He tugboat with Paraguayan flag HB GRUSwhich was transporting merchandise of Brazilian origin, was delayed by the Argentine Naval Prefecture in the port of San Lorenzo, province of Santa Fe. The order was given by the Argentine Court of First Instance in Civil and Commercial Matters, Luis Cassinerio.
The Guarani ship will remain immobilized until I pay the debt of 4,232 dollars for the toll applied unilaterally by Argentina, without any compensation.
The same measure was taken with another vessel, but with the Bolivian flag, which also accumulates a liability for the toll.
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Argentina did not demonstrate the services actually provided in exchange for the collection of the tollas concluded by the delegations of Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil and Uruguay, during the LIX Meeting of the Agreement Commission, which was recently held in Buenos Aires.
In the same vein, the Permanent Transport Commission of the La Plata Basin (CPTCP)made up of waterway users from the five signatory countries, and Argentine industry chambers.
For his part, Foreign Minister Julio Arriola argued that: “The free navigability of international rivers is essential, where the Paraguay-Paraná Waterway plays a transcendental role in facilitating foreign trade of the five signatory countries of the Santa Cruz Agreement. Therefore, any unilateral and unconsulted measure in contravention of current provisions that affects the competitiveness of commercial river navigation will always find our firm opposition.” It was during the ordinary meeting of the Common Market Council (CMC) of Mercosur.
Meanwhile, the documentation presented by Argentina to argue this measure indicates the need to charge a toll (of US$ 1.47 per ton of vessel). for signaling services, change of traces and an automatic identification system to know in real time the position of the vessels and night navigation.
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The entry Paraguayan ship retained in Argentina for not paying toll was first published in Diario HOY.
