DIAMANTE
A SMALL CITY WITH A POPULATION OF SOME 20.000 LOCATED IN A FARMING REGION IN THE PROVINCE OF ENTRE RÍOS. THE ACTIVITY IS BASICALLY COMMERCIAL. THE ROAD NETWORK CONNECTS THE REGION TO BUENOS AIRES, THE WHOLE MESOPOTAMIA, BRAZIL, PARAGUAY AND URUGUAY, AND THROUGH THE PARANÁ -SANTA FE TUNNEL AND VICTORIA -ROSARIO BRIDGE CONNECTS IT TO THE PAMPA REGION TO THE WEST. THE CLOSEST COMMERCIAL AIRPORT IS IN PARANÁ (CAPITAL OF THE PROVINCE), SOME 50 KM AWAY.
THE MAIN INTEREST TO SHIPPING IS THE GRAIN ELEVATOR SITUATED IN THE PORT. THE ELEVATOR IS OWNED BY CARGILL AND OPERATES AS PUERTO DIAMANTE S.A.
SAN LORENZO
TIMBÚES, PUERTO SAN MARTÍN AND SAN LORENZO, COMMONLY REFERRED TO IN SHIPPING CIRCLES AS SAN LORENZO, WITH THEIR MODERN TERMINALS FOR EXPORTING GRAIN, AGRICULTURAL BY PRODUCTS AND VEGOIL HAVE BECOME THE LEADING EXPORT AREA OF THESE GOODS, WITH ABOUT 60% OF ARGENTINA’S TOTAL ANNUAL MOVEMENT. FOR ALL PORTS TO/FROM SAN LORENZO/SAN MARTÍN/TIMBÚES, VESSELS PROCEED VIA THE DREDGED CHANNEL PRESENTLY MAINTAINED BY HIDROVÍA S.A. AS PER CONTRACT AT NOT LESS THAN 10,36 M (34 FT).
ROSARIO
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CITY AS A PORT HAS DIMINISHED IN RECENT YEARS DUE TO THE BUILDING OF MODERN, MORE EFFICIENT GRAIN TERMINALS UP RIVER AT TIMBÚES, SAN LORENZO AND SAN MARTÍN, AND DOWN RIVER AT VILLA GOBERNADOR GÁLVEZ, PUNTA ALVEAR AND GENERAL LAGOS, ALTHOUGH THE TERMINALS TO THE SOUTH REMAIN UNDER ROSARIO CUSTOMS JURISDICTION. THE TRADE IN BAGGED CARGOES DIED AWAY, LEAVING THE OLD CITY WHARFS LARGELY IDLE EXCEPT FOR SEASONAL SHIPMENTS OF SUGAR AND CITRUS, AND MOST CARGO OPERATIONS, OTHER THAN GRAIN, HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT AT TERMINAL 1.
PORT AUTHORITIES, ENAPRO (ENTE ADMINISTRADOR PUERTO DE ROSARIO), THE PUBLIC ENTITY ADMINISTERING THE PORT AS FROM OCTOBER 17, 2002, HAS HANDED OUT IN CONCESSION THE PORT OPERATION FOR 30 YEARS TO TERMINAL PUERTO ROSARIO S.A.
VILLA CONSTITUCIÓN
VILLA CONSTITUCIÓN IS A CITY IN THE PROVINCE OF SANTA FE OF 47.000 INHABITANTS THAT SERVES AN IMPORTANT FARMING AREA. THERE IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT STEEL MILL WHICH PRODUCES RODS, BILLETS AND SHEETS. THE SANTA FE-BUENOS AIRES FREEWAY OFFERS A GOOD CONNECTION WITH THE MAIN INDUSTRIAL CENTERS AS WELL AS WITH OTHER HIGHWAYS INTO THE PAMPA REGION THERE ARE GOOD RAILWAY CONNECTIONS PROVIDED BY THE NUEVO CENTRAL ARGENTINO, FERROEXPRESO PAMPEANO AND BUENOS AIRES/PACIFIC LINES. THE CLOSEST AIRPORT IS AT ROSARIO, SOME 50 KM AWAY, WITH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS.
THE PORT OF VILLA CONSTITUCIÓN IS SITUATED ON THE RIGHT HAND MARGIN OF THE PARANÁ RIVER, 33 MILES BELOW ROSARIO.
SAN NICOLÁS
SAN NICOLÁS IS THE NORTHERNMOST CITY IN THE PROVINCE OF BUENOS AIRES AND HAS ABT. 130.000 INHABITANTS. THE TOWN HAS AN IMPORTANT COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY THAT SERVES A VAST FARMING AREA. THE MAIN INDUSTRY IS SIDERAR, THE LARGEST STEEL MILL IN THE COUNTRY, AND THERE IS ALSO A LARGE POWER PLANT. IT IS SERVED BY THE NUEVO CENTRAL ARGENTINO RAILWAY WHICH CONNECTS THE CITY WITH SANTA FE, CÓRDOBA AND THE CITY OF BUENOS AIRES. THE SANTA FE-BUENOS AIRES FREEWAY OFFERS A GOOD CONNECTION WITH THE MAIN INDUSTRIAL CENTERS AS WELL AS WITH OTHER HIGHWAYS INTO THE PAMPA REGION. THE CLOSEST COMMERCIAL AIRPORT IS IN ROSARIO, SOME 60 KM AWAY, WITH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS.
RAMALLO
RAMALLO IS A TOWN OF ABOUT 12.000 INHABITANTS IN THE NORTH OF THE PROVINCE OF BUENOS AIRES, LOCATED JUST 16 KM SOUTH OF SAN NICOLÁS IN AN AREA OF INTENSE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION. THE LARGEST HARDBOARD (MADE WITH EUCALYPTUS) FACTORY IN THE COUNTRY IS HERE. THE TOWN IS 10 KM AWAY FROM THE ROSARIO-BUENOS AIRES HIGHWAY (HIGHWAY Nº 9). OTHER HIGHWAYS CONNECT RAMALLO WITH THE FARMING REGION IN THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE PROVINCE OF BUENOS AIRES.
CONCEPCION DEL URUGUAY
THE PORT OF CONCEPCIÓN DEL URUGUAY IS SITUATED ON THE RIGHT BANK OF THE ITAPÉ CREEK AND JOINED TO THE RIVER URUGUAY BY AN EXTERIOR CHANNEL 1300 M LONG CONTINUED BY AN ARTIFICIAL ACCESS CHANNEL 1200 M LONG, BOTH 60 M WIDE AND DREDGED TO 6,70 M (22´); IN 2010, REPORTED A MINIMUM DEPTH OF 5,70 M AT ACCESS CHANNEL. IT IS ABOUT 320 KM BY ROAD OR RIVER FROM THE PORT OF BUENOS AIRES.
SAN PEDRO
THE PRINCIPAL PORT ACTIVITY IS THE LOADING OF GRAIN AND AGRICULTURAL BY-PRODUCTS, AND IN 1997, 37 SHIPS LOADED 660.000 TON (WHEAT 200.000 TON, MAIZE 447.000 TON, SOYBEANS 13.000 TON), ALSO 20.600 TON FERTILIZERS WERE IMPORTED. OCCASIONALLY, DUE TO LOW RIVER CONDITION, VESSELS BOUND FOR VILLA CONSTITUCIÓN OR SAN NICOLÁS WITH IMPORTS OF IRON ORE OR OTHER BULK CARGOES UNLOAD AT SAN PEDRO
LIMA
DELTA DOCK TERMINAL IS A NEW TERMINAL LOCATED ON THE RIGHT MARGIN OF PARANÁ DE LAS PALMAS RIVER, AT KM 132,5. IT CONSISTS ON A CONCRETE 170 METERS LONG AND 10 METERS WIDE WHARF, VERY WELL PROTECTED BY DEFENSES, AND IT HAS A 28 FEET DRAFT. THE WHARF IS CONNECTED TO THE SHORE BY THREE 10 METERS WIDE VIADUCTS. IT MAY RECEIVE VESSELS UP TO 230M LOA AND 32 FEET DRAFT.
LAS PALMAS
THE GRAIN TERMINAL BERTH, CONSISTS OF THREE REINFORCED CONCRETE DOLPHINS, LENGTH OVERALL 128 M, WITH OUTLYING HEAD / STERN MOORINGS; SUITABLE FOR VESSELS UP TO LOA 230 M. DEPTH ALONGSIDE 11 M (36 FT) AND AIRDRAFT 22,50 M (73 FT), BOTH TO DATUM. GRAINS ARE TRANSFERRED FROM SILOS VIA ONE DOUBLE CONVEYOR BELT (2 BELTS) TO THREE TOWERS, EACH STEPPED ON THE DOLPHINS AND FITTED WITH LOADING ARMS; LOADING RATES: GRAINS 2400 TPH, BY-PRODUCTS 2000 TPH. GRAIN STORAGE: 75.000 TONS IN 9 VERTICAL SILOS, 30.000 TONS IN FLAT CELLS.
ANOTHER BERTH FOR COASTAL AND FEEDER IS 200 MTS LONG; SHIPS UP TO LOA 110 M (5% TOLERANCE) NORMALLY OPERATES, DEPTH ALONGSIDE 5,50 M (18 FT) AT DATUM. THERE IS AN ENCLOSED DOCK FOR BARGE OPS. COVERED BONDED STORAGE OF ABOUT 8000 SQM PLUS 4000 SQMOF OPEN STORAGE AREA ARE AVAILABLE.
CONTAINER HANDLING, STORAGE AND OPERATION ARE AVAILABLE FOR 3.200 TEUS, THREE REACHSTACKERS, 200 AND 100 TON MOBILE CRANES. FRESH WATER AVAILABLE AT QUAY. ANUAL CARGO MOVEMENT IS ABOUT 700.000 TONS OF GRAINS AND 30.000 TEUS.
ZARATE
THE CITY OF ZÁRATE HAS 92.000 INHABITANTS, AN IMPORTANT COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND SEVERAL INDUSTRIES; AMONG THEM, CHEMICAL AND BEER INDUSTRIES. THERE IS ALSO A CAR FACTORY. LOCATED ON THE NORTH EDGE OF THE BUENOS AIRES METROPOLITAN AREA, IT IS CONNECTED BY THE SANTA FE-BUENOS AIRES HIGHWAY AND HAS OTHER CONNECTIONS TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE MESOPOTAMIC PROVINCES, BRAZIL, PARAGUAY AND URUGUAY THROUGH THE ROAD/RAILWAY ZÁRATE BRAZO LARGO BRIDGE OVER THE PARANÁ RIVER. THERE ARE TWO RAILWAYS SERVING THE CITY: NUEVO CENTRAL ARGENTINO AND MESOPOTÁMICO.
CAMPANA
CAMPANA IS A PORT SITUATED ON THE RIGHT HAND MARGIN OF THE PARANÁ DE LAS PALMAS, THE BRANCH OF THE PARANÁ RIVER ON WHICH THE MITRE CHANNEL IS LOCATED. IT IS ABOUT 75 KM NW OF BUENOS AIRES BY ROAD AND IS THE HOME OF SIDERCA STEEL MILL WHICH PRODUCES STEEL PIPING. IT IS ALSO GROWING AS AN ALTERNATIVE PORT TO BUENOS AIRES FOR CERTAIN CARGOES, PARTICULARLY FRUIT.
BUENOS AIRES
THE PORT OF BUENOS AIRES, WHICH FORMS PART OF THE CITY, IS SITUATED ON THE RIGHT HAND MARGIN OF THE RIVER PLATE AND ALL RIVER DISTANCES ARE CALCULATED FROM THIS POINT (KM 0).
BUENOS AIRES IS THE SEAT OF THE NATIONAL AUTHORITIES. IT COVERS AN AREA OF 200 SQ.M AND HAS 2,970,000 INHABITANTS. IN PRACTICE, THE GREATER BUENOS AIRES URBAN CONGLOMERATE INCLUDES 19 COUNTIES IN THE PROVINCE OF BUENOS AIRES (ALTHOUGH THE CITY IS GROWING AND INCORPORATING NEW AREAS) COVERING 3.880 SQ.M AND HAS, THUS, A POPULATION OF 11,700,000. IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF THE CITY, VERY CLOSE TO THE PORT, ARE THE SEATS OF THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL POWERS AND ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS THEREOF. THE AUTHORITIES OF THE BUENOS AIRES CITY
GOVERNMENT ARE ALSO IN THE SAME AREA. IN CONTRAST WITH OTHER ARGENTINEAN PROVINCES, THE CITY HAS A SPECIAL STATUS AND ITS VARIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS ARE SPREAD ALL OVER THE CITY.
THE DOWNTOWN AREA CONCENTRATES MOST OF THE FINANCIAL ACTIVITY AND MOST SHIPPING COMPANIES AND SHIP AGENTS ARE ALSO THERE. THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES, SUCH AS COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH GOT BETTER; HAVE SLOWLY MOVED OUT THEIR OFFICES TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY, ALTHOUGH MOST OF THEM STILL HAVE THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS DOWNTOWN. THE GREATER BUENOS AIRES AREA IS THE LARGEST INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATE IN THE COUNTRY. IT IS IN THE FIRST PLACE IN PRODUCTION VOLUMES IN THE COUNTRY, EXCEPT FOR THE AGRICULTURAL, MINING AND STEEL MILI INDUSTRIES. THE INTENSE CITY TRAFFIC HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT IMPROVED WITH A NETWORK OF URBAN AND SUBURBAN FREEWAYS WHICH PERMIT A SWIFTER TRANSIT IN AND OUT OF THE DOWNTOWN/PORT AREA. THE HIGHWAYS SERVED BY THESE FREEWAYS CONSTITUTE A VIRTUAL SPIDER WEB THAT SPREADS OUT FROM THE CENTRE OF THE CITY. THERE ARE RAILWAY CONNECTIONS WITH MOST OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH SEVEN RAILWAY LINES, WHICH ALSO HAVE SUBURBAN PASSENGER SERVICES. THE COMMERCIAL AIRLINES ARE SERVED BY THE JORGE NEWBERY AIRPORT, WHICH IS ONLY 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND HANDLES ALL DOMESTIC AND REGIONAL FLIGHTS, AND THE EZEIZA (MINISTRO PISTARINI) INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHICH HANDLES MOST INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS AND IS 40 KM AWAY FROM THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND IS CONNECTED BY A FREEWAY. THERE ARE ALSO TWO OTHER AIRPORTS WHICH CAN HANDLE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC (SAN FERNANDO AND DON TORCUATO) AND VARIOUS SMALLER AIRPORTS. THE EL PALOMAR AIR FORCE BASE IS USED BY AIR FORCE AND NAVY TRANSPORT SERVICES AND ALSO HAS A PASSENGER TERMINAL.
LA PLATA
THE PORT OF LA PLATA IS UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF A CONSORTIUM (CONSORCIO DE GESTIÓN DEL PUERTO LA PLATA), AND IS ACTUALLY SITUATED AT THE ADJOINING TOWNS OF BERISSO AND ENSENADA WHERE AN IMPORTANT SHIPYARD, A STEEL MILL, AN OIL DISTILLERY AND A FREE ZONE ARE LOCATED. THE NAVAL ACADEMY IS SITUATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RIVER. ANNUAL MOVEMENT WAS IN 2011 ABOUT 94 OCEAN GOING VESSELS AND 770 COASTERS, HANDLING ABOUT 4,21 MILLION TON (EXPORTS 720.000 TON) OF CARGO.
MAR DEL PLATA
IT IS THE HOMEPORT FOR AN IMPORTANT SECTOR OF THE FISHING INDUSTRY ALTHOUGH THIS HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY INCREASED FISHING ACTIVITIES BASED ON PATAGONIAN PORTS TO THE SOUTH. ON PREVIOUS YEARS AND DUE TO LACK OF DEPTH MAINTENANCE IN ACCESS CHANNEL, GENERAL TRADE DIMINISHED SUBSTANTIALLY. ONGOING DREDGING WORKS ARE REGAINING THE PORT’S OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES. THERE ARE CONSIDERABLE DOMESTIC MOVEMENTS OF FISH AND PETROLEUM BY-PRODUCTS AS WELL AS SMALL AMOUNTS OF IMPORTS. PLANS ARE TO EXTEND PIER 3 ABT 160M EASTWARD, AND TO CONSTRUCT PIERS 8 & 9. (BETWEEN 7 AND 10).
NECOCHEA
THE PORT IS SITUATED AT THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER QUEQUÉN, NECOCHEA OCCUPYING THE RIGHT BANK AND QUEQUÉN THE LEFT BANK. IN 2011, 283 OCEAN GOING VESSELS CALLED. TRADE CONSISTS MAINLY OF EXPORTS OF SOYBEANS, WHEAT (MAINLY TO BRAZIL), MAIZE, SUNFLOWER SEED PELLETS AND VEGETABLE OIL. A TOTAL OF 5,6 MILLION TON OF GRAIN AND AGRI BY-PRODUCTS WERE EXPORTED IN 2011. SHIPMENTS OF WOOD CHIPS HAVE DROPPED DUE TO THE LOCAL WOODCHIP PLANT IS PRESENTLY NOT OPERATING. IMPORTS ARE ALMOST ENTIRELY CONFINED TO THE RECEPTION OF BULK.
BAHIA BLANCA
THE PORT KNOWN COLLECTIVELY AS BAHÍA BLANCA, COMPRISES TWO PORTS UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF A CONSORTIUM (CONSORCIO DE GESTIÓN DEL PUERTO DE BAHÍA BLANCA), BOTH AT THE ESTUARY´S END ON THE NORTHERN SIDE, AS ENCOUNTERED: INGENIERO WHITE AND PUERTO GALVÁN. ALSO IN THE NORTHERN SIDE BUT NOT BELONGING TO THE BAHÍA BLANCA PORT, WE CAN FIND PUERTO ROSALES AND PUERTO BELGRANO, THE LATTER BEING THE COUNTRY´S PRINCIPAL NAVAL BASE. THERE ARE PLANS TO BUILD A NEW GRAIN TERMINAL, NEAR PIEDRA BUENA BERTH.
SAN ANTONIO ESTE
THIS IS A FLOATING LANDING STAGE AFFIXED TO THE SMALL QUAY ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE CAUSEWAY. THE LANDING STAGE CONSISTS OF TWO STEEL PONTOONS, 75 METERS LONG, 21,6 METERS WIDE WITH AN OUTLYING MOORING BUOY THAT GIVES A TOTAL FRONTAGE OF 110 METERS AND PERMITS FISHING VESSELS TO BERTH ON EITHER SIDE, THE PONTOONS RISING AND FALLING WITH THE TIDE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF 8 REINFORCED STEEL PILINGS THAT ACT AS GUIDES. DEPTH AT BERTH 3 IS 10 M (33 FT), BERTH 2 IS 7,30 M (24 FT) TO DATUM.
PUNTA COLORADA
PORT DESCRIPTION:
THIS IS AN IRON ORE LOADING BERTH SITUATED NEAR SIERRA GRANDE IN GOLFO SAN MATIAS
PUERTO MADRYN
PUERTO MADRYN CITY IS SITUATED AT THE WESTERN END OF GOLFO NUEVO WHICH IS A DEEP WATER NATURAL HARBOUR.
IS A TOURIST RESORT IN THE PROVINCE OF CHUBUT KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR ITS NATURAL PARKS WHICH PRESERVE MARINE SPECIES. LOCATED AT WESTERN COAST OF GOLFO NUEVO, ON THE HIGH COAST OF THE PATAGONIC PLATEAU, HAS A POPULATION OF ABOUT 71.000. ITS MAIN INDUSTRY IS THE ALUAR ALUMINUM PLANT AND THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL FISH PROCESSING PLANTS. THE MAIN ROAD CONNECTION IS HIGHWAY Nº 3 IN A NORTH-SOUTH DIRECTION AND HIGHWAY Nº 25 TOWARDS THE WEST. IT HAS NO RAILWAY SERVICE AND AN AIRPORT 3KM AWAY PROVIDES DAILY CONNECTING FLIGHTS TO BUENOS AIRES AND OTHER DESTINATIONS.
USHUAIA
USHUAIA IS THE CAPITAL OF TIERRA DEL FUEGO, ANTÁRTIDA E ISLAS DEL ATLÁNTICO SUR PROVINCE, AND HAS A POPULATION OF ABOUT 67,000. THE MAIN ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ARE CATTLE BREEDING, TOURISM, THE PRODUCTION AND ASSEMBLY OF HOME APPLIANCES AND FISHING ACTIVITIES.
