The shipping platform

Location: San Nicolas is situated on the River Parana below Rosario. General overview: The port is divided into the Old and the New areas. The Old Port has now fallen into disuse and all commercial shipping uses the facilities of the New Port. The berths are designed mainly for bulk and general cargoes, although one tanker jetty is operated by the local electricity generating power station. Terminals: - Puerto Nuevo (Operated by Delegación Portuaria Bonaerense) The terminal is mainly used for exporting Grains, Bulks, Zinc Concentrate and Minerals. Imports are Billets and Steel Slabs. -Handling Equipment - 6 Luffing Cranes (20t - 27t) / 11 Grabs (1m3 -10.5m3) - 2 Mobile Cranes (7t - 30t) - 4 Forklifts (7t - 10t) - Loading Arms & Conveyor Belts - Storage: - 4 Silos (21,000t) - Profertil (45,000t Solid) & (22,500t Liquid) Fertilizers - PAMSA (33,000m3) For Alcohol-by and Wine products - Grain Elevator (Operated by Delegación Portuaria Bonaerense) - 2 Dolphins - Loading from 6 Telescopic Chutes & 2 Conveyor Belts - Silos (20,000t) / Auxiliary Silos (57,000t) Annually exports 380,000t (Inc. Puerto Nuevo) - Central Térmica Power Station Initially was used to supply the power plant, now receives coal. - 2 Demag Cranes & Conveyor Belts - Fixed Crane (180t) - Discharging Rate (7,000 t/day) - Open Storage (180,000t) Mainly receives coal from South Africa, Australia and Colombia. - Puerto Ingeniero Buitrago (Owned by Siderar) Terminal has 2 berths (A (Southern) & B (Northern)) - Berth "A" (For L/D iron ore, coal and loading coke breeze) - 1 Fitted Crane (850 t/h) - Crane (1,400 t/h) - Grab Unloader (1,600 t/h) - Berth "B" (For loading steel products) - 2 Cranes (15t) - Crane (30t) - Forklifts (15t - 24t) Traffic figures: Approx. 280 vessels visit the port annually. Load line zone: Summer. Max size: - LOA 230m may transit the Mitre Channel. - No other official LOA/Beam restrictions.