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5/5/2021
Watco yesterday announced the startup of a rail, storage and transloading facility near Refugio, Texas. BNSF Railway Co. and Union Pacific Railroad are serving the facility.
The 222-acre Refugio Transload Terminal is well positioned to support the growing Corpus Christi, Rockport and Sinton industrial areas for bulk products, chemicals, oil and gas, wind energy, agriculture and steel, Watco officials said in a press release.
The terminal features 650 existing rail-car spaces. Watco plans to expand the facility to accommodate more rail-car storage space or a storage-in-transit yard.
The terminal sports eight 2,000-ton concrete silos on site with state-of-the-art conveyer systems for handling bulk commodities, with the capability to transload materials from rail to silo to truck in any combination. The facility’s automatic truck transloading system can rapidly be filled from multiple lanes to maximize the terminal’s truck throughput.
“Watco’s experienced staff is ready to help our customers grow their business and provide competitive transportation options to the Texas market,” said Watco Vice President of Sales Maureen Conaway Solomon.