Starts the passage of fuel by rail at Baja California

For the first time in its history, a cargo of fuel was imported from the United States to Tijuana via the city's railway, which will generate savings of 35% on transportation costs for this type of fuel. products. General Manager of Baja California Railroad (BJRR), Roberto Romandía Tamayo.

He added that this decrease in costs will be reflected, in the medium term, in the final consumer price of the region.

"This is one of the advances that have been made with energy reform, there is still much to be done, there are many uncertainties in the Regulatory Commission of the year. Energy (CRE) on the laws of the game, but it is the principle and we see it very well 75 years without such a reform, we will not be able to see it crystallize in such a short time ", did he declare.

Regarding the first cargo of imported fuel, he explained that it exceeded 300,000 gallons of diesel in 10 tankers of a capacity of between 30 and 32 gallons in Texas and intended for the municipalities of Baja California.

The product will be distributed locally, he added, although he did not disclose, for reasons of confidentiality, the buyers.

"We have decided to start with diesel because we do not see the necessary clarity with the essence of the development of the reform are taxes," he said.

Consumer Prices
Given the impact that it could have on the final prices of gasoline, Romandía Tamayo explained that it will depend on the brands because it does not have any effect on the prices of the gasoline. There is no fixed price However, transportation and taxes are the main items that influence the price and potential savings could serve as a solution to the high prices recorded in the state.

The company believes that these passages are made once every 15 days and that at the end of July, they can start importing gasoline, which is the main need for citizenship.

The director pointed out that the storage is less than 5 days when the minimum for a state is one month.

In addition, he added, these crossings will benefit collaterally from the environment since each tanker is equivalent to four tractors. that does not pollute at level crossings or roads.

In Tecate will be the storage facility

The next project of BJRR will be the construction of a storage facility in Tecate with a capacity of 63 million liters and it would start later this year, revealed the director of the company.

"The company will be the storage center, currently the only part we supply is Rosarito and it only has 30% of the storage capacity, but it's almost nothing for the needs that we have in our state, that's why it is so necessary to build different storage centers to lower the cost and I insist, to give the spirit of constitutional reform ", has said Roberto Romandía Tamayo.

He did not specify where the next storage facility could be, but he said that solutions were under way to generate competitive fuel prices at the border.