The Belgrano Cargas begins to function as a normal train

July 15, 2018 – 00:00
The Ministry of Transport reported that the cargo transported from J.V. Gonzalez to the Port of Timbues had doubled.

The Ministry of Transport of the Nation reported that the renewal of Belgrano Cargas rails reduced the duration of Joaquín V. González's trip to Timbúes, Gran Rosario, 18 days, which was delayed in 2015 , at 8 days, this year. And by 2020, they hope to travel 1,180 kilometers in just two days, traveling at a normal speed for freight trains. The numbers are surprising, but the abandonment of the railways has produced these anomalies. Minister Guillermo Dietrich said that 514 km of roads have already been renovated and the rest is undergoing renovation. In addition, this year, 883,000 tonnes have already been transported, twice as much as in 2015, but a load of 1,600,000 tonnes will be exceeded in 2020.

Timbúes has a modern port , with great operational capacity, and in the city The world's largest soybean factory works

The development of the railway is strategic and will be very well exploited by Salta if the province makes the decision to work seriously to become a agro-industrial and export power. Gradually, the railway arrives. Investments take a long time, because the horizon is not clear

History

With 854 419 tonnes accumulated in the first half, the Belgrano Cargas transported the highest historical volume recorded that year. period. "We are conducting the largest recovery ever in our freight train, so production from the regional economies is slower and cheaper for the ports of Rosario for export – a fundamental contribution to development that aims to promote Belgrano plan of all the northern cities that grow by train hand, "Dietrich enthusiastically.

During the first half, the Belgrano, San Martín, Urquiza railways, operated by the state-owned company Trenes Argentinos Cargas, reached 1,990,433 tons, which is 73% more than the half-year from last year. "The company is transforming railway management into an operator of excellence, focusing on operations with greater load density, productivity and profitability, generating a new relationship model with customers and highlighting transparency in the process of Through the improvement of negotiations, a saving of 246.5 million pesos was made in the unloading of rolling stock and 4 million pesos a year in the purchase of fuel, "said The president of the company, Ezequiel, in a statement Lemos

A good sign

The reactivation railway goes hand in hand with the Belgrano plan for the development of the North.The project was conceived according to the economic and social needs of the province.The ups and downs of the economy have not favored, but they have not played in favor of the absence from an agribusiness program imitative energetic and safe, the key to investment.