He Port of Montevideo The number of container movements increased again in January 2024 compared to the same month in 2023, with an increase of 33%. This is the third consecutive year record from the main port terminal of Uruguay.
In line with its objective of continuing to position itself among the best ports in the region, the Port of Montevideo recorded a new record for cargo moved during the first month of the year, with an increase of 33% compared to January 2023.
In this regard, the president of the National Port Administration (ANP), Juan Curbeloalso pointed out that this is the third consecutive year – between 2021 and 2023 – that the capital port improves its container movement figures, according to what it told Subrayado.
These numbers, for the leader, support the port vision that the current administration has and the positioning that the port must have. Port of Montevideo for foreign trade not only nationally but also for the entire region.
In that sense, Curbelo maintained that the increase in January movement in the main Uruguayan port terminal was very significant: “We continue to retain the loyalty of the containerized cargo that comes from the Paraguay, from the south of Argentina and Brazil which is the component that makes us grow,” he highlighted.
According to the data of the ANP, 50% of the cargo moved in the port corresponds to the exports and imports, and the other half to cargo from third countries. “For us, this transshipment and transit load is very important to be able to achieve the objectives and to be able to continue growing,” remarked the head of the organization.
The dredging of the port, one more step towards its internationalization
The approval by the Argentine government for the largest dredging of the Port of Montevideo opened a new path for regional competition Uruguay, a work that would position it as one of the main hub ports of the Silver river.
In this regard, Curbelo assured that this step will serve the Uruguay to “support competition” in the region and highlighted the news as a historic event for the country. “We have to have the best productivity, and for that, infrastructure works are important,” the head of the ANP told Informativo Sarandí.
In that sense, the leader stressed that this work “generates a definitive positioning of the port of Montevideo As the main hub port of the Río de la Plata, the waterway and the region”.
He also highlighted that after the work it could be “said that today the deep water port of Uruguay is that of Montevideo” and that is why he celebrated the vision of the Argentine government by accepting the request for Uruguay that came a decade ago without progress. Curbelo assured that Argentina He bet and understood that “more than competition, countries had to complement each other.”
Source: Ambito
