La Plata, Argentina
Port · ARLPG · -34.87°, -57.91° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Vegetable Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 6
- vessel calls / yr
- 386
About the port
The World Port Index lists La Plata as a medium river basin harbour with excellent shelter.
Listed depths: 8 m in the channel, 8 m at the anchorage, 6 m at the cargo pier and 8 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 1 m.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated moderate, with a medium drydock.
PortWatch estimates 482 port calls at La Plata from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 40 a month, 23% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 72%, container ships 19% and dry bulk carriers 7% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 115 thousand t imported and 1.9 million t exported.
The busiest month was Apr 2026 (53 calls) and the quietest Mar 2026 (33).
What is reported near this port
6 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of La Plata, the earliest issued in 2007; the most common types are nav aids (6).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near La Plata 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: 44 calls, 8 thousand t in, 202 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.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- medium river basin
- shelter
- excellent
- water body
- Rio de la Plata; South Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VI
- depths
- channel 8 m · anchorage 8 m · cargo pier 6 m · oil terminal 8 m
- mean rise of tide
- 1 m
- entrance restricted by
- other; not ice, swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- no
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, electrical repair, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical, navigation equipment repair
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- moderate
- drydock
- medium
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 124 (Enroute) - East Coast of South America
- chart
- 24052
World Port Index entry La Plata (No. 13770), 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 0.7%, exports 1.5%.
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.