Santa Fe, Argentina
Port · ARSFN · -31.65°, -60.69°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 35
About the port
The World Port Index lists Santa Fe as a small river natural harbour with excellent shelter.
Listed depths: 3 m in the channel and 6 m at the cargo pier.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated moderate.
Santa Fe is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 21 port calls at Santa Fe from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 2 a month, 63% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, ro-ro vessels 95% and tankers 5% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 486 t imported and 0 t exported.
The busiest month was Sep 2025 (6 calls) and the quietest Jan 2026 (0).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Santa Fe.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 0 calls, 0 t in, 0 t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- small river natural
- shelter
- excellent
- water body
- Rio de la Plata; South Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VI
- depths
- channel 3 m · cargo pier 6 m
- entrance restricted by
- other; not ice, swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance; not salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- electrical repair, longshore labour, medical, navigation equipment repair; not dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water; not deck stores, engine stores
- repairs
- moderate
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 124 (Enroute) - East Coast of South America
World Port Index entry Santa Fe (No. 13560), 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 0.1%, exports 0.0%.
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.