The minister of Transportation and Public Works (MTOP) José Luis Falero He highlighted the ongoing works of the portfolio, as well as the collaboration between the public and private sectors to improve competitiveness, reduce production costs and shorten transportation distances. In that sense, during his speech at the networking event “Meeting of protagonists”, organized by the consulting firm Todo Logística, he announced that the government works in a freight train between Chamberlain and Salto as an alternative means of transport for goods from Paraguay and other countries in the region.
For Falero, the concept of “country in progress” is the one that best describes the management of the MTOP during the current period, where improvements for the mobilization of both people and production and merchandise have been a central axis. In this regard, he particularly mentioned the beginning of dredging in the Port of Montevideo and improvement plans for port infrastructure. He also highlighted the importance of multimodal transport, the strengthening of rail transport and investment in the road network to promote a efficient logistics system.
On this last point, the head of the MTOP He announced that private operators have expressed “strong interest” in using the train to transport cargo between Chamberlain and Leap. In this regard, he said that options are being analyzed to expand the network between those locations. The decision is expressed in the vision of businessmen in the northeast region of the country to be able to use rail transportation, in addition to river and road transportation, for merchandise from Paraguay and other countries in the region.
Falero also reported that the MTOP is working in a financial tool that allows the sections to be carried out Chamberlain-Three Trees and Queguay-Salto. In that sense, he announced that the portfolio should study whether it is advisable to expand tenders already carried out or call for a new one. Thus, the future government “will be able to continue the construction process of civil works in other railway networks, beyond the Central Railway, express.
Furthermore, he indicated that in the orbit of the Railway Corporation of Uruguay contracts are being analyzed with Ancap and some private companies interested in using the railway network through the operator Railway Logistics Services SA. The wording has already been prepared and the contract is practically defined, he said. With this, the state oil company would use the Central Railway to transport Portland and fuel through a connection Peach-Paysandú.
For his part, the engineer Luis Ceiter, portfolio advisor, analyzed the new reality of what he called “railway system revolution”, its challenges and its relationship with the port system. He noted that the railway is designed to move 4 million tonnes, compared to 400,000 tonnes annually previously. He also mentioned the need to rehabilitate the rest of the railway lines, make traffic control systems compatible, train personnel and address passenger transportation.
Multi-sector meeting on logistics
The activity in which the Minister of Transportation participated, together with the president of Ancap, Alejandro Stipanicic, and that of the National Port Administration, Juan Curbelo, among other hierarchs; It was called “Meeting of protagonists” organized by the consulting firm Todo Logística.
Your manager, the engineer Mario Alonso, said to Ambit that “the idea is that in something as specialized as ports, transportation and logistics for foreign trade, there is an area each year for the people who make decisions in that sector to meet.”
Stipanicic logistics.jpeg
Alonso mentioned that, of the attendees, “a large percentage are company owners, CEOs and managers.” “The great advantage is that opportunities arise for strategic alliances and new businesses that end up spilling over the entire group,” he added about the event. of networking.
Asked about the status of logistics sector In the country, the specialist defined it as “five stars.” “Today the president of Ancap himself pointed out that he had just come from Europe, of Rotterdam specifically, and says ‘they perceive us as a power precisely because of everything we have been doing well’. He highlights it: the commitment to public investments, a thriving private sector, a State that is capable of creating infrastructure to develop, for example, transportation, which is key,” Alonso noted.
“We have a huge group of highly qualified companies, with a very prepared vocation for service and that demonstrate in reality logistical solutions for clients, for those we call the owners of the cargo, that are really efficient,” he added.
Along these lines, the organizer of the event mentioned the work of the Central Railway as key. “He always proved to be a much more efficient transportation that the truck, therefore, has its place and plays. Since 2018 we have not had it, now the railways are beginning to circulate and from a load of 400,000 tons, we are moving to a network that now allows 4 million tons,” concluded the expert.
Source: Ambito
