The Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec (FIT) reported that on June 30, it transported, for the first time, Grupo Maseca products from the port of Salina Cruz, in Oaxaca, to Chinameca, Veracruz.
The route was 269 kilometers with an estimated time of 10 hours. This operation consists of three trips on the railway’s Z Line, each with three locomotives and 45 new bulk hoppers, owned by the FIT, with a capacity of 100 tons of corn grain each.
“Together, a total of 13,500 tons of national white corn from producers in the state of Sinaloa will be transported. Said cargo arrived in Topolobampo, Sinaloa, aboard the Mar de Cortés ship, which arrived at the Administration of the National Port System (Asipona) of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, on June 24,” he said.
It should be noted that the first trip left on June 30 in the morning from Asipona Salina Cruz and arrived around 6:00 p.m. at the Chinameca bulk plant, Veracruz, owned by Grupo Maseca, which is operated and managed by the Company. Nacional Almacenadora (CONALSA), subsidiary company.
This operation, said the FIT, was carried out due to the rehabilitation of the railway track that already includes complete access of the train system to the Salina Cruz port area for its loading and unloading of products and the strengthening of the equipment. of the railway.
He highlighted the safety and punctuality in the handling of large volumes of merchandise through the availability of a scheduled service, added to the presence of the Secretary of the Navy, through the Mexican Navy.
“The return of cargo transport from the Isthmus Railway with the government tracks of Mexico, locomotives and hoppers of the FIT and the connection of the train in the port area, promotes the industrial and technological development of our country,” he assured.
The FIT is part of the priority project of the Government of Mexico, the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (CIIT) , which aims to implement a logistics platform interconnected by more than 1,200 kilometers of railways, and ports with a strategic location: Salina Cruz, Oaxaca; Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz; Puerto Chiapas, Chiapas and Dos Bocas, Tabasco.
In addition to the transportation services of the logistics platform, the Development Poles will be installed, which will be spaces for the attraction and installation of industries linked to the electrical and electronic industries, semiconductors, automotive, auto parts and transportation equipment, agribusiness, medical devices , pharmaceutical, petrochemical, among others.
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