ENCE:
EUFORES, M'BOPICUÁ LOGISTICS TERMINAL
Fray Bentos and its
surroundings have a large export and industrial tradition. Since the last
quarter of the 19th century, the region has got a world wide
reputation due to the quality of its tinned meat, being exported to all the
continents from a local port.
Taking into account the levels of exportations related to the forest
sector, and its potential growth in the future, the decision to build the
first private port in the country was made, besides the only wood-specialized
Logistics Terminal in the region, which has also excellent facilities for
general cargo.
After several years of studies and evaluations, Eufores acquired the
estate of Estancia M´Bopicua in 1997. M´Bopicua Logistics Terminal S.A., was
created in 1999, being Eufores the only shareholder nowadays. This setting
is located in a strategic area over Uruguay river, 12 km upstream Fray
Bentos city, over a secondary channel, at the 108th km of Uruguay
river, to the South of Isla Caballos and Ñandubayzal crossing. The state
extends 5 km across the coast and has close access to the national road
system.
M´Bopicua Logistics Terminal is a transportation complex consisting of a
port able to receive Panamax and Post Panamax ships, up to 10 m draught; a
road connecting to the national road system by 2 and 24 routes and to the
Argentinian road system through Fray Bentos- Puerto Unzue bridge. It will be
also linked to Uruguayan railway system, connected at the same time to the
Argentinian Mesopotamian railway one. This Teminal will lead to a port
complex Fray Bentos-M´Bopicua which will significantly improve the service
sector offer in the Uruguayan coast.
At this stage, the Terminal will have two operational centers closely
bound together. The first one will be a continuous wharf, in parallel with
the coast, 192 m long and 65 m in width being operative. It also has two
dikes in order to complete the mooring and untying procedures. The Terminal
will also hold a 32,000 square meter levelled area to gather round wood and
chips, and 7.5 has to gather cargo behind the wharf. This vast area will
allow trucks and cranes loading and unloading ships. There will also be a
specific area destined to the gathering before the shipment or after the
unloading in case of a general cargo.
It also includes a forest raw material conditioning center and a
logistics platform destined to other goods from the area agribusiness
sector.
The Industrial Estate, adjacent to Logistics Terminal, will have an
infrastructure of basic services that will attract the installation of a
variety of export industries.
M´Bopicua Logistics Terminal will have, at this first stage, a chipper
plant of 500,000 m3/year of cappacity, which is is due to start
functioning in the last quarter of the current year.
Source: www.ence.es
Ence will invest 600 million dollars (500 million Euros) in the new plant
of cellulose that Ence will construct in Uruguay. The factory has got
already all the environmental and urban development permissions. The
manufacture will be able to begin from next October in M'Bopicuá's
accession, close to the river Uruguay, as they reported both the president
of the society, Jose Luis Méndez, and his vice-president and managing
director, Juan Villena before the celebration of the shareholders' meeting.
