The governor of the Argentine province of Chubut, Ignacio Torres, inaugurated the work on the new Access Control building at the Muelle Almirante Storni in Puerto Madryn. The authority also presented the new scanner that will allow for the efficient control of all containers that enter and exit the port terminal on a daily basis.
Torres emphasized that “this is a fundamental work that should have been done ten years ago, which will elevate the port to a regional level, providing security from every point of view in the fight against drug trafficking, and also smuggling, because we will be able to audit what comes in and out, and have complete traceability.”
On this point, the provincial leader stated that, for the installation of the new scanner, “a modern civil work was carried out, with an investment of more than 5 billion pesos (USD 5.88 million) and that today elevates the Muelle Almirante Storni as one of the most competitive in Patagonia,” adding that the new technological and security standard “is a huge leap in quality and a benefit for all the people of Chubut and the industries of our province.”
“There are many shipping companies that are looking for different routes with the characteristics that the port has today, and that traceability will guarantee that the resource that enters and the one that leaves will be audited as it should be,” said the head of the provincial Executive.
“For ten years, the city and the port have been demanding the possibility of having a scanner like the one we are putting into operation today, with the necessary corresponding civil works; it was a responsibility we assumed from the first day of government and that we were finally able to complete,” he added.
On the other hand, the local leader remarked that “as a government, we proposed and carried out a development agenda that aims to strengthen our ports, added to a Free Trade Zone that will be one of the most competitive in Argentina and that will be directly connected to the exit of resources, together with a duty-free import scheme, through the port of Madryn,” specifying that “there is a logistics company, and two labor-intensive companies that will be setting up in the area; and today we can say that, after ten years, we have a port in good condition thanks to a significant investment, and to important work done by its current and previous authorities.”
The work of remodeling and expanding the Access Control to the Primary Zone of the Muelle Almirante Storni, awarded through a Private Price Bidding Process, represents a total provincial investment of 5 billion pesos.
The infrastructure will allow for better organization and access control for port personnel, both at the pedestrian and vehicular levels, while also providing greater security in circulation and in spaces whose dimensions are in accordance with the volume of people entering.
