Fray Bentos, Uruguay
Port · UYFZB · -33.12°, -58.28°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 40
About the port
The World Port Index lists Fray Bentos as a very small river natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 5 m in the channel, 6 m at the anchorage and 3 m at the cargo pier, with a mean rise of tide of 1 m.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 25 port calls at Fray Bentos from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 2 a month, 26% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 84% and dry bulk carriers 16% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 24 thousand t imported and 63 t exported.
The busiest month was Jun 2026 (4 calls) and the quietest Apr 2026 (0).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Fray Bentos.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 3 calls, 1 thousand t in, 9 t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- very small river natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Rio de la Plata; South Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VI
- depths
- channel 5 m · anchorage 6 m · cargo pier 3 m
- mean rise of tide
- 1 m
- entrance restricted by
- other
- overhead limits
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- not assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed
- services
- dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- provisions, water; not diesel, fuel oil
- repairs
- limited
- marine railway
- small
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 124 (Enroute) - East Coast of South America
World Port Index entry Fray Bentos (No. 13160), 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 Uruguay's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 1.2%, exports 0.0%.
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.