Paraguay River’s level hinders navigation

The Paraguay River water level continues to decline, hampering river transport in the region and increasing costs to reach the ports of Villeta and Asunción.

According to the latest bulletin published by the Directorate of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH) of the country, in the north, in the Brazilian region of Ladário, the river level has decreased by six centimeters, same volume as Bahía Negra. In Alto Paraná, the low was of four centimeters. In Concepción, the fall was two centimeters.

In the south, leaving Asuncion, last weekend the level dropped by five centimeters. In Villeta, by three centimeters, Alberdi by four centimeters and eight centimeters in Pilar, according to the DMH. It is worth nothing that it is in Pilar, on the quay of the Paraguayan National Administration of Navigation and Ports (ANNP), that the cargo is unloaded so that the containers can be transported by land.

The low level of the river has been hurting the importation of containers in Paraguay, especially now that the country is receiving year-end goods. Even so, the expectation is that within three months the river level will rise again.

Source: Portal Portuário

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