The novelty was announced through a statement from the Chamber of Commercial Ports in which they stressed having reached aenence with the Argentine Industrial Unionthe Bag Rosario’s trade, Ciara – CEC and Chamber of Port and Maritime Activities.
In the proposal presented to the authorities at the technical table held in Zárate, They raised Maintain the current sections schemebut establishing a maximum of draft and load capacity of passenger and merchandise transport shipsin a consensus formula among the different private users of the hydrovy.
To enhance the export capacity of Argentina, they also asked the National Agency “To shorten as much as possible the work period required to reach the initial 40 feet in the next bidding sheet, always considering the required environmental impact studies.”
In addition, they requested that the toll costs “be publicly available, in order to make visible the benefits and costs of the continent load in the operation in the trunk navigable route.”
Hydrovia rate agreement
Hydrovy users on the agreement: “It will allow promoting development”
“The agreement reached will allow to promote the development of the entire route, in an integral framework that considers the different realities and logistical needs, the result of an open and sincere dialogue among the users of the Hydrovia, that expressed their eyes and worked together to find a favorable resolution to the differences raised, “they said from the CPPC.
The entities that signed the agreement highlighted the importance of the technical tables coordinated by the National Ports and Navigation Agency and assured that “It generated a key institutional framework to channel the concerns of all sectors interested in a more efficient, modern and sustainable hydrovy, particularly on economic, control and environmental aspects.”
The entities that nucleate the users of the hydrovy reaffirmed “The value of the dialogue achieved” At the technical tables convened by the authorities and qualified it as “essential element to achieve a future efficient, predictable concession and at the service of Argentine production.”
The Hydrovia tender advances
Also, as reported Scope In June, the new tender of the Paraná-Paraguay Hydrovia Advance at a firm step. According to Official sources working in the specificationsthe process will conclude with the publication of the technical documentation towards October or Novemberwith the intention of awarding the contract in the first half of 2026.
The river corridor, which covers more than 1,200 kilometers from confluence to the Atlantic Oceanis Key for export competitiveness: approximately circulates 80% of exports of grains, flours and oilswhich represents near U $ 28,000 million annually in agroindustrial foreign trade.
Last month, in Paraná, the third meeting of the interdisciplinary tables that define the future of the hydrovy was held. Officials, experts and strategic actors participated in Entre Ríos of the third debate for the future of the Navigable trunk (VNT) viaon a day organized by the National Ports and Navigation Agency (ANPYN) next to the provincial government.
Source: Ambito
