green fuels refinery in the department of Cannelloni. From ANP, They assured that the group will have a certain advantage over the bidders since it was responsible for presenting the initiative.
Source: Ambito
