The new cargo transport that will unite Montevideo and Centennial Town as a transit alternative for the mobilization of products in Uruguay, will arrive this Tuesday for the first time Port of Montevideo with the first load of cellulose from UPM.
30 years have passed since a train has not entered the Port of Montevideo, so this act has historical characteristics. On the other hand, the fact that it is the first time that a load of cellulose from the pulp mill arrives at the port terminal is also new. Los Toros Pass.
As reported by the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works (MTOP)a 13-car locomotive is expected to arrive at the port carrying a total of 832 tons of pulp from the plant of the UPM of Paso de los Toros.
The number three will leave the plant at six in the morning, according to El País, and it is expected that at 5:45 p.m. the locomotive will make a stop in the Capurro neighborhood area where several authorities will be waiting for it. Among them will be the authorities of the National Port Administration (ANP), like the president, Juan Curbelothe vice president, Daniel Loureiro, as well as the leader of the MTOP, José Luis Falero and the undersecretary, Juan José Olaizola.
At approximately 6:15 p.m., Minister Falero will depart the locomotive that would arrive at 7:00 p.m. Port of Montevideo and 10 minutes later I would be entering the terminal UPM. Then, the cargo would be transferred to the corresponding vessel.
The investment of the Central Railway
The work of Central Railway include an investment of 40 million dollars to build 273 kilometers of railways between the Port of Montevideo and Bull Pass, facilitating the circulation of freight trains at 80 kilometers per hour and 22.5 tons per axle.
The project was developed under European standards, which allowed the development and application of advanced technologies in Uruguay. Among them is the signaling safety system according to the latest European standards, the implementation of concrete sleepers and the use of welded rails.
The doors that open
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.
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.
Source: Ambito
