Francisco Fabila, president of the Mexican Railway Association (AMF), said that the sector is in favor of the bridges and not of the walls in North America, one of the most important commercial regions in the world.
The businessman added that Mexico, the United States and Canada “are more united than ever” through the load rail service.
Today the Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) was inaugurated, which is considered by Claudia Sheinbaum as a symbol of trade done every day between Mexico, the United States and Canada.
“As the president of Mexico, Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum, pointed out, this bridge is a symbol that, in Mexico, the railway sector is in favor of the bridges and not of the walls, in addition to that it is an economic symbol of growth and growth and Development, ”he said in the opening of the second railway bridge that connects Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, with Laredo, Texas.
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With the opening of the bridge, the Mexican Cargo Railroad once again demonstrates its commitment to Mexico and the growth of foreign trade in the most dynamic commercial region in the world, said the representative.
“The International Railway Bridge, dedicated to Patrick J. Ottensmeyer, joins the seven railway border crossings that connect to the railway -free rail service with the United States,” he recalled.
He said that the load railway is the only means of land transport that crosses without delays the border line with the United States, thanks to the unification of operational and safety parameters with North America.
The bridge expands the railway operational capacity on this border, where 28 daily trains cross on average.
The bridge investment represented 100 million dollars and adds to the amount invested by railway companies over more than two decades of service.
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The opening event participated border, state and municipal authorities and Keith Creel, president and CEO of CPKC.
“Today the Mexican rail concessionaires have direct services that connect Mexico with the main consumption centers in the United States and Canada,” said Francisco Fabila.
Throughout the seven terrestrial borders in Baja California, Sonora, Coahuila, Chihuahua and Tamaulipas cross on average 61 trains per day, which represents almost half a million tons of load a day.
In the Railway Agenda of Border Infrastructure Extension, there is also the reopening of a new border crossing in Ojinaga, Chihuahua with Texas, as well as the joint work with authorities to simplify procedures and homologate processes that make trains crosses more efficient .
“The commitment to development of rail infrastructure as a development lever, is also revealed with the connection offered Central Mexico, ”he said.
Nuevo Laredo will receive a direct foreign investment of 364 million dollars, being the Canadian Pacific Kansas City The largest bridge in the border city, said Ninfa Cantú Deándar, Secretary of Economics of Tamaulipas.
The authorities indicated that Nuevo Laredo attracted an investment of 100 million dollars from Canadian Pacific Kansas City, which builds a new railway bridge, as well as a capital injection of 250 million dollars in the building of a plant for the manufacture of medical equipment of Medline, which was announced days ago.
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They added that the American company AMETEK invests 14 million dollars in the expansion of a manufacturing plant of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices, and that the MAVAL company allocates more than 2 million dollars in the expansion of a plant for remanufacturing of management systems Automotive assisted.
Tamaulipas occupies the first place in the railway cargo movement in Mexico, according to the Secretary of State Economy.
