Sturzenegger Has Announced the Deregulation of the Marine Transport and Has Given Down of Trade Union Obstacles

The Minister of Deregulation and Transformation of the State, Federico Sturzenegger, announced the publication of Decree 340/2025, which deregulates the market of river and sea cabotage for Argentine ships and gives low union obstacles.Convinced that the follow-up of reforms in the transport serves to “lower the Argentine cost”, the official of Javier Milei listed the different changes that were established with the Emergency Regime of the Natio…

“The navigation of the interior rivers of the Nation is free for all flags, subject only to the regulations that the national authority dictates.” This phrase is part of Article 26 of the National Constitution and was used by the Minister of Deregulation and Transformation of the State, Federico Sturzenegger, to begin an extensive explanation through his account in social network X, on a measure that the Executive took on Wednesday, by decree.

After the publication today in the Official Gazette of Decree 340/25 by the national government, approving the Emergency Regime of the Merchant Navy that aims to relax and modernize the regulations that regulate navigation in Argentine waters, the national deputy of Union for the Homeland, Marcela Passo, said: “This decree is a paradox given that instead of improving the competitiveness and costs of ships operating under the register of the nati…

On Wednesday, the national government formalized the deregulation of the maritime cabotage market by means of the Decree of Necessity and Emergency (DNU) 340/2025, published in the Official Gazette, with the aim of regaining competitiveness, reducing logistical costs and preventing the collapse of the National Merchant Navy. The measure allows, among other points, the operation of foreign ships under Argentine registration, the use of flags of c…

Decree 340/2025, signed by Javier Milei and designed by Federico Sturzenegger, deregulates the system of merchant shipping in Argentina under an exceptional regime that promises to attract investments and lower logistical costs. The norm allows, among other things, to operate with foreign flags, hire crew without trade union intermediation, relax endowments and limit the right to strike in the national river system. In the Industrial Cordón, whi…

The measure, promoted by Federico Sturzenegger, allows foreign flag vessels to operate under national registration and flexible labor requirements