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Authorities from the Government of the Province of Santa Fe completed their visit to some Chilean ports to learn the operational model of the terminals and replicate it in the port facilities of Rosario.
The Governor of Santa Fe, Maximiliano Pullaro, affirmed that he seeks to transform the province into a mining logistics hub. With this objective in mind, and as part of the institutional mission that the authority leads in Chile, Pullaro visited Puerto Angamos and Terminal Graneles del Norte (TGN) with a delegation, two maritime facilities located in the Antofagasta Region.
With the aim of analyzing logistical alternatives to channel mining exports through the Port of Rosario, the provincial representatives met with the CEOs of Puerto Angamos and TGN, Carlos Kulenkampff and Felipe Vásquez.
After the meeting, Pullaro noted that "we feel we have an opportunity to reflect, based on what we see here, on a productive development matrix that allows the ports of Santa Fe, particularly the Port of Rosario, to be a logistics hub and from there generate a lot of growth. We are talking about economic growth, job creation, and well-being for our population."
The Santa Fe governor highlighted the possibility "of many investments emerging" and valued the importance of "seeing something here that works and was planned a long time ago. The Province of Santa Fe is getting organized and looking to the future. The future today in the Argentine Republic is not only the engine that cereals and oilseeds were, but now also energy and mining. We want to transform ourselves into a mining logistics hub as well to expand our productive system."
Likewise, the Minister of Productive Development of Santa Fe, Gustavo Puccini, expressed that "the visit was very productive. We are pleasantly surprised by what we have found in these ports, their operability, experience, efficiency with which they work, and the investments that have been made. It is important to learn what can be done in our ports."
Puccini stressed that "for us, Chile is among the top 10 countries for Santa Fe's exports, which is why we already have a link, to be complemented with logistics, which is very important because behind this is the work we can generate, along with the growth and development expected for Argentina, especially for mining."
The Mayor of Rosario, Pablo Javkin, recalled that "in the history of Rosario, the port played a fundamental role, but in the future, it will be even more central. Undoubtedly, part of that role will be to become the port that links the output of mining with the rest of the world. For this, it is very important to see infrastructure, like those we saw in Chile, understand how they operate, what comparative advantages we have, and then move forward with investments."
"In this interconnected world, we are here in front of one of the most important ports in the Pacific, looking for ways to connect this with the future of the Port of Rosario facing the Paraná River," the mayor concluded.
The Santa Fe mission in Chile – which also includes the Secretary of Transport and Logistics, Mónica Alvarado, among other provincial officials and a delegation of businessmen – will continue with a work agenda in the city of Santiago de Chile.
