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Ushuaia is trying to stay ahead of the curve with this expansion, maintaining leadership on Antarctica trips and standing out among nearby ports, in a time when cruise ship companies continue to add vessels for this route.
Aiming to capture growing demand for trips to Antartica – and shed its standing as a stop-over port – the city of Ushuaia in Argentina is set to debut an expansion that will allow for more cruise ships and a build out of its offerings for travelers.
The project is a year and a half in the making. For the first step, the cruise ships pier has been extended from 500 meters to 624 meters at a cost of about $7.7 million, or 1.7 billion argentine pesos. That adds space for two more cruise ships.
Now the city is trying to arrange financing for an additional 200 meters and to add a new “world class” terminal fo