San Nicolas, Argentina
Port · -33.39°, -60.13° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Chemical & Allied Industries
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 276
About the port
The World Port Index lists San Nicolas as a very small river natural harbour with excellent shelter.
Listed depths: 9 m in the channel, 9 m at the anchorage, 9 m at the cargo pier and 9 m at the oil terminal.
The index lists no entrance restriction from tide, swell or ice.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 263 port calls at San Nicolas from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 22 a month, 12% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 73%, tankers 18% and general cargo ships 5% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 4.8 million t imported and 441 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Nov 2025 (32 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (8).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of San Nicolas.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 20 calls, 329 thousand t in, 77 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
- excellent
- water body
- Rio de la Plata; South Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VI
- depths
- channel 9 m · anchorage 9 m · cargo pier 9 m · oil terminal 9 m
- entrance restricted by
- not ice, other, swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance; not salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal, medical
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 124 (Enroute) - East Coast of South America
World Port Index entry San Nicolas (No. 13650), matched by name 6.3 nm from PortWatch's position for this port. 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 21%, exports 0.4%.
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.