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Situated at KM 420 of the River Paraná, right margin (LAT 32°57'S
LONG 60°38?W).
The berths, from North to South, can be divided into 5 groups:
a) Elevator cliff berths
b) City general cargo wharfs
c) Public berths
d) New (South) wharf
e) Grain elevators VI and VII
a) Elevator cliff berths
1.- FACA berth (ex Unit I).
Overall berthing booms 150 meters, with outlying mooring chains
for head and stern lines.
Panamaxes have berthed at this pier. Average loading rate is about
1000 MT per hour. The storage capacity is 18.000 MT.
2.- Genaro García Terminal
Vessels berth on 5 dolphins. The overall length is 140 meters, with
two outlying head and stern bollard moorings.
The load rate achieved is about 1200 MT per hour. Grain storage
capacity is 70.000 MT.
3.- UNIT III.
The elevator was built in 1940 and purchased from the NGB by Servicios
Portuarios S.A.
Vessels berth on two concrete dolphins 80 meters apart, with outlying
mooring dolphins.
Vessels with upto 220 meters have berthed alongside. The loading
rate is 850 MT per hour, and the storage capacity 82.000 MT.
b) City wharfs and New (South) pier
The city wharfs are used for bulk sugar, and citrus. The South quay
is used for discharging bulk cargoes (fertilizers and steel billets)
and loading vegetable oils, for the storage tanks.
The Paraguayan Free Zone wharf is about 300 meters in length. It
has two sheds, and a small grain elevator (ex Unit V), to which
grain and agri-products are brought down by barges from Paraguay
and Bolivia, and then transshipped/stored into the elevator, to
be later loaded onto the ocean-going vessel. This pier has been
though, out of activity for some years now.
c) Public berths.
These belong to the Ministry of Public Works, including repair facilities
and dry-docks for small vessels
d) New (South) Wharf
The total length is 570 meters, of reinforced concrete It is a wide,
open pier, with 2 cranes of 12.5MT lifting capacity, equipped with
grabs.
Adjacent to the pier, there is vegetable oils storage capacity,
belonging to Guide, with a total capacity of 18.000 MT. Vegetable
oils are loaded regularly, at a rate of 350/500 MT per hour.
e) Grain elevators VI and VII
1) Elevator VI: Berthing is alongside 4 dolphins, with a total length
of 250 meters. Storage capacity of the silo is 120.000 MT.
2) Elevator VII: This elevator (ex National Grain Board), together
with Unit VI, have been taken over by Servicios Portuarios for 25
years. Built on a reinforced concrete wharf. Length overall is approximately
250 meters. Storage capacity of the silos is 80.000 MT. The average
loading rate is 1200 MT per hour.
f) Punta Alvear (KM 406.5)
This private grain elevator is owned by Punta Alvear S.A. (Productos
Sudamericanos group), and is located around 15 KM South of Rosario.
The berth consists of 4 interconnected dolphins, with a berthing
frontage of approximately 1.325 meters, with two outlying head and
stern mooring dolphins. Capers have berthed alongside. The loading
rate is around 2.000 MT per hour. Storage capacity in the silos
is 250.000 MT.
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Port of Rosario
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Berth:
Unit VI
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Berth:
Unit VI - Unit VII
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Berth: Alvear |
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