The dredging work on the Uruguay River is progressing in its final stage, according to the planned schedule, declared the president of the Uruguay River Administrative Commission (CARU), Gastón Silbermann. The successful bidder, Jan De Nul, from Belgium, will also be in charge of maintenance for the next three years, which will ensure commercial navigation on the Uruguay River until 2021, according to the Government of Uruguay.
Jan De Nul
La Belgian company Jan De Nul dredger, with the vessel Amerigo Vespucci, different river crossings between the cities of Fray Bentos and Concepción del Uruguay in ArgentinaThe areas being worked on provide little sediment volume and vary depending on the tides and other natural factors, Silbermann told the Secretariat of Institutional Communications of that country.
The official participated, together with representatives of the organization from both countries, Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa, the president of the National Port Administration, Alberto Díaz, and the mayor of Río Negro, Óscar Terzaghi, among other public and private operators from both countries, in the Day of Promotion of River-Maritime Transport in the Uruguay River, which took place this Thursday 6th at the facilities of the former Anglo meat packing plant, in Fray Bentos.
"The schedule is being fulfilled in accordance with what was agreed with the company and no major obstacles have appeared, except for a sunken hull at kilometer 185 in the Arroyo Negro pass (near Concepción del Uruguay), so it was decided to make a detour in the channel.“Silbermann reported.
The contract between the successful bidder and the Uruguay River Administrative Commission (CARU) It will guarantee navigability between the cities of Nueva Palmira and Fray Bentos, at 23 feet of navigation (25 feet deep).
The works will include the access channel to the Argentine port of Concepción del Uruguay and those located between kilometers 187,1 and 206,8 in the port of Paysandú, at 17 feet of navigation. (19 feet deep). Silbermann reiterated that The works will be completed in the second half of October., as announced by the company awarded the contract to the binational commission.
Dredging completed, The company will carry out maintenance for the next three years, which will ensure commercial navigation until 2021.Both phases will require a total investment of 40 million dollars, contributed equally by both countries, including the signalling system.
The binational organization acquired 120 buoys to be incorporated in this phase of the works, of which 42 arrived in recent days at the port of Montevideo. The commission invested an amount close to 1,5 million dollars in these implements that will facilitate navigation on the Uruguay River.
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