Zarate, Argentina
Port · ARZAE · -34.03°, -59.10° · Mineral Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages, Vegetable Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 1
- vessel calls / yr
- 483
About the port
The World Port Index lists Zarate as a small river natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 9 m in the channel, 9 m at the anchorage, 9 m at the cargo pier and 8 m at the oil terminal.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 713 port calls at Zarate from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 59 a month, 20% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, ro-ro vessels 27%, container ships 24% and tankers 20% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 836 thousand t imported and 1.1 million t exported.
The busiest month was May 2026 (121 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (41).
What is reported near this port
1 warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Zarate, the earliest issued in 2007; the most common types are nav aids (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Zarate 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: 48 calls, 45 thousand t in, 53 thousand 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
- good
- 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 8 m
- entrance restricted by
- other; not ice, swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance; not salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- longshore labour, medical; not garbage disposal
- supplies
- provisions, water; not diesel, fuel oil
- repairs
- limited
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 124 (Enroute) - East Coast of South America
World Port Index entry Zarate (No. 13700), 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 2.6%, exports 0.7%.
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.