Aerial view of the port in Montevideo. (Photo: Intendencia de Montevideo)
Spanish firm allocated fishing terminal construction in Montevideo
URUGUAY
Wednesday, August 26, 2015, 03:50 (GMT + 9)
The Spanish company Abengoa has been allocated the construction of a fishing terminal in Capurro area, Montevideo, which is building work that will require an investment of USD 93 million.
The project includes the construction and operation, under a 30 year concession, of piers having slightly over a thousand metres long for industrial fishing vessels and cold storage chambers, as it was reported by Presidency.
Abengoa, which owns Teyma in Uruguay, communicated that the engineering work would begin later this year.
The deadline for the project is 9 months and further 30 months to be run.
This project, considered "strategic" by port authorities, would involve the transfer of the operation of the international fishing fleet working in the South Atlantic and reaching the port of Montevideo.
In this port terminal, Spanish, Korean, Chinese fishing vessels operate as well as those from other foreign countries, for unloading goods, equipment repair and crew boat transfer.
According to Daniel Montiel, deputy chairperson of the National Ports Administration (ANP), the new terminal will be one of the most important projects in five years and will make it possible to obtain a double result.
"We would locate a specialized area to international fishing fleets and, in turn, we would get the advantage that we would free docks in the central zone of the port, which are strategic areas to continue with the high quality services as those that we want to provide," he explained.
Meanwhile, the national fishing fleet will maintain its position in the port of Montevideo.
According to statistics from the ANP, between January and July this year, 235 foreign-flagged fishing vessels and 78 Uruguayan flagged ships reached the port of Montevideo.
"As the terminal is completed, setting up a fishing cold storage facility will be intended in order to provide services to the boats. We’re going to gradually analyse the commercial scenario as well as the business interest. Some stakeholders have already come," ensured Montiel.
By Analia Murias
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