Author: AIVP Original title: Amérique du Sud : les travaux de l’Interocéanique sud sont lancés / Une nouvelle route dans la Cordillère des Andes On sale date: Wednesday, 05 October 2005 Type of document: News Topic: 3 - PORT AND TRANSPORT POLICIES, 2 - PORT CITY AND ECONOMY Location:
A new highway through the Cordillera of the Andes connecting Argentina to the Chilean ports of Mejillones, Iquique or Antofagasta has just been inaugurated. Work on the gigantic project of the South Interoceanic highway that will one day connect Brazil and Bolivia to the Peruvian ports of Ilo and Matarani has also been launched officially. A new structuring of the inland connections that will have a big economic impact on the countries and ports concerned.
