Uruguay ports authority ANP says 2025 operating result rose 32% on higher pulp, bulk volumes

Uruguay’s National Ports Administration (ANP) said its economic result for 2025 rose 32% from 2024 to 2.233 billion Uruguayan pesos ($57.2 million), helped by higher pulp and bulk cargo volumes handled at the ports of Montevideo and Nueva Palmira and at the Punta del Arenal transfer station.

ANP said that, by segment, container throughput fell 25% in 2025, but overall foreign trade grew 5% to 463,677 TEUs from 440,322 TEUs in 2024. Passenger traffic increased 5%, bulk cargo volumes in Montevideo rose 29% and bulk volumes in Nueva Palmira increased 8%, the authority said.

The following chart compares inbound and outbound container flows recorded at Uruguayan ports over the last three years:

Container Throughput | Uruguay | Jan 2023 – Mar 2026 | TEUs

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Iron ore transshipment at Punta del Arenal Norte surged to 2,698,437 tonnes in 2025 from 215,681 tonnes in 2024, ANP said.

In Montevideo, bulk cargo measured in tonnes rose to 3,970,394 in 2025 from 3,073,818 a year earlier, according to ANP figures.

Nueva Palmira handled 2,258,264 tonnes of bulk cargo in 2025, up 8% from 2024, with exports rising 4.8%, imports up 11.36% and transshipment up 10.7%, ANP said.

Passenger traffic across ANP-managed ports reached 2,941,596 in 2025, up from 2,799,801 in 2024, with Montevideo posting the largest increase, while Colonia registered a slight decline, ANP said.

For the first quarter of 2026, ANP reported passenger traffic of 913,480, up 6% from the same period of 2025, while container throughput rose 6% to 232,680 TEUs and 129,288 containers. Iron ore transshipment at Punta del Arenal Norte also continued to grow, reaching 441,652 tonnes in the quarter versus 73,153 tonnes a year earlier, ANP said.

Source: ANP

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