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The works are being carried out by the Chinese consortium CHEC Dredging Company Limited. The aim is to improve the logistics infrastructure to receive vessels up to 365 metres long and more than 50 metres wide.
Dredging works have begun in the port of Montevideo
On November 1, dredging and deepening work began at the port of Montevideo, Uruguay, after contracting the Chinese consortium CHEC Dredging Company Limited.
The works, which will require an investment of US$ 30 million and will have a completion period of six months, aim to increase the capacity of the port infrastructure to receive large vessels.
The project includes work on the access channel to the port harbour, work that has the authorization of the River Plate Administrative Commission (CARP), a binational entity made up of Uruguay and Argentina.
«The objective is for the port of Montevideo to be prepared to regularly receive container ships up to 365 metres long and more than 50 metres wide, which will considerably expand its operational capacity. This advance will not only benefit Uruguayan trade, but also foresees the handling of cargo from other countries, such as Paraguay, which already uses the port of Montevideo for the transit of goods,» said Juan Curbelo, president of the National Port Administration (ANP).
To advance these works, the ANP authorities dusted off a tender awarded to the Chinese firm CHEC Dredging in 2018, that is, by the previous government, which culminated in a contract signed on December 20, 2019.
Laziness
In February, the Argentine Maritime Port and Naval Industry Federation (FeMPINRA), led by Juan Carlos Schmid, criticized the approval by the national representation in CARP of Uruguays request to increase dredging at the Port of Montevideo from 13 to 14 meters.
In a statement, the Federation said that with this decision by Argentina, the port of Buenos Aires is at a disadvantage compared to its counterpart in Montevideo in the competition to become the regional hub.
Juan Carlos Schmid.
"It is not a problem that Uruguay, The Gibraltar of the River Plate, as defined by historian Abelardo Ramos, requests approval for the 14 meters to its main port. In reality, we should not oppose investment and the improvement of sister countries in their logistics structures. The problem is that for 25 years Argentina has done nothing, due to ignorance or hidden interests," Schmid said at the time. |
