Guidelines for a Strategy for Ports and Inland Waterways
Argentina has a fairly developed transport system, which in the case of cargo shows a performance in progressive decline, with remarkable differences between components, logistics chains, and regions. Water transport, a key sector for the country’s...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099250005242234873/P174351012b0470e10b5de0cfeeb66ce93f http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37511 |
| Summary: | Argentina has a fairly developed
transport system, which in the case of cargo shows a
performance in progressive decline, with remarkable
differences between components, logistics chains, and
regions. Water transport, a key sector for the country’s
connectivity with world markets, encounters difficulties
when it comes to facilitating international trade. Two of
these difficulties are of a structural nature, the first
related to Argentina’s location in global maritime networks,
far from key markets and major cargo corridors. The second
concerns the limitations inherent to the waterways accessing
ports with the largest movements of agri-bulks and
containers, on the Río de La Plata and the Lower Parana
River. Ports and waterways were subject to far-reaching
reforms in the 1990s, fostering the greater participation of
the private sector through dredging and port terminal
operation concessions. At present, the contractual terms of
these reforms are coming to an end, so the government now
has the opportunity to redefine them, within the framework
of a global context where maritime navigation - and cargo
logistics in general - faces major changes and challenges.
This is thus an auspicious moment to redefine strategies for
ports and inland waterways, looking at safeguarding the
country’s maritime connectivity and fostering greater
competitiveness in international trade, whose growth is
intrinsic to economic development and poverty reduction. |
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