The tender to concession Argentina's Paraná-Paraguay waterway for 25 years —the country's main fluvial artery, through which roughly 85% of foreign trade is shipped— has entered its final stretch with two Belgian finalists, Jan de Nul and DEME, and mounting political questions over the tender's design, the local partners involved, and the integrity of the supporting technical documentation.
The Argentine government is moving forward in the bid to artificialize the Paraná River and turn it into a river highway of extractivism. Specialists warn of irreparable damage to the largest drinking water source in the country that supplies 14 million people. Main Topics: ArgentinaRead full article