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Grimaldi lines shipping to Montevideo instead of Buenos Aires
Hi,
We have just found out that the Europe-South America sailings with Grimaldi no longer go to Argentina, they finish in Uruguay, so we will be arriving to a different country than we had planned. That's probably grand as Uruguay sounds like a nice place to explore. We hope to be getting there in early September this year (2012).
We're not done any research on Uruguay, or on arriving into it's port with an overland truck, so any experiences anyone has that they can share would be very much appreciated!
Merv and Sarah
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3 Jul 2012
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I don't think that this is correct. I just checked their S. America sailings schedule, updated yesterday, and it shows Zarate as a port of call. Perhaps our Argentine shipping experts can clarify this?
Regards, Mick
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Uruguay is a great place, you'll love it. A nice, chilled out introduction to South America. Montevideo is really just on the other side of the river from Buenos Airies and in fact Colonia is less than an hour away on the ferry.
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Hi
Well, today here in BA a Croatian couple is boarding on the Grande San Paolo on the way to Germany. At Buenos Aires from some boats ago they change the terminal to one just beside La Boca and we check the port schedule now and there aren’t more boat coming to BA but yes to Zárate.
Maybe they will move all the Argentine operation there, maybe is only temporary, my first advice with Grimaldi is “never trust” with what they says, Mick is a first witness about what I’m talking about...
Anyway and for what to the OP concerns, arriving to SA with a RoRo service always is easy. Uruguay is a really nice country to explore and their people is very nice, don’t stress... 
Will try to see my contacts to inquire what was happening...
Saludos
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Thanks folks! We initially had a bit of a panic and rushed to check if we needed to pre-apply for visas for Uruguay (Irish Passport holders) but all seems simple and easy.
We too are on the Saou Paoulo, and got our ticket yesterday after paying the balance. It seems it's stopping in MonteVideo and allows roro disembarcation there (we've a truck), but it may well be continuing further south.
Anyone know if we need anything other than passports and the truck registration documents to enter into Uruguay?
Anyone know if I drive the truck off the ship there, or have to pay a stevedore to do it for me? or have a feel for any other portside costs?
Thanks!
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Hi Merv
You drive on and off yourself: your vehicle is luggage rather than cargo so the temp. import requirements are the same as entering across a land border - much much simpler than getting cargo released! You'll find that they love their rubber stamps and triplicate forms - just keep smiling. The lady who dealt with my bike was very efficient, between fag breaks.
Whatever you do, don't let Grimaldi drive your truck, it'd probably end up in the water!
Enjoy.
Regards, Mick
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