Buenos Aires port is Argentina's main port and a major seaport for cargo coming from inside the country. It is located on the Rio de la Plata´s estuary, 240 kilometers away from the Atlantic Ocean.
Centuries ago, the port was the heart and the gateway to the City. Nowadays, the port grew and changed.
The port is one of the most important industrial, commercial and financial spots of the city. Its connections with Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, trough a system of navigable rivers, make it a distribution center of South America.
The current port was built in the late nineteenth century (Puerto Madero, Dock Sud) and was expanded during the first half of XX century (Puerto Nuevo). The port moves about 8,710,000 tons of cargo. Passenger traffic, that was essential during the golden age of immigration in Argentina, has disappeared almost completely, except for short routes to the Uruguayan cities of Colonia del Sacramento and Montevideo.
Buenos Aires port concentrates approximately 70% of container movements. There are more than 60 shipping companies operating in the port.
Five railway lines from across the country converge in the port. Also it is connected to all domestic routes.
Between November and April, the port of Buenos Aires receives hundreds of cruise ships from abroad. According to official estimates, the 2008/2009 season brought 260,000 visitors to these shores from abroad.
The port is divided into five cargo terminals, which occupy 92 hectares. It has 23 dock berths for ships with length exceeding 189 meters.
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