Puerto Madryn, Argentina
Port · ARPMY · -42.73°, -65.04° · Metals, Chemical & Allied Industries, Machinery & Electrical Equipment
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 79
About the port
The World Port Index lists Puerto Madryn as a small coastal natural harbour with excellent shelter.
Listed depths: 5 m in the channel, 17 m at the anchorage and 16 m at the cargo pier, with a mean rise of tide of 5 m.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated moderate, with a large drydock.
Puerto Madryn is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 85 port calls at Puerto Madryn from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 7 a month, 9% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, container ships 51%, dry bulk carriers 39% and general cargo ships 11% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 520 thousand t imported and 420 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Dec 2025 (12 calls) and the quietest Oct 2025 (4).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Puerto Madryn.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 7 calls, 0 t in, 34 thousand t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- small coastal natural
- shelter
- excellent
- water body
- South Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VI
- depths
- channel 5 m · anchorage 17 m · cargo pier 16 m
- mean rise of tide
- 5 m
- entrance restricted by
- other
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- not assistance, salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- mobile
- services
- electrical repair, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical, navigation equipment repair
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water; not deck stores, engine stores
- repairs
- moderate
- drydock
- large
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 124 (Enroute) - East Coast of South America
- chart
- 23102
World Port Index entry Puerto Madryn (No. 13900), 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 2.6%, exports 0.3%.
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.