Tag: Mar del Plata

• Thursday, February 6th 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  Two Celebrity Eclipse passengers air rescued by the Argentina Coast Guard

  

  Two American passengers on board the cruise vessel Celebrity Eclipse and vomiting blood were rescued in the high seas, some 210 kilometers from the seaside resort of Mar del Plata, by an Argentine Coast Guard helicopter on Tuesday.

• Thursday, August 15th 2019 - 06:15 UTC

  Mar del Plata fisheries landings totaled 210.000 tons in seven months

  

  In seven months of the current year, landings in the Argentine port of Mar del Plata reached 210.000 tons, which is 3.3% more than the same period a year ago, according to local fisheries authorities. Hake, apparently, helped with the positive difference since squid landings were notoriously lower.

• Wednesday, December 26th 2018 - 09:09 UTC

  Argentine woman freed after being abducted 32 years ago

  

  An Argentine woman seized in the 1980s by people traffickers has been reunited with her family in a joint operation by Argentine and Bolivian police. The whereabouts of the woman, who is now 45, had been unknown until earlier this year when police received a tip-off she was in Bermejo, south Bolivia.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2018 - 08:41 UTC

  Ocean Infinity seabed survey company to begin looking for ARA San Juan next month

  

  United States based seabed survey company Ocean Infinity hopes to begin searching for the missing Argentine submarine ARA San Juan (S-42) in September. The announcement was made by Argentine defense minister Oscar Aguad.

• Wednesday, March 28th 2018 - 22:08 UTC

  Remains of ancient sloth unearthed by landslide in Mar del Plata

  

  Local natural science museum handles yet a new finding of bones from the Chapadmalalense Age in the area.

• Thursday, August 6th 2015 - 04:47 UTC

  Argentine swimmers planning to cross Falkland Sound next March

  

  Four professional swimmers from Mar del Plata, Argentina have announced they are preparing for a great challenge: next March they plan to cross the Falkland Sound joining West and East Falklands. Diego Piccardo, Martín Sánchez, Adrián Echeverría and Guido Ganín are training with professor Andrés Rosso under the supervision of the several times open sea champion Claudio Plitt.

• Thursday, June 19th 2014 - 02:43 UTC

  Argentine Navy receives refurbished TR1700 class submarine ARA San Juan

  

  The Argentine Navy took re-delivery of TR-1700 class submarine ARA San Juan last month after the boat underwent a mid-life update (MLU) program at the Argentine Naval Industrial Complex CINAR.

• Friday, March 28th 2014 - 19:36 UTC

  EU sanitary delegation to inspect Argentina's fishing industry whole cycle

  

  Delegates from the European Union (EU) are to visit Argentina between September and December later this year to inspect the facilities that comprise the whole fishing production circuit: docks, boats, processing plants authorized to export to EU and offices of the National Service of Agri-food health and quality, (Senasa).

• Tuesday, January 8th 2013 - 20:12 UTC

  Cristina at the helm for ARA Libertad grand welcome party in Mar del Plata

  

  The frigate ARA Libertad is already in Argentine waters and is scheduled to arrive Wednesday to the port of Mar del Plata, escorted by dozens of yachts and other vessels, to a huge reception ceremony headed by President Cristina Fernandez, ministers and top officials.

• Saturday, January 5th 2013 - 05:28 UTC

  “Sovereignty party” for when Libertad and Espora sail in together to Mar del Plata

  

  Argentina’s dredgers union assured a safe passage for when the Navy’s flag ship ARA Libertad arrives to Mar del Plata next 9 January to a big reception party headed by President Cristina Fernandez. There were concerns that the depth of the access channel wouldn’t be enough.