Paraguay and Argentina will dredge the Paraná River

The governments of Paraguay and Argentina agreed on an operational understanding of the procedure so that the countries, through their respective competent institutions, can carry out the necessary interventions in the critical stages of the Paraná River identified as priorities.

The objective is to normalize the navigability conditions of the shared area of the Paraná River, especially from the Yacyretá dam to the confluence with the Paraguay River, in order to deal with the navigation difficulties that ships go through and, consequently, complicate exports.

In the face of the urgent hydrological emergency, the two governments were already developing bilateral joint actions to solve this problem and entrusted the Paraguayan Argentina Joint Commission of the Paraná River (Comip) to coordinate, implement, and link the two banks in an action plan which includes field measurements (bathymetries), dredging, and signaling works along the entire waterway.

Actions will also be taken to contribute to the predictability and safety of navigation in these areas of high productive potential.

Source: Agência IP

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