This puts Montevideo among the 20 ports in Latin America and the Caribbean that move the most amount of containerized cargo, corresponding to national exports and imports, as well as regional transits and transshipment.

Among them, the figure marks the 100 percent recovery of Paraguayan cargo, much of which had been diverted to other Argentine facilities due to operational problems that have been resolved, according to authorities of the National Port Administration.

The deepening of the draft, to 13 meters, has also had an impact in allowing the docking of ships with greater tonnage.

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