The authorities of the state company assured that it would improve distribution nationwide and lower prices.
The National Administration of Fuels, Alcohol and Portland (Ancap) hopes to be able to transport fuel from The Tile to your plants Peach and Paysandu based on the agreement signed with the State Railway Administration (AFE), which will allow it to improve its logistics and, in the best of cases, lower its costs, based on the use of the Central Railway.
At the beginning of this month, the state company had already advanced the possibility of transporting fuel through the Central Railway, although they had not provided too many details. The vice president of the oil company Diego Durand announced to the specialized media, Surtidores, that the objective is to distribute the fuel from the Paysandu and Peach.
“The company began a series of meetings with the management team of Ancapwith the Minister of Transportation and Public Works, José Luis Falero and your address Central Railwayin order to unite the plant The Tile with the rest of the fuel plants,” said the leader.
More details of the ambitious plan
It is expected that the works necessary to join the two plants with The Tile can be completed next year, in the case of the connection with Durazno and in 2027 the one that refers to Paysandu. Regarding the plant Peach, The vice president of Ancap explained that “work is being done to unite it with the Central Railway, which will require some minor interventions in road infrastructure.”
If achieved, this would allow the transportation of 380,000 tons per year of fuel and 390,000 tons per year of cement and limestone. However, he also recalled that the agreement signed with AFE It will also allow you to transport sugar or any other cargo of interest to Ancap.
In this way, the train would decompress traffic on Route 5 and allow the company to have multimodal transportation. “We already have road and river transportation, subtracting the railway, especially thinking about the use of storage tanks located in the plant. Peach that we plan to use,” he explained.
Although the company authorities were cautious regarding the specific impact that the use of the train could have on costs, they assured that this modality will parametrically affect the costs of fuel distribution.
Source: Ambito
