Ship runs aground causing delays on Argentina's Parana near Rosario

Ship runs aground causing delays on Argentina's Parana near Rosario
Maximilian Heath May 5, 2018 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-argentina-shipping/ship-runs-aground-...

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Around 60 ships faced delays on Friday near Argentina’s grains hub of Rosario after a vessel on the Parana River ran aground and blocked passage downriver towards the Atlantic Ocean, the head of Argentina’s Chamber of Port and Maritime Activity said.

The cargo ship, contracted by Glencore and en route to Australia, was stranded on Thursday about 85 kilometers (53 miles) south of Rosario on the Rio Parana, the country’s principal commercial waterway.

The grounded boat was loaded with 42,500 tonnes of soybean meal, the chamber said, at a time when farmers in Argentina are beginning their seasonal harvest of corn and soy and port activity is increasing.