San Martin, Argentina
Port · ARSMA · -32.66°, -60.75° · Vegetable Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages, Mineral Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 1,575
About the port
The World Port Index lists San Martin as a very small river natural harbour with excellent shelter.
Listed depths: 5 m in the channel, 3 m at the cargo pier and 9 m at the oil terminal.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
San Martin is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 1,722 port calls at San Martin from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 144 a month, 9% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 70%, tankers 26% and general cargo ships 3% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 1.4 million t imported and 43 million t exported.
The busiest month was May 2026 (165 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (99).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of San Martin.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 151 calls, 92 thousand t in, 3.5 million 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
- excellent
- water body
- Rio de la Plata; South Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VI
- depths
- channel 5 m · cargo pier 3 m · oil terminal 9 m
- entrance restricted by
- other; not ice, swell, tide
- overhead limits
- no
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- floating
- services
- longshore labour, medical; not garbage disposal
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 124 (Enroute) - East Coast of South America
World Port Index entry Puerto San Martin (No. 13600), 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 3.3%, exports 32%.
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.