The Buenos Aires located port and container terminal TecPlata, a subsidiary of Philippine headquartered International Container Terminal Services, Inc., has been certified by the Argentine Naval Prefecture to handle docking manoeuvres for Neo-Panamax size vessels.
This certification and accreditation make TecPlata the first port terminal in Buenos Aires and in Argentina being capable of receiving these large Neo-Panamax ships, as the terminal mentions.
TecPlata informs that during 2024 the company has been doing the dredging of the access channel to the port, and it also recently got the accreditation as the country’s first carbon-neutral terminal.
Worth knowing that Argentina was once relegated to receiving cargo exclusively via feeder vessels, but from now the shipping lines will be able to serve Argentine foreign trade with giant 366-meter-long and 51-meter-wide vessels to the TecPlata port terminal enabling then the direct transportation of Argentina’s export cargoes to the world’s main markets.
Juan Pablo Trujillo, Tecplata chief executive officer, said that “With this milestone, TecPlata has restored Argentina’s rightful position as a leader in international trade,” and he added that “The certification of these docking manoeuvres highlights TecPlata’s infrastructure and technical capabilities, being the only dock in Buenos Aires designed to accommodate upcoming improvements in the depth of the Navigable Waterway, as well as projections for the growth of Argentine foreign trade in the coming years.”
