General Description
Location: Zarate is located 240km upstream from Buenos Aires, on the River Parana.
General overview: Zarate is the first South American port specially designed as a car terminal, operated by Auto Terminal Zarate SA. The port also handles container, grain and liquid bulk cargoes.
Terminals:
- Terminal Las Palmas (Owned by Molca S.A.)
(LOA 230m // Depth 11m // Air draft 22.5m)
- 3 Dolphins
- 2 Conveyor Belts
- 3 Loading Arms (Grains 2,400 t/h) (By-products 2,000 t/h)
- Storage: 105,000t (Grains)
Also consists of a berth for coasters and feeders.
(LOA 110m // Depth 5.5m)
Storage (Covered: 8,000 m3 // Open: 4,000 m3)
The terminal can handle and store containers up to 3,200TEUs
Handling Gear:
- 3 Reach Stackers
- Mobile Cranes (100t & 200t)
Annually exports 30,000TEUs & 700,000t Grains.
- Vitco (Owned by Vitco S.A.)
The terminal consists of 2 berths:
- Berth No.1 (Ocean Going Vessels) Depth 10.3m
- 3 Dolphins (Vessels up to LOA 230m // 60,000DWT)
- Central Manifold Jetty
- Berth No.2 (River Crafts) Depth 9.14m
- 2 Dolphins (Vessels up to LOA 135m // 37,000DWT)
- Central Manifold Jetty
Tank Storage (181,380 m3)
- TZ Terminales Portuarias (Owned by Murchison Group)
Constists of 2 Specialized Terminals (Depth 10.6m)
- Ro/Ro Terminal (Can accommodate 2 vessels simultaneous)
- 3 Dolphins
- Gantry Crane (45t)
- Containers & General Cargo
- 300 Reefer Plugs
- Mobile Crane (140t)
- 7 Reach Stackers (42t)
- 5 Top Loaders (32t)
- Zárate Port S.A. (Bulk & General Cargo, Containers)
- 3 Dolphins
- Covered Storing (27,500m3)
Can accommodate vessels up to 220m and 12.81m depth.
- Puerto Piapsa (LOA 230m // Depth 10m)
For Bulk & General Cargoes
Load line zone: Summer.