Yuma, Ariz.-The Gowan Group has announced that affiliate Cortez Transfert (CT), will begin construction of a 40,000 mt dry and 20,000 mt liquid fertilizer terminal in Sonora, Mexico, this month. The terminal, located at the deepwater Port of Guaymas, will be ready to receive UAN solution during the third quarter of 2009, while the dry terminal construction will be completed the second half of 2010. Gowan says the liquid terminal will be the first in Mexico. CT will be the owner and operator of the terminal, which will be operated as a public facility. J-co Fertilizer is the wholesale marketing arm. Both companies are new and are affiliates of Gowan. In addition to the terminal storage capacity, CT has dry and liquid storage in the Mexicali Valley to allow for quick deliveries to Northwest Sonora, Baja California, Arizona, and Southern California. CT is still studying the possibility of adding more regional storage in northwestern Mexico and the southwestern U.S. “The ideal location of the terminal, strategically placed warehouses, and ability to provide customers with timely deliveries of both liquid and dry product will allow CT to quickly become a valuable partner to importers and retailers in northwest Mexico and southwest U.S.,” said Antonino Espinoza, general manager of the wholesale fertilizer group. Gowan is a family-owned group of companies committed to the development and stability of plant protection. The Group is comprised of over twenty entities, with sales in nearly seventy countries worldwide. For more information, see www.gowanco.com.
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