Manaus, Brazil
Port · BRMAO · -3.13°, -59.96° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Metals
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 488
About the port
The World Port Index lists Manaus as a small river natural harbour with excellent shelter.
Listed depths: 6 m in the channel, 20 m at the anchorage, 23 m at the cargo pier and 8 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 11 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated moderate.
Manaus is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 435 port calls at Manaus from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 36 a month, 5% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, container ships 61%, tankers 26% and dry bulk carriers 9% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 3.5 million t imported and 780 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Sep 2025 (39 calls) and the quietest Oct 2025 (34).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Manaus.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 38 calls, 270 thousand t in, 152 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
- excellent
- water body
- South Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V
- depths
- channel 6 m · anchorage 20 m · cargo pier 23 m · oil terminal 8 m
- mean rise of tide
- 11 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, tide; not ice, swell
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance; not salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, floating, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical; not electrical repair, navigation equipment repair
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water; not deck stores, engine stores
- repairs
- moderate
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 124 (Enroute) - East Coast of South America
World Port Index entry Manaus (No. 12560), 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 1.5%, 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.