Gas Distributor to Set Up in Honduras

©image: Zeta Gas

Fredis Cerrato, Honduran Industry and Trade Secretary, reported to latribuna.hn that the company will operate throughout the country and that "it will start with a fleet of 100 trucks, creating 250 direct and 1,500 indirect jobs."

Source: latribuna.hn

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