en.Wedoany.com Reported - Over the next 25 years, Jan De Nul will be responsible for the deepening, modernization, and maintenance of Argentina's main waterway under a concession agreement, recovering its investment by collecting tolls from passing vessels. The company has been maintaining the Paraná River since 1995.

The 1,400-kilometer Paraná River concession is part of the Paraguay–Paraná Waterway (Hidrovía Paraguay–Paraná), an inland waterway system that connects the Paraguay River and the Paraná River, enabling large cargo from inland regions of Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina to be transported via ports to the Atlantic Ocean.

Under the concession agreement, maintenance work is scheduled to begin in August 2026, with key development phases such as channel deepening expected to be completed by 2031. In the early years of the concession period, Jan De Nul will carry out deepening operations, allowing larger vessels to access inland ports, thereby improving logistics efficiency, reducing transportation costs, and supporting export growth.

In addition to dredging, the concession includes a comprehensive modernization of navigation and monitoring infrastructure. According to Jan De Nul, this involves replacing and maintaining 1,150 navigation buoys, as well as updating existing systems to monitor variables such as water levels, flow rates, and current speeds.

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