Shallow canals and low water levels obstruct Argentina’s main grains terminal

Tuesday, January 31st 2012 - 05:04 UTC

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The grounding of two bulk carriers one in the Parana River and a second in the Martin Garcia access canal are evidence of the frail fluvial communications system between the River Plate and the Atlantic, reports the press from the port of Rosario, Argentina’s second largest city and among the world’s main grain export terminals. Read full article

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GeoffWard2
An absolute and complete lack of forward planning.

Uruguay has been flagging this problem for years, as Argentina's sloth affects greatly its own import/export capability because of the commonality of waterways.
Jan 31st, 2012 - 11:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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yankeeboy
Argentina had 8 years of “boom” so they claim. Yet you walk around downtown BA and you have broken sidewalks, piles of garbage, villas, beggars, blackouts, ABSOLUTELY CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK! Where did all the $ go? Most gov'ts improve infrastructure during the good times. Now what? They're heading into a major downturn and they are no better off than they were in 2001!
Jan 31st, 2012 - 12:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
It will all be the fault of Uruguay according to CFK for not 'insisting' that we do something about it!
Jan 31st, 2012 - 02:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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tobias
If the three individuals above where geneticists doing DNA research on cancer, they would surely find the cancer “gene” and claim they saw the word “Argentina” in the sequence.

As they would say in Spanish, they see Argentina even in their soup.
Jan 31st, 2012 - 06:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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