Overview

• Trenes Argentinos Cargas received the final 90 narrow-gauge grain wagons at the Port of Buenos Aires, completing the 180-unit order.
• TAC plans to deploy four 45-wagon trains on the Belgrano line in the coming weeks, paired with locomotives fully overhauled in Córdoba.
• Each hopper carries 55 tonnes net, adding roughly 400,000 tonnes of annual capacity for grain movements to the Gran Rosario ports.
• The wagons were supplied by CMEC through national and international tender 20-2023, with US$22 million in advance freight payments from Cofco, Viterra and ACA helping finance the deal.
• Ciara-CEC’s Gustavo Idígoras says producers still hold sizable stocks and argues conditions exist for an additional US$10 billion in export liquidations by year-end.