Buenos Aires al Pacífico S.A.

Buenos Aires al Pacífico S. A. (abbreviated BAP) was an Argentine company that exploited the operation and infrastructure of the 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) San Martín Railway freight rail transport system.

Not to be confused with Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway.
Buenos Aires al Pacífico S.A.
TypePrivate S.A.
IndustryRail transport
PredecessorFerrocarriles Argentinos
Founded1993 in Mendoza, Argentina
FounderEnrique Pescarmona
Defunct2000 (2000)
SuccessorAmérica Latina Logística[1]
Headquarters
Mendoza
,
Argentina
Area served
West of Argentina
Key people
Enrique Pescarmona, owner
Production output
2,928,171 t (2,881,925 long tons; 3,227,756 short tons)[2] (2000)
ServicesRail freight transport
43,005 (2000[2])
OwnerIndustrias Metarlúgicas Pescarmona (IMPSA)

BAP operated 5,690 kilometres (3,540 mi) of 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) Indian gauge cargo in the provinces of Buenos Aires, San Juan, San Luis and Mendoza.

The San Martín Railway freight service is currently operated by Belgrano Cargas y Logística after the Government of Argentina rescinded the contract signed with América Latina Logística (ALL) in 2013.[3]

History
A train at a level crossing.

As part of the railway privatisation carried out during the presidency of Carlos Menem, BAP was granted a concession to operate the San Martín freight railway services that had been managed by defunct Ferrocarriles Argentinos since 1949.[4] The company was part of the consortium "Industrias Metalúrgicas Pescarmona" (IMPSA) that had been also granted the Urquiza Railway system to be operated by sister company "Ferrocarril Mesopotámico-Urquiza".[5]

During its first years of operation (1994) the company carried 2,439,729 tonnes (2,401,197 long tons; 2,689,341 short tons) of cargo.[2] Nevertheless, in 1998, Industrias Metarlúgicas Pescamona (IMPSA), owner of BAP and Ferrocarril Mesopotámico (that had been granted concession to operate passenger services), announced that they would retire from the rail transport, selling the 73,5% of BAP and the 70,5% of FM to Brazilian company Ferrovía Sul Atlántico (FSA).[6] Nevertheless, the Government of Argentina, owner of the entire railway network granted in concession, did not allow the operation due to the failure of IMPSA to comply with the terms and conditions of the contract of concession, with unpaid charges for over A$ 130 million.[7]

In 2000, the operation of San Martín Railway line was taken over by "ALL Central", a subdivision of Brazilian company América Latina Logística.[8][9]

References
  1. "Global Environment Fund". Archived from the original on 2016-12-25. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
  2. "Estadísticas del Transporte Ferroviario". CNRT (in Spanish). 2 June 2015. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015.
  3. "Resolución 469/2013 Ministerio del Interior y Transporte" (PDF). InfoJus. 5 Jun 2013.
  4. "Historia de los Ferrocarriles Argentinos". CNRT (in Spanish). La concesión del sistema ferroviario de Cargas. Archived from the original on 23 December 2011.
  5. Pontoni, Alberto (April 2005). "La crisis del ferrocarril". EcoLink (in Spanish).
  6. "Pescarmona se va de los trenes". Clarín (in Spanish). 21 August 1998.
  7. "Pescarmona no puede quitarse una carga de encima". Página/12 (in Spanish). 14 August 1998.
  8. "El Gobierno rescinde el contrato del Tren de la Costa y del Parque de la Costa". Apertura (in Spanish). 4 June 2013.
  9. "Polémica por una suba de tarifas en trenes de carga". Los Andes (in Spanish). 16 January 2001. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015.
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