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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

Argentina on March 15 announced it was closing its borders to all incoming foreigners for at least two weeks. The ban does not apply to legal permanent residents. The decision to ban most foreigners came days after Argentina announced it would halt all flights from

Maria Paula Chaves On February 14th, the National Executive Branch has repealed Decree DECTO-2019-591-APN-PTE and Joint Resolution N°3 of November 12th of 2019 (See our Newsletter “Dangerous residues”), regarding the prohibition of transit, entrance and importation either definitive or temporal to the National Territory, Special

On November 13th a new Maritime, River and Lake Navigation Regulation [a.k.a. REGINAVE] has been passed under Decree DECTO-2019-770-APN-PTE. On the following paragraphs we will summarize the most significant changes that have been introduced. To begin with, we want to highlight that, according to the

New Regulation Forbids its Transit, Entrance and Importation either to the National Territory As per Decree DECTO- 2019-591-APN-PTE it is substituted in its section 1 (among others) which now reads: “It shall be forbidden the transit, entrance and importation either definitive or temporal to the