Santa Fe looks to Chilean ports to develop mining export corridor

Argentina’s Santa Fe province is looking to Chilean ports as a model for developing its own port operations, as the province seeks to position Rosario and the Paraná-Paraguay Hidrovía as a new outlet for mining exports.

The Santa Fe government and executives from Terminal Puerto Rosario, known as TPR, are organizing a mission to Chile to study maritime terminals, with a particular focus on facilities that handle mining cargo.

The goal is to analyze Chilean port operations and identify practices that could be adapted to terminals in Rosario.

According to Rosario3, the delegation will include Santa Fe’s Minister of Productive Development, Gustavo Puccini; Transport Secretary Mónica Alvarado; the president of the Rosario Port Authority, known as Enapro, Graciela Alabarce; and Rosario Mayor Pablo Javkin.

The agenda includes visits to the Port of Antofagasta, Puerto Angamos and Terminal Graneles del Norte, or TGN, in Chile’s Antofagasta region. The delegation will then travel to central Chile to visit Terminal Pacífico Sur, or TPS, the concessionaire of Terminal 1 at the Port of Valparaíso.

The group is also expected to meet with Ultramar President Richard von Appen. Ultramar is the majority shareholder of TPR at the Port of Rosario.

Santa Fe is working to position its port system as a gateway for Argentine mining exports. In July, the province signed an agreement with San Juan authorities aimed at allowing San Juan’s mining production to move through Santa Fe’s ports.

The strategy seeks to use the Paraná-Paraguay Hidrovía as a competitive logistics corridor for mining cargo, expanding Argentina’s export route options and supporting regional development.

For shippers, port operators and logistics companies, the initiative could mark a shift in Argentina’s mining export map. If Santa Fe succeeds in attracting mining cargo, Rosario’s port system could gain relevance beyond its traditional role in agribusiness and become part of a broader multimodal export corridor linking inland production areas with international markets.

Source: Portal Portuario

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