Overview
- The National Ports and Navigation Agency (ANPYN) issued Resolution 66/2025 closing the public comment stage after 40 submissions.
- The government posted the tender documents on the Contrat.ar platform and set the envelope opening for February 27, 2026 at 13:00.
- The concession covers modernization, dredging and re-dredging, and signaling along the main trunk from Paraná River km 1238 to Punta Indio km 239.1.
- The bid package introduces lower minimum toll bands, including a US$3.99 floor in Stage 0 with higher ranges for Stages 1 and 2, and adds a tax stability clause.
- Authorities committed the future operator to works targeting 42–44 feet of depth subject to viability, while UNCTAD signaled multiple global dredgers can compete and user groups urged swift launch.