Rosario, Argentina
Port · ARROS · -33.05°, -60.57° · Vegetable Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages, Mineral Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 1,794
About the port
The World Port Index lists Rosario as a medium river natural harbour with excellent shelter.
Listed depths: 6 m in the channel, 8 m at the cargo pier and 5 m at the oil terminal.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated moderate.
Rosario is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 1,918 port calls at Rosario from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 160 a month, 11% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 58%, tankers 28% and container ships 7% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 2.9 million t imported and 34 million t exported.
The busiest month was May 2026 (289 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (117).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Rosario.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 129 calls, 180 thousand t in, 2.3 million t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- medium river natural
- shelter
- excellent
- water body
- Rio de la Plata; South Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VI
- depths
- channel 6 m · cargo pier 8 m · oil terminal 5 m
- entrance restricted by
- other; not ice, swell, tide
- overhead limits
- no
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed, floating, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water
- 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 Rosario (No. 13630), 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 14%, exports 28%.
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.