He Port of Montevideo broke its record again of container movement, reaching 1,120,000 Teus during 2023, something that had already been anticipated by the president of the National Ports Administration (ANP), Juan Curbelo.
In this way, the port terminal exceeded the 1,080,000 TEUs (units equivalent to twenty feet) that had been mobilized in 2022, in an improvement that was driven by the containerized cargo that arrives in the country through the waterway, but also for the merchandise coming from Brazil, Paraguay and the south of Argentina, In addition to the million-dollar investment in infrastructure in the Cuenca del Plata Terminal, specialized in containers.
The move had been anticipated at the end of October, when the ANP reported that 909,869 Teu had been registered, compared to 880,413 in the same period of 2022 and 809,010 in 2021.
In that opportunity, Curbelo had anticipated that the good services of the local port community, in addition to the investments in the sector and the collapses that occurred in Brazil, They were axes that favored this process.
Millionaire investment to make the Port of Montevideo a regional hub
He Port of Montevideo seeks to become a regional hub and attract cargo from other countries in the coming years, with a million-dollar investment to carry out works that allow entry to Uruguay of larger ships.
After the record mark, the main objective is to move three million containers per year, within the framework of tasks that include a new dock and the expansion of the container beach.
Curbelo described it as “historic” and highlighted in dialogue with Efe that “the work that began a few months ago and will end in 2025, definitively positioning the Port of Montevideo like that reference port in the Silver river and as one of the most developed of South America”.
Within the framework of this strategy, the leader stated that “to obtain the region’s cargo we have to have the best infrastructure, the best companies, be efficient, be competitive and have the greatest productivity”.
“The equation is very simple: the ships leave more loaded, they leave with a greater number of containers and that is why our production and our exports can go out to compete in the world in a more profitable way and in better conditions,” he indicated. Curbelo, which in turn highlighted the importance of developing green and smart ports.
The keys to the works in the port
In it Port of Montevideo the project of the Central Railway, whose main objective is the transportation of cellulose from the new plant UPM 2 for export.
In turn, a Uruguayan delegation made up of authorities from the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works (MTOP) and ANP They offered Brazilian industrialists from Fiergs-RS the port for exports.
Finally, the project Dry Port of Rivera, which has 25 hectares very close to the Port of Montevideo, will allow the development of a customs port facility that will be very important to capture cargo from the north of the region, and in particular from the south of Brazil.
Source: Ambito
