Santarem, Brazil
Port · BRSTM · -2.40°, -54.75°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 226
About the port
The World Port Index lists Santarem as a very small typhoon harbour harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 9 m in the channel, 14 m at the anchorage and 9 m at the cargo pier, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
Santarem is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 301 port calls at Santarem from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 25 a month, 10% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 89%, tankers 5% and general cargo ships 5% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 3.0 million t imported and 7.2 million t exported.
The busiest month was Jul 2026 (33 calls) and the quietest Nov 2025 (16).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Santarem.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 25 calls, 219 thousand t in, 612 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 typhoon harbour
- shelter
- good
- water body
- South Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V
- depths
- channel 9 m · anchorage 14 m · cargo pier 9 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- entrance restricted by
- other
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- not assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- fuel oil, water
- repairs
- limited
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 124 (Enroute) - East Coast of South America
World Port Index entry Santarem (No. 12510), 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 Brazil's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 0.0%, exports 0.8%.
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.