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The Port of Buenos Aires (Spanish: Puerto de Buenos Aires) is the principal maritime port in Argentina. Operated by the Administración General de Puertos (General Ports Administration), a state enterprise , it is the leading transshipment point for the foreign trade of Argentina .
The Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano was sunk on May 2, 1982, by the British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror during the Falklands War.The sinking of the General Belgrano led to the death of 323 Argentine sailors, [1] [2] almost half of all Argentine casualties during the conflict, [3] [4] and sparked controversy, as the attack occurred outside the exclusion zone established by the ...
Port of Mar del Plata (Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province) Port of Quequén (Necochea, Buenos Aires Province) Port Belgrano (Puerto Belgrano, Argentine Navy Base, Buenos Aires Province) Puerto Rosales (Punta Alta, Buenos Aires Province) Port of Ingeniero White (Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province) Port Galván (Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires ...
ARA General Belgrano (C-4) was an Argentine Navy light cruiser in service from 1951 until 1982. Originally commissioned by the U.S. Navy as USS Phoenix, she saw action in the Pacific theatre of World War II before being sold to Argentina.
Doha’s Grand Cruise Terminal opened in November 2022, welcoming the MSC Europa – the largest ever ship operated by MSC Cruises, with a guest capacity of 6,774 passengers.
Its first terminal was completed in 1951, by which time the runway was extended to 1,550 m (5,085 ft 4 in). [7] The airport was renamed following the 1955 coup against President Juan Perón in honor of the pioneer of Argentine aviation, Jorge Newbery , and was re-inaugurated in 1960 following work that expanded its main runway to 2,070 m (6,791 ...
At that time, at least 51 people were known to have died in Greater La Plata, and six deaths had been reported in Buenos Aires. [5] [15] Two additional deaths were reported in Greater Buenos Aires. [4] Many victims died by drowning, while others were electrocuted by downed power lines (including a Metro worker who was electrocuted in Los Incas ...
Two chartered Air France Concordes also visited in the past: F-BTSD arriving from Buenos Aires and continuing to Santiago, Chile, in early 1999; the second arriving from Easter Island, Chile and continuing to Buenos Aires prior to the cessation of most Concorde charter flights on 25 July 2000 (following the crash of Air France 4590).