en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Argentine national government has awarded the privatization tender for the Main Waterway (Vía Navegable Troncal) to the company Jan de Nul – Servimagnus, which submitted the best bid.
In accordance with Resolution No. 2026-36-APN-ANPYN#MEC, the National Ports and Navigation Agency (Agencia Nacional de Puertos y Navegación) completed the evaluation process, concluding the tender procedure. As in previous stages, the tender process received no objections from participating companies, thereby validating the technical opinions issued by the evaluation committee at each stage of the public tender.
The contract is expected to be signed within a maximum of 30 days. Upon its entry into force, the clause reducing logistics costs by 13.5% will be activated, and construction of a modernized new main waterway will commence, including dredging works, as well as the introduction of technologies for navigation safety and combating drug trafficking.
The planned works will allow vessels to depart fully loaded from their ports of origin, generating greater savings and expanding the national production frontier. This will directly impact the competitiveness of Argentina's industrial and agricultural sectors, reducing global logistics costs and promoting exports.
The tender process received broad support from private users, including the Chamber of the Oil Industry of the Argentine Republic and the Grain Export Center (Cámara de la Industria Aceitera de la República Argentina y Centro Exportador de Cereales), the Argentine Industrial Union (Unión Industrial Argentina), the Rosario Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Comercio de Rosario), the Chamber of Private Commercial Ports (Cámara de Puertos Privados Comerciales), the Chamber of Port and Maritime Activities (Cámara de Actividades Portuarias y Marítimas), as well as the provincial governments of Entre Ríos, Santa Fe, Corrientes, Chaco, Formosa, and Misiones. All parties expressed satisfaction with the tender result and emphasized that it maintained strict standards of public transparency, in line with the highest technical quality standards established by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). This UN body reviewed each stage to ensure the application of international best practices in the management of sovereign infrastructure.
This privatization marks the end of state management of this strategic waterway, which handles 80% of Argentina's foreign trade flow. The project ushers in a new era of private investment, with the state retaining regulatory authority but no longer directly intervening in operations.
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