Overview
- Cabo Vírgenes completed the acquisition of Sea Fresh on Wednesday, adding a 7,000 m2 processing complex in Puerto Madryn with capacity to process 25 tonnes per day and a cold room for 1,800 tonnes.
- Sea Fresh’s operations bring roughly 4,000 tonnes of annual production into the group and expand Cabo Vírgenes’ industrial footprint alongside its Rawson plant and a logistics platform in Palencia, Spain.
- The transaction includes the tangonero congelador Santiago I (IMO 7904982), a 31.65‑metre vessel with a 75‑ton hold that has already joined the 2026 fishing campaign and supports about 35 direct jobs.
- Company executives say the purchase will raise processing and cold‑chain capacity, expand exports to existing markets and push direct fishing employment in the group above 1,000 people.
- The move continues Aisa Group’s multi‑year strategy of building integrated, export‑oriented platforms in Argentina and could lower logistics costs and increase local value added by shifting more processing from third parties to the group’s own plants.