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| parent = [[Mover Participações]]<ref>[https://prensaobrera.com/sindicales/que-camargo-correa-pague-la-crisis-de-ferrosur Que Camargo Correa pague la crisis de Ferrosur] by Jorge Hospital on ''Prensa Obrera'', 15 May 2020</ref>

| parent = [[Mover Participações]]<ref name=obrera>[https://prensaobrera.com/sindicales/que-camargo-correa-pague-la-crisis-de-ferrosur Que Camargo Correa pague la crisis de Ferrosur] by Jorge Hospital on ''Prensa Obrera'', 15 May 2020</ref><ref name=tantum>[https://medium.com/tantum/loma-negra-ferrosur-by-argentina-9ce227018cb7 Loma Negra-Ferrosur] on ''Tantum'', 27 May 2019</ref>

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Some of the products transported by Ferrosur Roca include salt, clincker, plaster, cement, lime, cereals, fertilizers, [[Metallurgical coal|coking coal]], iron scrap, petroleum and fuel oil, among other items. The company transported a total of 5,258,301 tonnes of freight in 2014.<ref name=BCR />

Some of the products transported by Ferrosur Roca include salt, clincker, plaster, cement, lime, cereals, fertilizers, [[Metallurgical coal|coking coal]], iron scrap, petroleum and fuel oil, among other items. The company transported a total of 5,258,301 tonnes of freight in 2014.<ref name=BCR />



The company, property of [[Mover Participações]] (formerly, ''Camargo Correa''),<ref>[http://pianobursatil.com.ar/detalle.php?a=camargo-correa-invertira-otros-u$s-50m-en-loma-negra-y-ferrosur-roca&t=4&d=5202 "Camargo Correa invertirá otros u$s 50M en Loma Negra y Ferrosur Roca"], Piano Bursátil</ref> is 80% owned by the Cofesur group, 16% State-owned, and 4% owned by employees of the company through Personal de Ferrosur S.A.

The company, property of [[Mover Participações]] (formerly, ''Camargo Correa''),<ref name=tantum/><ref>[http://pianobursatil.com.ar/detalle.php?a=camargo-correa-invertira-otros-u$s-50m-en-loma-negra-y-ferrosur-roca&t=4&d=5202 "Camargo Correa invertirá otros u$s 50M en Loma Negra y Ferrosur Roca"], Piano Bursátil</ref><ref name=obrera/> is 80% owned by the Cofesur group, 16% state-owned, and 4% owned by employees of the company through Personal de Ferrosur S.A.



== History ==

== History ==

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The company began its activities on March 12, 1993 over a {{convert|3342|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} rail network extending south and southwest from [[Buenos Aires]] through the provinces of [[Buenos Aires Province|Buenos Aires]], [[Rio Negro Province|Rio Negro]] and [[Neuquén Province|Neuquén]] and serving the ports of [[Bahía Blanca]], [[Quequén]] and [[San Antonio Oeste]]. The branch from Bahía Blanca to [[Zapala]] serves the commercially important Rio Negro fruit-growing region.

The company began its activities on March 12, 1993 over a {{convert|3342|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} rail network extending south and southwest from [[Buenos Aires]] through the provinces of [[Buenos Aires Province|Buenos Aires]], [[Rio Negro Province|Rio Negro]] and [[Neuquén Province|Neuquén]] and serving the ports of [[Bahía Blanca]], [[Quequén]] and [[San Antonio Oeste]]. The branch from Bahía Blanca to [[Zapala]] serves the commercially important Rio Negro fruit-growing region.



Ferrosur's fleet include 2,550 [[goods wagon|wagons]], 31 mainline [[diesel locomotive]]s and 15 [[Switcher|shunters]]<ref>[http://www.ferrosur.com.ar/parque-vagones.html "Parque Vagones / Tolva Minera"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220111957/http://www.ferrosur.com.ar/parque-vagones.html |date=2014-12-20 }} on Ferrosur website</ref> and its rail network has points of connection with other freight services operated by [[Ferroexpreso Pampeano]], [[Nuevo Central Argentino]] and [[América Latina Logística]].

Ferrosur's fleet include 2,550 [[goods wagon|wagons]], 31 mainline [[diesel locomotive]]s and 15 [[Switcher|shunters]]<ref>[http://www.ferrosur.com.ar/parque-vagones.html "Parque Vagones / Tolva Minera"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220111957/http://www.ferrosur.com.ar/parque-vagones.html |date=2014-12-20 }} on Ferrosur website</ref> and its rail network has points of connection with other freight services operated by [[Ferroexpreso Pampeano]], [[Nuevo Central Argentino]] and [[Rumo Logística]].


== See also ==

* [[Camargo Correa]]

* [[General Roca Railway]]

* [[Rail transport in Argentina]]



==References==

==References==


Latest revision as of 22:58, 23 June 2024

Ferrosur Roca S.A.
Company typeS.A.
IndustryTransport
Founded1993; 31 years ago (1993)inArgentina
Headquarters
Argentina

Area served

Buenos Aires
Río Negro
Neuquén

Production output

5,258,301 tonnes carried (2014)[1]
ServicesRail freight transport
ParentMover Participações[2][3]

Ferrosur Roca S.A. (FR) is a private company which operates freight services over part of the 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge that belongs to General Roca Railway.

Some of the products transported by Ferrosur Roca include salt, clincker, plaster, cement, lime, cereals, fertilizers, coking coal, iron scrap, petroleum and fuel oil, among other items. The company transported a total of 5,258,301 tonnes of freight in 2014.[1]

The company, property of Mover Participações (formerly, Camargo Correa),[3][4][2] is 80% owned by the Cofesur group, 16% state-owned, and 4% owned by employees of the company through Personal de Ferrosur S.A.

History[edit]

After all the Argentine rail network was privatised during Carlos Menem's administration in early 1990s, concession was granted to Ferrosur Roca to operate freight services in the center and south of Argentina running on Ferrocarril Roca tracks.

The company began its activities on March 12, 1993 over a 3,342 km (2,077 mi) rail network extending south and southwest from Buenos Aires through the provinces of Buenos Aires, Rio Negro and Neuquén and serving the ports of Bahía Blanca, Quequén and San Antonio Oeste. The branch from Bahía Blanca to Zapala serves the commercially important Rio Negro fruit-growing region.

Ferrosur's fleet include 2,550 wagons, 31 mainline diesel locomotives and 15 shunters[5] and its rail network has points of connection with other freight services operated by Ferroexpreso Pampeano, Nuevo Central Argentino and Rumo Logística.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 7,1% menos de carga transportada por ferrocarril en el 2014, Bolsa de Comercio de Rosario, 13 February 2015.
  • ^ a b Que Camargo Correa pague la crisis de Ferrosur by Jorge Hospital on Prensa Obrera, 15 May 2020
  • ^ a b Loma Negra-FerrosuronTantum, 27 May 2019
  • ^ "Camargo Correa invertirá otros u$s 50M en Loma Negra y Ferrosur Roca", Piano Bursátil
  • ^ "Parque Vagones / Tolva Minera" Archived 2014-12-20 at the Wayback Machine on Ferrosur website
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