Port of Rosario completed in August 2006. More Information: PUERTO ROSARIO Port of Rosario The Port of Rosario is an inland port and a major goods-shipping center of Argentina, located in the city of Rosario, province of Santa Fe, on the western shore of the Paraná River, about 550 km upstream from the Atlantic Ocean. The port is the largest of a series located in the several cities of the Greater Rosario that lie on the Paraná; the last (northernmost) able of overseas traffic being Puerto General San Martín (23 km upstream from Rosario). It is part of the Bi-Oceanic Corridor that joins
Cabo Corrientes, Cuba to the Spanish West Indies, which became known as the Blockade of Western Cuba or Watts' West Indies Expedition. The English took up position near Cabo Corrientes in mid June 1591 to await the arrival of Spanish ships. On 23 June "Burr", "Hopewell", "Swallow" and "Content" arrived between Cape Corrientes and Cape San Antonio and soon sighted six sail. Hoping these were treasure ships, the English closed, only to discover the ships were a powerful Spanish naval force. A three-hour engagement followed after which the English formation scattered. On 29 June "Hopewell" and "Swallow" returned to Cape Corrientes to find