# Montevideo (UY MVD)

**UN/LOCODE:** UY MVD  
**Country:** Uruguay  
**Water Body:** South Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Medium  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Breakwater)  
**GPS:** -34.9000, -56.2167

Around 1.1 million TEU crossed the quays of Montevideo (UY MVD) in 2024 — with a record first half — at Uruguay's principal container gateway on the River Plate. The Terminal Cuenca del Plata (TCP), 80%-held by Belgium's Katoen Natie since 2001, offers two Super-Post-Panamax berths, a 638-metre quay wall and seven ship-to-shore cranes — four of them able to work vessels of up to 18,000 TEU. A roughly USD 455 million expansion has lifted annual capacity beyond 2.5 million TEU, adding a 365-metre berth and seven hectares of yard. Beyond containers, the port channels Uruguay's staple exports: beef, wool, soybeans, rice, dairy and cellulose. Its free-port regime allows goods to be stored and handled without customs duties, which underpins its role as a transhipment point for landlocked Paraguay and Bolivia. Cargo moves inland by road and via the Paraná–Paraguay barge waterway. With an 11-metre access channel, Montevideo handles the largest boxships calling the east coast of South America. Regional alternatives include Buenos Aires across the estuary and Rio Grande in southern Brazil.

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