Itacoatiara, Brazil
Port · BRIAR · -3.15°, -58.44°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 213
About the port
The World Port Index lists Itacoatiara as a very small river natural harbour with excellent shelter.
Listed depths: 11 m in the channel and 9 m at the cargo pier.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 191 port calls at Itacoatiara from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 16 a month, 15% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 54%, dry bulk carriers 43% and general cargo ships 2% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 1.9 million t imported and 3.6 million t exported.
The busiest month was Jun 2026 (22 calls) and the quietest Sep 2025 (12).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Itacoatiara.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 14 calls, 187 thousand t in, 188 thousand 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
- excellent
- water body
- South Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V
- depths
- channel 11 m · cargo pier 9 m
- entrance restricted by
- other
- tugs
- not assistance, salvage
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- services
- longshore labour, medical; not electrical repair, garbage disposal, navigation equipment repair
- supplies
- deck stores, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions
- repairs
- limited
- marine railway
- small
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 124 (Enroute) - East Coast of South America
World Port Index entry Itacoatiara (No. 12540), 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 Brazil's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 0.8%, exports 0.4%.
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.