Overview
- The National Agency for Ports and Navigation convened provinces, users and private stakeholders to design a Control Council that will monitor contract performance over the coming decades.
- Bid submissions are scheduled to open on Feb. 27, marking the next formal step toward awarding the maintenance and improvement contract.
- Organizers logged more than 200 queries from interested firms, and several embassies sought details to brief potential bidders from their countries.
- Authorities indicate the private operator could be identified in May, pending evaluation of the offers received.
- Industry voices backed the oversight plan, with CIARA-CEC’s Gustavo Idígoras calling for a users’ consultative body and ANPYN’s Iñaki Arreseygor urging broad representation that reflects regional differences along the waterway.