Barranqueras (ARBQS)

The port handles mainly iron ore, manganese and cement imported from Brazil and containers and coke from Portugal. Exports include soya, quebracho (tannin), hides, timber, charcoal, cotton and containers.

Summer Zone.

Barranqueras port is situated on the W bank of Riacho Barranqueras, a branch off the Parana River, at Km 1,198, approx 10km from the provincial capital city of Resistencia.

Draught 5.0m.

Rio Parana Superior extends from Puerto Parana upstream to the junction with Rio Paraguay. The E bank is bordered by cliffs and the W bank is low, bare and swampy with many channels forming islands. The minimum depth is 2.7m as far as Puerto Corrientes. Depths are subject to constant changes and CONTRASE should be contacted for the latest information.

BA 4201. Admiralty Pilot NP5 and NP286(7).

Barge convoys are moored to the bank on the opposite side of the creek and are ferried across to the quay one or two at a time.

Riacho Barranqueras can only be navigated between its down-stream entrance and the port at high river. When the river is at or below normal level, vessels with a draught of more than 1.8m or exceeding a length of 50m, must approach the port by the N entrance.When the sluice gates at the Yacryeta dam are closed there may be a drop of 0.2 to 0.3m in the river level. A road bridge, vertical clearance 45.5m, crosses Rio Parana between Resistencia and Corrientes.

The current attains a rate of 5.0kts at high river and 2.5kts at low river.

Traffic Control and Safety System (CONTRASE) operates throughout 24 hours.

Mean annual temperature 9.0-11.0°C. Annual rainfall 220-340mm.

BARRANQUERAS 27°29.00'S 58°56.00'W UNCTAD LOCODE: AR BQS For details see: GENERAL NOTES ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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CONTRASE (Traffic Control) for approaches to the River Plate. VHF: Traffic Control: Ch 14, 72 and 81, callsign "L2G".

Ship Sanitation Control and Exemption Certificates can be issued.