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Despite having forbidden –on August 10th, 2020 through Provision DISFC-2020-15-APN-DPMA#PNA– the discharge of washing waters from the scrubbers to waters of national jurisdiction, today the Argentine Directorate for Environmental Protection suspends this restriction. The cause of this suspension is the quarantine established in the country

Recently, San Lorenzo Coast Guard has reported that, due to navigation safety and environment protection issues, those vessels that count with left-handed propeller system, from now on, must request the assistance of a tugboat for mooring and undocking maneuvers. Vessels that have left-handed propeller —left-handed

Since the system of discharging washing waters of scrubbers is being studied by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in order to get information about their effects on the environment and avoid an irreversible damage on the marine ecosystem, the Directorate for Environmental Protection of the

As a consequence of the unprecedented ebb that continues affecting the Cuenca del Plata and, especially, the navigation of the rivers Paraná Medio, Paraná Inferior, Paraná de las Palmas and Río de la Plata, the Argentinian Coast Guard advises the captains and pilots on the

Further to our last Newsletter “COVID-19 ARGENTINA – Protocol for vessels calling Buenos Aires”, the National Ministry of Safety and the National Ministry of Health had recently introduced protocol N° NO-2020-18729360-APN-SSCRYF#MS, which establishes a reinforcement expansion to contingency plans at Argentine international ports in the

We would like to thank Messrs PILOTage S.A. Climate events with no significant precipitations are causing very low water levels on the rivers that make up the waterway known as “Hidrovia”, many of them falling below their historical minimum levels. Unfortunately, the situation is not

As Argentinian Government maximizes health and safety measures in order to flatten the infection curve of Coronavirus COVID-19, the General Ports Administration has introduced a new protocol regarding cargo vessels and passenger international cruises arriving the Buenos Aires Port. GENERAL PORTS ADMINISTRATION [AGPSE, by its

On March 30th, National Borders Sanitary Authorities informed that due to the pandemia declared worldwide of the COVID-19, all vessels coming from affected areas shall be sanitized by crew onboard and fumigated by a company duly authorized by the National Health Ministry. All measures adopted

On March 19th, the National Governement by means of Neccessity and Urgency Decree (DNU for its acronym in Spanish) N° 297/2020 has declared the TOTAL QUARANTINE for every citizen that it is not considered in the “exceptions” group such as Law Enforcement personnel, doctors, nurses,

On March 19th we have received information that several Upriver Ports announced their preventive closing. This decision follows the closing of national borders which came days after Argentina announced it would halt all flights from the United States and Europe and restrict the entrance of foreigners. Public and