Cargo deconsolidation
Introduction
Terminal Cuenca del Plata (TCP) is a terminal specialized in containers that has operated in the port of Montevideo (Uruguay) since 2001. It is a mixed company, whose capital corresponds to the Belgian multinational Katoen Natie (80%) and the National Ports Administration (20%),[1][2] association of a Uruguayan public entity with private capital, protected by the Decree 137/2001,[3] by which it is granted the administration and operation of the container terminal of the port of Montevideo, for a period of 30 years.
Creation and operation
The concession for the terminal was obtained at public auction in 2001, with an offer of US$17,000,000 from the company Katoen Natie. It is authorized to operate only with containers loaded on ships leaving Uruguay for export and unloaded from ships arriving with imports. In addition, it operates on transit ships that arrive at the port of Montevideo to change vessels, generally to and from Paraguay. It employs about 400 employees.[2].
scale dock
Contenido
El muelle tiene 638 m de longitud, lo cual permite recibir barcos de más de 330 m de eslora y 48 m de manga.
El muelle original, en el año 2001, tenía 228 m. La empresa lo amplió mediante una obra que ganó 25 há de terreno al mar, con lo cual posee una capacidad para operar 1.100.000 contenedores por año.[4] La ampliación de la terminal fue inaugurada oficialmente el 12 de octubre de 2009, por parte del presidente de la república, Tabaré Vázquez.[5].
archaeological find
During the dredging operations of Montevideo Bay, a series of archaeological pieces emerged from the river bed, some of which were identified as parts of the figurehead of the frigate Atrevida, belonging to the Spanish navy at the end of the 18th century.[6] They are exhibited in the building where the administration of the Katoen Natie company operates on Buenos Aires Street No. 275.[7]