PORT OF MONTEVIDEO - Latitude 34° 54' 33" South – Longitude 56° 12' 45" West.

Antecedents

Early in its history, the Port of Montevideo was the leader in the development of the country and region. Its privileged location, its comparative advantages due to natural conditions and infrastructure, services and the investment options it offers, have turned it into a forced icon in commercial routes.

Location

The Port of Montevideo, located in Río de la Plata is geographically shaped as the main cargo transportation route of MERCOSUR. Absorbed in the centre of the influential zone of almost 200 million residents, Montevideo constitutes the integration crux of MERCOSUR.

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Services and Operations

The Port offers investment services and operations which add up to the competitive advantages of its natural conditions and infrastructure. Working 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, the Port of Montevideo statistically records slim probability of wind and storm hindering the operations. A moderate system of swell and tide facilitate navigation through the access channels and its protection works.

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Free Port

A system of “free port” rules in Montevideo since the Port Services Act N° 16,246 came into effect 4th May, 1992. This makes Montevideo into the first and only terminal of the South American Atlantic coast which precinct is a zone of customs exclusion. The rule states that the circulation of goods in Montevideo “shall be free” and that it “will demand neither authorizations nor formal proceedings”. It also states that “during its permanence in the customs enclosure port, goods shall be exempt from all fees and surcharges pertaining to importation or due to the same”.

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Vision and mission

Vision
To make up a development center for Uruguay establishing itself as the preferred port of the region, due to the quality of its services.

Mission
To manage, keep and develop the Port of Montevideo generating, by means of an efficient organization directed to the satisfaction of the client, a growing and sustainable activity which makes it outstand because of the quality of its services and its contribution to the remarkableness in the chain of the multimodal transportation.

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Connections

To the Port of Montevideo converges the main access routes to the countries of the region. Three international bridges over river Uruguay connect by land to the Mediterranean zones of the continent. By the East, up-to-date roads connect river Uruguay with the Brazilian river. The Uruguayan railway branch is set out in a radial way from Montevideo. The regional standardization of the trail allows any kind of connection with Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. Meanwhile, the Port of Montevideo has a double railway branched in the different docks.

The Aeropuerto Internacional de Carrasco (International Airport of Carrasco) is situated just 18 km from the Port of Montevideo.

Aerial: 18 km from the Aeropuerto Internacional de Carrasco.

Fluvial: 128 miles from Buenos Aires’ port.

Roads: Panamericana route

Railway connections: with Argentina, Paraguay, Chile and Bolivia: Montevideo-Salto Grande. With Brazil and its centers: Porto Alegre, Curitiba, Florianopolis, San Pablo and Rio de Janeiro.



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