New Argentine government urged to analyse transport matrix before modernising Port of Buenos Aires

With the opening of offers for the tender to modernise the Port of Buenos Aires postponed until March 2020, the incoming Argentine government should prioritise creating a thorough transport plan for the whole country according to several port experts.

Olaf Merk, ports and shipping expert at the International Transport Forum (ITF), part of the OECD, told CM that he stands by the recommendations made in an ITF report on the port last year.

He stated that while the expiration of existing terminal concession requires an immediate response, possibly including the continuation and expansion of container operations in Puerto Nuevo, long-term planning is needed.