Campana, Argentina
Port · ARCMP · -34.16°, -58.95° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 1
- vessel calls / yr
- 845
About the port
The World Port Index lists Campana as a small river natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 3 m in the channel, 11 m at the anchorage, 8 m at the cargo pier and 9 m at the oil terminal.
Entry can be restricted by tide and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 978 port calls at Campana from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 82 a month, close to the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 64%, dry bulk carriers 16% and general cargo ships 9% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 5.7 million t imported and 2.7 million t exported.
The busiest month was May 2026 (134 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (62).
What is reported near this port
1 warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Campana, the earliest issued in 2007; the most common types are nav aids (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Campana is not necessarily about the port; collection is incomplete between 2024-05 and 2026-08-17.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 66 calls, 281 thousand t in, 256 thousand t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- small river natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Rio de la Plata; South Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VI
- depths
- channel 3 m · anchorage 11 m · cargo pier 8 m · oil terminal 9 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, tide; not ice, swell
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance, salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- longshore labour, medical; not dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 124 (Enroute) - East Coast of South America
World Port Index entry Campana (No. 13710), matched by UN/LOCODE. NGA Publication 150 (U.S. government work). The index describes the port as last surveyed for the publication; it is not a substitute for Sailing Directions or port authority information.
Share of Argentina's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 18%, exports 1.7%.
Chokepoint and port data: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org) — IMF and the University of Oxford, via the UN Global Platform. Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts and port authority notices.