09/01/2013 | Argentina

Libertad Frigate docks at Mar del Plata Navy base

21/01/2013 | Argentina

Malvinas War ship sinking at Navy base

Missile destroyer ARA "Santísima Trinidad," used in the Malvinas War and out of service since 2004, moored at the Puerto Belgrano Navy base, is currently leaning to port and under the risk of sinking.

14/11/2012 | Argentina

Gov't reports Ghana to tribunal over Libertad

The government formally reported Ghana today before the Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, in a bid to try to recuperate the ship that has been detained in Tema port since October 2.

20/11/2012 | Argentina

Rosario grains int'l port closed due to strike

19/12/2012 | Argentina

Libertad frigate sets sail for Argentina

The ARA Libertad set sail for Argentina yesterday, four days after a UN court ordered its release from the Tema port in Accra, Ghana, following a 77 day embargo due to a claim by vulture fund NML Capital.

02/02/2011 | Argentina

Workers lift grains ports strike

Grains workers obeyed a government order to halt a week-long wage strike that had delayed shipments and paralyzed soy-processing plants, a union leader said.

14/03/2011 | Argentina

CFK announces US$300 mil investment by UAE in City port

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner spoke at the official ceremony for the opening of the  the new cruise ship terminal of the City port and highlighted "the importance of boosting tourism, which contributes to Argentina's growth and creates jobs." She announced that the United Arab Emirates will invest US$300 million on works to further enlarge the port.

25/10/2012 | Argentina

Timerman ratifies Argentina will 'get frigate back' without negotiating with vulture funds

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman stressed that Argentina will not negotiate with vulture funds in order to recover the Libertad navy training frigate, which remains impounded in a Ghanaian port since October 2, and whose crew arrived in Buenos Aires early on Thursday.

12/10/2011 | Latin America

Hurricane Jova floods Mexico's main Pacific port

Hurricane Jova flooded the streets of Mexico's main Pacific port with torrential rain today, inundating several popular beach resorts and felling trees along the coast.

16/12/2011 | Latin America

Britain calls for urgent talks with Uruguay over Malvinas ships

The British Government was seeking urgent explanation, through their representatives in Montevideo, over the Uruguayan Government’s decision to disallow ships holding a Malvinas Islands flag to dock in the country’s ports, press representatives for the British Embassy in Uruguay confirmed to BuenosAiresHerald.com.

19/03/2012 | Latin America

After diplomatic stir, Peru voids permit allowing British frigate to dock in its port

In a display of “Latin American support for Argentina’s legitimate rights,” the Peruvian government has announced its decision to disallow the protocol visit of a British frigate scheduled to dock in a Peruvian port this week.