Tag: Punta Arenas

• Saturday, November 8th 2014 - 06:39 UTC

  USS Constellation carrier towed to the scrapyard along the coast of South America

  

  The United States aircraft carrier Constellation, which spent most of its nearly 42 years of service operating out of San Diego Bay is being towed along the South American Atlantic coast on its way to be scrapped in Texas. This week it was sighted in the extreme south of Chile, Punta Arenas as it crossed to the Atlantic.

• Thursday, October 2nd 2014 - 06:34 UTC

  Magallanes region in extreme south Chile has the lowest unemployment rate

  

  The extreme south region of Chile, Magallanes continues with record low unemployment, less than half the national average, according to the official stats for the mobile June/August quarter. While the Chilean national average unemployment is 6.7% in Magallanes it stands at 3.3%, and 0.8 percentage points less than a year ago.

• Thursday, September 4th 2014 - 05:42 UTC

  Magallanes received 630.000 tourists in 2013, expects a 5% increase this year

  

  Magallanes Region economy (in the extreme south of Chile) received an injection of 220 million dollars from the 630.000 tourists that arrived by air, sea or land to the area during 2013, according to the latest release form the regional Tourism Office (Sernatur).

• Wednesday, August 27th 2014 - 07:12 UTC

  Controversy in Punta Arenas on servicing cruise vessels this coming season

  

  Controversy has erupted in Punta Arenas as to the consequences for the cruise season of the damage suffered by the Mardones jetty after a container vessel crashed into its structure.

• Saturday, August 23rd 2014 - 07:14 UTC

  Despite overall slowing down in Chile, Magallanes region continues to grow

  

  Although overall Chile is undergoing a period of economic deceleration, which the government is trying to address with lower rates and full execution of public works investments, the Magallanes region in the extreme south of the country was among those with the best performance in the second quarter having expanded a healthy 2.8%.

• Monday, August 11th 2014 - 07:46 UTC

  Blackouts, trees and posts knocked down by gales in Ushuaia and Punta Arenas

  

  Hurricane strong winds on Saturday blew roofs, knocked down lamp posts and trees and left big areas of Ushuaia, Argentina and Puntas Arenas, Chile without power according to reports from both cities in the extreme south of the continent.

• Monday, August 4th 2014 - 07:03 UTC

  Magallanes with lowest unemployment rate in Chile, but quality of jobs is questioned

  

  Unemployment in the extreme south Chilean region of Magallanes was the lowest in the country during the April/June quarter, 2.3%, according to the latest report from the country's stats office, INE. This is 0.5 percentage points less than the previous quarter and 1.4 percentage points below a year ago.

• Wednesday, May 28th 2014 - 08:16 UTC

  Falklands and Punta Arenas close medical professional relations

  

  Relationships between medical professionals in Southern Chile and the Falkland Islands have been strengthened following a visit by the Islands’ radiographer to Punta Arenas.

• Tuesday, May 20th 2014 - 19:35 UTC

  Falklands visited by Punta Arenas experts in ports, logistics and shipping

  

  A group of managers representing Punta Arenas port facilities, logistic companies and shipping companies visited the Falkland Islands last week with an ultimate aim to offer solutions to the current and future commercial needs of the Islands.

• Monday, March 10th 2014 - 06:30 UTC

  Chilean navy helicopter rescues British yachtsman west of Cape Horn

  

  British yachtsman who was trying to sail by himself non-stop around the world has been rescued by Chile’s navy and is currently in Punta Arenas. The 54-year-old Andrew Halcrow was forced to give up his second attempt to circumnavigate the globe after the mast on his yacht broke in a storm west of Cape Horn.