Argentina suspends decree and lifts work stoppage
The short version
The Argentine Government suspended a decree that deregulated the pilotage service after a stoppage that paralyzed more than 150 vessels on the Paraná and de la Plata rivers. The agreement includes a 20% reduction in service fees.
The Government of Javier Milei suspended the application of the decree that deregulated the pilotage service.3 The strike by the pilots left more than 150 cargo ships stranded on the Paraná and de la Plata rivers.3 The agreement reached includes a 20% reduction in pilotage service fees.3
The interns are 530 professionals who paralyzed ports across the country.2 Uruguay had reported that the Argentine decree introduced changes to shared rivers and affected their ports.1 At the end of April, Uruguayan interns sent a note to the Rio de la Plata Administrative Commission on the Argentine decree.1
Eastern pilots sent the same message again about the effects of the diversion of cancelled ships in Argentina.1
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