A project for a maritime river terminal in the Port of La Platain Argentina, opens the doors to a new way of connection between Uruguay and the neighboring country that can boost the economy and tourism in both regions.
Since last year, the construction of a passenger port has been planned in The Silver, the capital of the Buenos Aires provincewith the aim of enabling a connection with Montevideo and Cologne, as reported by the La Plata media Infocielo. The objective is that ferries for tourist purposes of different sizes can carry out this new route, as an alternative to the already established one towards the Buenos aires city.
Among those interested in the initiative appears Cologne Express, For example, it already has a boat to transport 700 passengers, private cars and cargo vehicles, which would adjust to the characteristics of the eventual new port terminal.
The project is promoted by the Advisory Council for the Development of La Platawhich brings together more than 35 organizations representing universities, the industrial sector, the chamber of commerce, unions and other civil society organizations.
A project that adds to the dredging of the Port of Montevideo
The possibility of this new river maritime route is another good news for Uruguayan ports that adds to the agreement with Argentina to advance dredging 14 meters from the Port of Montevideo“a before and after” for Uruguay for the “historical investment” in works.
The agreement was ratified on February 27 and 28, during the extraordinary session that took place at the Administrative Commission of the Río de la Plata (CARP), where both the president of the Uruguayan delegation, Alem García, like the Argentine ambassador Diego Tettamanti They celebrated the agreement for dredging.
With dredging 14 meters from the Port of Montevideo, It is expected that its width will increase from 57 to 62 kilometers, so that it will be able to receive containers of TCP/Katoen Natie of ships measuring around 400 meters long, 61 meters wide and with drafts of up to 13.8 metres. These are ships that allow containers of up to 24,000 Teus to be loaded, vessels that until today cannot be accessed.
In parallel, the works to expand the Cuenca del Plata Terminal (TCP), which include drilling and blasting of rock from the seabed, will make the port gain a total of 28 hectares from the sea. By 2025, it is estimated that there will be a total of 51 hectares.
“One centimeter of draft means that a ship with 140 more tons of merchandise can enter with the same maneuver and time as until now,” the TCP Institutional Relations Manager explained about the importance of dredging. Fernando Correa.
For Correa, the work would require a investment close to 200 million dollars, while he doubled the bet by trusting that the intention is to take the dredging to a depth of 17 meters.
Source: Ambito
