Overview

• Major user groups including UIA, Bolsa de Comercio de Rosario, CIARA‑CEC, CPPC and the Cámara de Actividades Portuarias y Marítimas presented a joint plan at a Zárate technical session on August 20.
• They propose keeping the current sectioning while setting maximum draught and cargo‑capacity limits for passenger and cargo vessels.
• The signatories asked ANPyN to shorten the works timeline needed to reach an initial 40‑foot depth, subject to required environmental impact studies.
• They requested public disclosure of toll costs to give operators clear visibility on containerized cargo economics along the Vía Navegable Troncal.
• The consensus emerged from ANPyN’s intersectoral dialogue tables, and officials indicate technical tender documents are expected in October–November 2025 with an award intended in the first half of 2026.