We were visited by USDA, SENASA and COPEXEU

May 2011. On Thursday, 5 were visited by representatives of the USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture United States), SENASA (Argentine Agency responsible for overseeing the health and quality of our fish farming and forestry) and COPEXEU (Committee of Producers and Exporters of Fruit and Vegetables for the United States.)

The visit to Port San Antonio This was the culmination of an audit process initiated in the Valley to show the authorities the system Pre-Shipment Inspection and Certification for exports to the U.S.

Part of the delegation was composed
from the USDA:

   * William Wesel (Deputy Director of Origin Certificate Programs, Quarantine Policy, Analysis and Support)

     * Yvette Perez (Chief introspected Area Health Service Animal and Plant)

By the SENASA:

     * Martin Delucis (National Coordinator)

     * Regional Representatives and Coordinators

    Engineers: Lisandro Milan, Oscar Eduardo Rolo and Pagella

For COPEXEU:

     * Ricardo Ajo Uslé (General Manager)

  Thank you for visiting and we hope to have felt good.

Primary School N°304 has been renamed "ALBERTO J. CENATNI"

March, 2010. Thanks to the initiative of the educational community, the accession of Patagonia Norte, family's permission and approval of the Ministry of Education, as part of the 14th anniversary, the school N ° 304 of Puerto San Antonio Este, formerly "Peninsula Villarino" imposed changed its name in tribute to whom timely, because of the destruction by fire of the school facilities of the port, did not hesitate to take the lead to assist the solution of the problem, being responsible for construction of new school building. In recognition of his work and commitment to children, from 3 March 2010, the school is called "Alberto J. Centani.".

Commitment with the excellence

Quality System Certification

Patagonia Norte S.A. has impelled the development of the Port of San Antonio, investing in modern and innovative infrastructures, accentuating its strategic location, natural depth, perfecting the necessary services for the export, all of this, thanks to the effort of its qualified personnel and the support of the entities related with the activity.

Patagonia Norte S.A. is the first port of Patagonia in Argentina to receive the ISO 9001:2008 certification of its System of Quality Management awarded by RINA (Registro Italiano Navale), an Italian belonging to IQNet. Currently recertified with the latest version of ISO 9001:2008.-

ISPS/PBIP Code Certification

International Ship and Port Facility Security Code

Patagonia Norte S.A. is the first argentinian port in certifyng the international code ISPS (International code for the Security of Ships and of Port Facilities) / PBIP (Código Internacional para la Proteccion de Buques e instalaciones portuarias).

QMS Implementation and Certification in the Container Terminal Bahía Blanca

Patagonia Norte has extended the application of its Quality Management System for Container Terminal Port of Bahía Blanca, achieved in October 2008, the international certification.

Environmental Management System Implementation

Container Terminal of the Port of Bahía Blanca

We have implemented an Environmental Management System in our container terminal in the Port of Bahia Blanca.

This is our commitment to excellence!