Montevideo

The harbour

Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, lies on the north bank of the Río de la Plata where the wide estuary opens towards the Atlantic. The Spanish founded it as a fortified port in the eighteenth century, and its natural harbour has long competed with Buenos Aires across the river.

The port handles containers, frozen meat, grain, soy and transhipment cargo, along with cruise ships and ferries. In 1939, after the Battle of the River Plate, the German warship Graf Spee was scuttled off the city. Sailors notice the brown, silty water of the estuary and the Cerro, a hill topped by an old fortress, across the bay.

Montevideo in PerpeNaval

Region

South America

Country

Uruguay

Position

34.90°S 56.20°W

Size in the game

a regional port (tier 1)

Fuel

about $313 a tonne at full stock

Trades

Grain, Machinery, Consumer goods, Fresh produce, Wine, Coffee, Cocoa, Medicine

On the quay

a quay and a fuel berth

Waters

near pirate water: Río de la Plata Approach

The album

stamp, postcard, franciscana dolphin, coffee sack patch

The nearest harbours by sea

Routed on the game's sea grid with the canals open, the way a ship sails it.

Lately at Montevideo