Fuente: WIPO "tomato" There is described a conveying apparatus (26) for advancing packages (2) comprising a plurality of retaining spaces (40) for housing the packages (2), each retaining space (40) being delimited by a respective first delimiting element (44) and a respective second delimiting element (45) and a conveying device (41) comprising a support base (46) carrying the first delimiting elements (44) and the second delimiting elements (45) and being configured to advance the first delimiting elements (44) and the second delimiting elements (45) and thereby also the retaining spaces (40) along an advancement path (S) and through a feeding station (42) at which a package (2) is fed into a respective retaining space (40) and a discharge station (43) at which the package (2) is discharged from the respective retaining space (40). The first delimiting elements (44) and the second delimiting elements (45) are movably connected to the support base (46). The conveying apparatus (26) comprises a control device (48) configured to control a relative movement of each first delimiting element (44) and the respective second delimiting element (45) during advancement of each first delimiting element (44) and the respective second delimiting element (45) along the advancement path (S).