Tag: Puerto Madryn

• Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 05:32 UTC

  Argentines satisfied with this year's squid catches, “higher than expected”

  

  Landings of squid in Puerto Madryn, Chubut province, Argentine Patagonia are higher than last year's and can be considered a “great success for fisheries and our province,” according to Diego Pérez, manager of the Madryn port.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

  Encouraging start of Illex squid season report Argentine fishing interests

  

  An encouraging start of the 2024 Illex squid season, with good catches and sized specimens have been reported by both jiggers and trawlers, according to Argentine fishing interests operating since 12 January south of parallel 44.

• Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  Argentine scientists studying death of Southern right whales on the Patagonia coast

  

  Members of Argentina's INIDEP, the Fisheries Research and Development Institute, are working in Puerto Madryn to determine the cause of the sudden increase in the death of the Southern right whale, with dead corpses along the coast of the Valdes Peninsula, a mating and rest place for the migrating cetaceans.

• Friday, April 15th 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  Aluminum plant to expand wind farm in Argentine Patagonia

  

  The traditional Argentine aluminum manufacturer Aluar has announced plans to invest US$ 130 million to expand its wind farm near Puerto Madryn, in the Argentine Patagonia province of Chubut. The new equipment is expected to be fully operational by December 2023.

• Tuesday, July 6th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Aerolíneas Argentinas to resume flights from Buenos Aires to Puerto Madryn

  

  Argentina's flag carrier Aerolíneas Argentinas has announced the resumption of services between Buenos Aires and Puerto Madryn twice a week, starting July 8.

• Wednesday, March 31st 2021 - 06:47 UTC

  LADE makes maiden flight for Comodoro Rivadavia-Puerto Madryn route

  

  A De Havilland Canada DHC-6-200 Twin Otter of Argentina's Líneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE) took off from Comodoro Rivadavia airport Tuesday morning and landed at Puerto Madryn at 10.10 am in what became the new route's maiden flight.

• Wednesday, May 20th 2020 - 08:56 UTC

  Puerto Madryn 2020/21 cruise season agenda and calls “stand”; first vessel expected 25 October

  

  The head of the port's administration of Puerto Madryn, in Argentine Patagonia, said that so far the coming 2020/21 cruise season “stands”, and the first vessel is scheduled to call in the Chubut province maritime terminal next 25 October, despite the pandemic.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:54 UTC

  Argentine Coast Guard chases Chinese jigger operating in the country's EEZ

  

  The Argentine Coast Guard was finally unable to arrest a Chinese jigger operating in the country's EEZ, which managed to escape into international waters, the so-called mile 201. According to the force's report, the patrol vessel GC-27 “Prefecto Fique”, early Tuesday detected and pursued the jigger Lu Rond Yuan Yu 668, some 390 kilometers offshore Puerto Madryn.

• Thursday, October 25th 2018 - 06:59 UTC

  Puerto Madryn is expecting 39 cruise calls this 2018/19 season

  

  Puerto Madryn in the Patagonia province of Chubut, and one of three Argentine ports operating with cruise vessels is expecting to receive 39 calls this 2018/19 season, totaling some 59.000 visitors and 28.000 crew members.

• Thursday, November 23rd 2017 - 08:00 UTC

  “Silver Cloud” cancels Antarctica cruise and Falklands call following engine failure

  

  The failure of a fuel pump and engine left the “Silver Cloud” adrift as it headed toward Antarctica on November 20, 2017. Power was reportedly restored to the ship in about an hour, permitting the cruise vessel to return to Puerto Madryn in the South Atlantic for repairs.