Vía Navegable Argentina Takes Over the Paraná Export Waterway
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Vía Navegable Argentina Takes Over the Paraná Export Waterway
ARGENTINA · TRADE Key Facts —The handover Vía Navegable Argentina (VNA) has begun operating the Paraná-Paraguay waterway under a 25-year concession. —The owners VNA is the consortium of Belgium’s Jan De Nul and Argentina’s Servimagnus, awarded the contract in June. —The first decision A 13.5 percent toll cut, from US$4.30 to US$3.80 per net register […]
The company Vias Navegables Argentinas (VNA), which won the tender for 25 years, began this Thursday to formally operate the Paraná-Paraguay waterway, a strategic river route for Argentine foreign trade that circulates approximately 80% of the country’s exports. The new concession of the hydrovia was launched and one point to highlight is the reduction of 13.5% in the toll rate. The objective is to improve navigability, reduce logistic costs and…
The operation was carried out by the Via Navegable Argentina consortium headed by the Belgian company Jan De Nul.
The Via Navegable Troncal (VNT), the main fluvio-maritime corridor for Argentine foreign trade, formally began a new stage with the beginning of the concession of private management, which contemplates investments in infrastructure, incorporation of technology and works to improve the conditions of navigation. The new scheme previews that the concessionaire will make the investments necessary under a model of entrepreneurial risk, with recovery …
The productive sector began operating under the new private concession scheme of the country’s main river route. The toll went down to $3.80 and projects to deepen technology to improve the competitiveness of regional economies.
The new stage begins with a 13.5 per cent reduction in the toll rate and a plan to improve navigation, reduce logistics costs and strengthen the competitiveness of Argentine production.
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