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The national government took a substantial step on its path towards the privatization of the waterway dredging works with the call for consultation for the final preparation of the specifications for the bidding for these tasks.
In a resolution published on Saturday the 5th, he granted a period of 15 days to gather opinions, and another 15 days for publication.
Along with this decision, the General Administration of Ports (AGP) published a draft of the bidding documents in which it establishes the conditions that the companies that participate in the process must comply with.
Actually, more than the waterway, the tender is to sustain the navigability of the Trunk Waterway (VNT), which is "a fluvial navigation system with unique characteristics worldwide, given its size, extension, and management mechanism." according to the statement He adds that "in addition, it represents a vital logistics corridor for Argentina, channeling most of the countrys exports and imports."
The AGP took over the administration and management of the waterway in September 2021, and the Ministry of Transportation recently renewed that contract. By separate string, the Control and Management Entity should be preparing the long tender that will deliver the concession for works on the river for 10, 15 or 20 years.
The AGP tendered among private parties the dredging and beaconing of the river. This last activity is already in practice; instead, the dredging tender was cancelled. A new resolution is now sought through this proposal.
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Navigating from the ocean (from South to North), the VNT begins at kilometer 239.1 of the "Punta Indio Canal Extension" on the outer Río de la Plata. It is a point in front of the port of Montevideo, where the access channel to the Argentine rivers begins. The VNT continues through the canal system of the Río de la Plata: Punta Indio, Intermedio, Banco Chico, Rada Exterior, Acceso and then through the Ing Emilio Miter Canal, continuing along the Paraná de las Palmas river, the Lower Paraná river, then through the Middle Paraná River, and finally by the Upper Paraná River, culminating in the area called Confluencia (km 1,238), where the Alto Paraná and Paraguay rivers converge. Its total length is approximately 1,450 km.
The emphasis placed by the government on this tender, whose dredging and beaconing works are currently in the hands of the General Administration of Ports itself, contrasts with the silence regarding the construction of the Magdalena Canal, a work that would derive the circulation of ships from high transport to the South instead of the East, and for this reason it would replace Montevideo as a possible logistics point in favor of Argentine ports. |
