The president of the ANP, Juan Curbelo, explained that there was a substantial increase in the movement of goods in 2023.
He president of the National Ports Administration (ANP), Juan Curbeloassured that the Port of Nueva Palmira (Colony) plans to mobilize some 3 million tons of iron ore during 2024, and celebrated that last year there was a “substantial” increase in the movement of goods.
The leader explained to the press that in 2023, 350,000 tons of iron ore were mobilized, and that starting this year they will be mobilized from an area assigned to the ANP, near the Port of Nueva Palmira and the Port of Fray Bentos (Río Negro)the 3 million tons of iron ore from Brazil.
“For us it is very good news that it continues to be used and perceived by Uruguay as that country of services, as that port country,” said the head of the ANP. “It is the priority objective that we have to capture different types of cargo from the region,” he explained.
Curbelo stated that shipments of iron ore from the area assigned to the ANP will bring to the State “a significant amount that will impact the fiscal year 2024 and all the income that the ANP has”, many of which are reinvested in new works in the Uruguayan ports.
The Port of Nueva Palmira was able to overcome the drought
Despite the agricultural emergency due to water deficit that lasted throughout 2023 and had a very negative impact on the entire national countryside, and on the production and marketing of grains, Curbelo He stressed that the port terminal was able to overcome the difficulties.
“The Port of Nueva Palmira has had a very good year in 2023, beyond the drought situation that affected the movement of grains, but we had a lot of fertilizer activity (liquid and solid).”
Source: Ambito
