Port profile · CLPUQ
Punta Arenas
Punta Arenas is a small open roadstead on the South Pacific Ocean, in Chile. Its UN/LOCODE is CLPUQ. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Punta Arenas offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water and moderate repairs. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Live at Punta Arenas
What members see for Punta Arenas, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Punta Arenas day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Punta Arenas and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Punta Arenas offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Moderate
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Punta Arenas, as the nautical port index records them. Depths are not shown: the index gives them as broad bands for one point in the port, too coarse to plan a call on.
Approach
- Shelter
- Fair
- Entrance restrictions
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Port state control at Punta Arenas
Inspections of foreign ships carried out at Punta Arenas, counted per year.
| Year | Inspections | Detentions | Detention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 25% |
Over the last two years an inspection here found 5.0 deficiencies on average.
See which ships were inspected and detained at Punta Arenas, and what was found.
Ports near Punta Arenas
Other Chile ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Caleta ClarenciaChile · CLCLR
- Puerto NatalesChile · CLPNT
- Puerto WilliamsChile · CLWPU
- Puerto ChacabucoChile · CLPCH
- CastroChile · CLWCA
- QuemchiChile · CLQMC
- Puerto MonttChile · CLPMC
- CorralChile · CLCRR
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Questions about Punta Arenas
What is the UN/LOCODE of Punta Arenas?
The UN/LOCODE of Punta Arenas is CLPUQ.
Is pilotage compulsory in Punta Arenas?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Punta Arenas as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Punta Arenas?
Yes. Punta Arenas offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Punta Arenas a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Punta Arenas.
How many port state control inspections are there in Punta Arenas?
2 port state control inspections were recorded in Punta Arenas in 2025, and 0 of them ended in a detention.
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