# Buenos Aires (AR BUE)

**UN/LOCODE:** AR BUE  
**Country:** Argentina  
**Water Body:** Rio de la Plata; South Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Large  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Breakwater)  
**GPS:** -34.6000, -58.3667

DP World, Hutchison Ports and APM Terminals each run a slice of the container business at Buenos Aires, Argentina's busiest box port. The complex splits into the downtown Puerto Nuevo and Dock Sud some seven kilometres south, where the Exolgan terminal adds further volume; together they moved well over a million TEU in 2024. Puerto Nuevo's quays mainly handle Argentine exports — chilled and frozen beef, wine, fruit and other reefer cargo — alongside breakbulk and consumer-goods imports. A defining constraint is the shallow Río de la Plata: the Emilio Mitre access channel needs constant dredging, which caps the vessel sizes that can be worked. Hinterland distribution leans heavily on trucking, with Trenes Argentinos Cargas providing rail links to northern Argentina and the Pampa. For deeper draughts or transshipment, shippers often divert to Montevideo in Uruguay, while bulk flows may route via the river terminal at Zárate. Anyone planning containers for metropolitan Buenos Aires usually weighs Puerto Nuevo and Dock Sud side by side.

## Transit Times & Routes

- [Buenos Aires → Shanghai](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/buenos-aires-shanghai)
- [Buenos Aires → Shenzhen](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/buenos-aires-shenzhen)
- [Buenos Aires → Guangzhou](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/buenos-aires-guangzhou)
- [Buenos Aires → Hong Kong](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/buenos-aires-hong-kong)
- [Buenos Aires → Tokyo](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/buenos-aires-tokyo)
- [Buenos Aires → Busan](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/buenos-aires-busan)

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