UPM finds operator for rail line in Uruguay
Finnish forest industry company UPM has awarded a consortium of Christophersen Group, Cointer Concesiones (Grupo Azvi) and Deutsche Bahn International Operations with the management of a 273 km railfreight line in Uruguay.
The contract, which has been signed over a period of 25 years, covers not only operations, but also the design and maintenance of tailor-made special freight wagons and locomotives that meet the latest environmental standards.
Each year, the freight rail line will transport over two million t of pulp from a UPM pulp mill in central Uruguay to the port in the capital Montevideo. The rail operator contract is part of a major growth project that comprises a construction of a new state-of-the-art pulp mill and related infrastructure development in Uruguay. (ben)