Overview
- The Agencia Nacional de Puertos y Navegación published Resolution 46/2026 in the Boletín Oficial on Friday, August 7, 2026, putting a provisional 20% cut to maximum practicaje and pilotaje tariffs into force.
- The tariff cut is applied to the result of the 2018 Tarifas Máximas calculation method and remains temporary while the government’s suspension of Decreto 690/2026 stays active under Decreto 716/2026.
- Decreto 690/2026, promoted by Minister Federico Sturzenegger, had sought to deregulate the practicaje regime from 1991 and triggered immediate measures by service providers that paralyzed fluvial and maritime commerce.
- A negotiation led by the Ministerio de Seguridad Nacional secured sector conformity from representative bodies and led providers to resume operations in exchange for the provisional cut and the suspension of the deregulation.
- The parties agreed to create a permanent intersectoral mesa to draft a new regulatory framework, a process that will shape future rules on competition, safety standards and pilot incomes and could affect export flows through Argentina’s rivers and ports.