Ushuaia celebrates the extension of its port terminal docking capacity
Monday, July 17th 2023 - 10:00 UTC
Minister Sergio Massa and Tierra del Fuego governor, Gustavo Melella
It's election time in Argentina and only a few weeks left, so ribbon cutting and inauguration of public works has become one of the main jobs of government officials. That is what happened over the weekend in Ushuaia during the ceremony, via video conference with Buenos Aires, officially opening the extension of the port terminal, an additional 104 meters docking capacity, together with equipment and increased storage facilities.
In Buenos Aires, the current Argentine cabinet strong man and incumbent presidential candidate, Sergio Massa, who has promised the current administration of Alberto Fernandez and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner that he will be able to obtain the necessary Yuans from China or US dollars from the IMF, to prevent the Argentine economy from again melting as happened some twenty years ago, together with federal Transport and Public Works ministers, Diego Giuliano and Gabriel Katopodis underlined the event, while in Ushuaia, governor Gustavo Melella and his provincial cabinet were also part of the local celebration.
Governor Melella said that the extended port with a 20% docking capacity increase will ensure the economic development of the extreme south province with the arrival of new, larger vessels.
“The work was tendered by the previous government 2015/19, the contract was signed and an initial sum was paid...but the company disappeared. With the new government in 2019, we restructured the whole project and with federal and provincial funds we invited a new tender, and finally we have been able to make this inauguration,” pointed out the governor.
“We now have an extra 104 meters of docking space, essential for the cruise season, and in making Ushuaia strategic in the South Atlantic, as the gate terminal to access Antarctica. We not only receive high seas fishing vessels but also cruises, sponsoring the tourism industry in the province”.
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