After the recent derailment of a freight train bound for Holguín, which occurred on Saturday night in Las Tunas, strategies are implemented between the Collection companies of both provinces so that the transfer continues without inconvenience, quickly, and safely.

Las Tunas, Cuba.- Eduardo Pérez Pino, director of the Collection Company in the neighboring territory, said exclusively for 26 that since they knew about the event they moved here and, in conjunction with the authorities of the Party and the Government, besides the involved agricultural entities, promptly and accurately proceeded to re-shipping the product.

The train was carrying "the third shipment to Holguín through the railways, to complete the 1,433 tons that cover the demand of that province’s population, at a rate of three pounds per capita," Pérez Pino reported.

“The batch included 14 boxes with 593 tons. At the time of the accident, the train was divided into two and seven boxes were not affected, which continued their journey; while the cargo of the rest, located behind the interrupted via, will be transported by road,” the manager explained.

No losses are reported in the merchandise; and work is being done uninterruptedly so that the potato is, as soon as possible, at its intended destination and is sold to the Holguín people.

Up to now, three boxes have already been unloaded, and those lots are about to resume their travel; meanwhile, "specialized brigades are working in the other four because they were left in difficult positions," he added.

Once the unloading is finished, the repair actions on the 50 meters damaged railway will take around five hours; the territory has all the necessary resources.

The derailment did not report human losses or damage to the neighboring homes. Reynaldo Alfonso Montero, deputy director of Railways in Las Tunas, declared that the splitting of a cracked rail into two parts would be the preliminary cause of the accident.

Workers from the east-central and eastern divisions of the Railways Union, together with entities attached to the Ministry of Agriculture, will work tirelessly to restore, as quickly as possible, the technical parameters that allow circulation again on the country’s most important “iron road.”