Chacabuco, Chile
Port · CLCHB · -45.46°, -72.82°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 8
- vessel calls / yr
- 169
About the port
The World Port Index lists Chacabuco as a very small river natural harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 2 m in the channel, 23 m at the anchorage, 9 m at the cargo pier and 6 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 3 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide, swell and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated none.
PortWatch estimates 184 port calls at Chacabuco from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 15 a month, 16% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, ro-ro vessels 66%, tankers 21% and general cargo ships 8% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 262 thousand t imported and 13 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Sep 2025 (20 calls) and the quietest May 2026 (3).
What is reported near this port
8 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Chacabuco, the earliest issued in 2007; the most common types are nav aids (5) and quakes (3).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Chacabuco 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: 16 calls, 20 thousand t in, 1 thousand t out
Warnings within 60 nm, by year of issue
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Issued in the last 12 months, now cancelled · 1
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- very small river natural
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- South Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XV
- depths
- channel 2 m · anchorage 23 m · cargo pier 9 m · oil terminal 6 m
- mean rise of tide
- 3 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, swell, tide; not ice
- overhead limits
- no
- turning area
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- longshore labour, medical; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, water
- repairs
- none
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 125 (Enroute) - West Coast of South America
- chart
- 22371
World Port Index entry Puerto Chacabuco (No. 14197), matched by name 0.5 nm from PortWatch's position for this port. 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 Chile's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 0.1%, exports 0.1%.
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.