Ushuaia, Argentina
Port · ARUSH · -54.81°, -68.30°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 3
- vessel calls / yr
- 29
About the port
The World Port Index lists Ushuaia as a small coastal natural harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 2 m in the channel, 13 m at the anchorage, 8 m at the cargo pier and 11 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Entry can be restricted by swell.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
Ushuaia is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 31 port calls at Ushuaia from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 3 a month, 6% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, container ships 90%, tankers 3% and dry bulk carriers 3% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 75 thousand t imported and 2 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Nov 2025 (4 calls) and the quietest Oct 2025 (2).
What is reported near this port
3 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Ushuaia, the earliest issued in 2014; the most common types are surveys (2) and nav aids (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Ushuaia is not necessarily about the port; collection is incomplete between 2024-05 and 2026-08-17.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 4 calls, 3 thousand t in, 0 t out
Warnings within 60 nm, by year of issue
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- small coastal natural
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Drake Passage; South Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XV
- depths
- channel 2 m · anchorage 13 m · cargo pier 8 m · oil terminal 11 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- entrance restricted by
- swell
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- floating, mobile
- services
- garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 125 (Enroute) - West Coast of South America
- chart
- 22437
World Port Index entry Ushuaia (No. 13980), 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 0.2%, 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.