Tag: Montevideo

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 18:16 UTC

  Falkland Islands fishing industry unconcerned about Argentine interference

  

  DUE to planned port developments in the Falkland Islands, fishery executives there appear unworried by Argentina’s most recent attempt to interfere in their fishing industry.

• Tuesday, September 21st 2010 - 01:54 UTC

  Argentina denies “innocent pass” to Spanish trawler sailing from Falklands

  

  A Spanish flagged trawler that operates in Falkland Islands waters and was heading to Montevideo to unload 700 tons of fish was denied “innocent pass” through Argentine waters and had to steam an additional 17 hours at a cost of 7.000 litres of fuel.

• Monday, August 23rd 2010 - 07:14 UTC

  Uruguay: More tourists make Montevideo the main attraction in the first half of 2010

  

  The number of tourists visiting Uruguay during the first half of the year over the same period in 2009, increased 5.5% totalling 1.266.898, while revenue jumped 18.7% in US dollars (878.6 million USD), according to the latest numbers released by the Ministry of Tourism.

• Wednesday, August 18th 2010 - 04:50 UTC

  Spanish fishing vessels threatening to abandon the port of Montevideo

  

  Spanish fishing vessel owners have warned Uruguayan port authorities that they are considering leaving the port of Montevideo because of the costly labour disputes with crew members when the vessels dock, taking advantage of a very ‘misbalanced’ legislation.

• Friday, August 13th 2010 - 03:16 UTC

  Cruise company cautions ports must prepare for ships with over 5.400 passengers

  

  Royal Caribbean announced that during the coming tourist season several of its ships will make 27 stops between Montevideo and Punta del Este in Uruguay. The announcement was made by Michael Ronan, Royal Caribbean's Vice President of Government Relations, Caribbean, Latin America & Asia, in a meeting with different Uruguayan authorities held in Montevideo.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 05:51 UTC

  Uruguay concerned with labour demands and fishing vessel seizures in Montevideo

  

  Alleged labour disputes involving hundreds of thousands of US dollars have left seven Spanish fishing vessels legally stranded in Montevideo, threatening the reputation of Uruguay’s main port to continue as a South Atlantic fisheries hub.

• Thursday, August 5th 2010 - 17:28 UTC

  Foster Wheeler awarded engineer contract for Montevideo LNG receiving plant

  

  Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq: FWLT) announced Wednesday that its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded an owner’s engineer contract for a new LNG receiving terminal (the “GNL Del Plata” facility) to be built in Uruguay’s capital Montevideo.

• Saturday, July 10th 2010 - 06:58 UTC

  First woman Communist takes office as Mayor of Montevideo

  

  Montevideo’s first woman and Communist elected mayor, Ana Olivera took office on Friday promising to streamline the overweight administration of Uruguay’s capital and in six months, a spic-and-span city.

• Thursday, May 20th 2010 - 06:55 UTC

  Mujica and Cristina meet next June 2nd; Uruguay to complain trade restrictions

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica will meet with Argentina’s Cristina Fernández de Kirchner next June 2nd at the Uruguayan presidential farm in Anchorena, a 15 minutes helicopter ride from Buenos Aires, announced Wednesday Uruguayan Foreign Minister Luis Almagro.

• Thursday, May 13th 2010 - 21:17 UTC

  EU Confirms Re-Launching of Trade Talks with Mercosur at Madrid Summit

  

  The European Union and Mercosur will officially re-launch negotiations for a trade and cooperation agreement they have been discussing since 1999 in the coming Madrid summit, in spite of fears about their farm sectors from several European countries, said the EU representative for Paraguay and Uruguay.