Nueva Palmira, Uruguay
Port · UYNVP · -33.88°, -58.42°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 1
- vessel calls / yr
- 346
About the port
The World Port Index lists Nueva Palmira as a very small river natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 9 m in the channel, 3 m at the anchorage and 8 m at the cargo pier.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 396 port calls at Nueva Palmira from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 33 a month, 11% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 78%, general cargo ships 11% and tankers 7% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 1.5 million t imported and 8.2 million t exported.
The busiest month was Oct 2025 (42 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (24).
What is reported near this port
1 warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Nueva Palmira, the earliest issued in 2007; the most common types are nav aids (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Nueva Palmira 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: 38 calls, 180 thousand t in, 561 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
- good
- water body
- Rio de la Plata; South Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VI
- depths
- channel 9 m · anchorage 3 m · cargo pier 8 m
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance; not salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed
- services
- dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal, medical
- supplies
- fuel oil, water; not deck stores, diesel, engine stores
- repairs
- limited
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 124 (Enroute) - East Coast of South America
World Port Index entry Nueva Palmira (No. 13150), 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 2.7%, exports 37%.
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.