September 01st – Montevideo, UPM Paper pulp Terminal


September 01st 2022

Ushuaia

ANTARES: We attach to this News a flyer with the full detail of all our staff and offices for your ready reference.

Week end duty staff: (Friday, September 02nd as from 1200 hours until Monday September 05th, 0800 hrs)

– HQ Buenos Aires:

Germán Stoppo +54 9 11 6434 1673

Nicolás Fichi +54 9 11 5578 4559

– Upriver:

Sebastián José Ferrara +54 9 11 3156 1679

Franco Gabriel Ostojic +54 9 11 6656 1678

Walter Nestor Travaglini +54 9 11 3156 1680


National Holidays: Friday, October 07th and Monday October 10th


River Parana Draft Forecast:

Grains and Markets:

South Korea has purchased 63 thousand tons maize for October or November dates.
Jordan has bought 60 thousand tons of barley on December dates.
Chile is looking for meal on October dates.

Argentine maize harvest 2021-2022:

As mentioned before, the Argentine maize harvest is now deemed finished with a total estimated at 52 million tons by the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange.

The main production areas and yields.
This shows why the main loading area is at Upriver ports.
2021-2022 harvest was 1 per cent lower than 2020-2021.
The overall total increase over the last ten years is 40.9 per cent.

Montevideo – UPM Paper pulp Terminal:

UPM, the paper pulp firm, is in the final stages of building a terminal within the port of Montevideo. Completion is expected for mid-2023. The storage capacity is 50 thousand cubic meters/140 thousand tons.
The berth will allow for vessels up to 294 meters LOA, 32 meters beam and about 12 meters draft. The design throughput capacity for the installation is 2 million tons per annum.


Weather in to the week-end for bunker deliveries at Zona Comun:

STS BUNKER AT ZONA COMUN FOR NEXT DAYS:
Strong wind gusts over short periods on Friday early.
As always, the STS operation is up to the discretion of the Master’s of the vessels involved.

Will keep you posted.

Best regards,

Antares Servicios Maritimos S.A.

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