# Puerto Caldera (CL CLD)

**UN/LOCODE:** CL CLD  
**Country:** Chile  
**Water Body:** South Pacific Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Natural)  
**GPS:** -27.0500, -70.8333

Copper concentrate, iron ore and fruit, not containers, are the cargoes that move through Puerto Caldera in Chile's Atacama Region. Concentrate from the Candelaria mine (Lundin) ships via the mechanised Punta Padrones mineral terminal near Caldera, while the Commercial Wharf and the Punta Caleta quay handle iron ore, fruit and general cargo. An offshore oil terminal operated by Copec rounds out the bay's facilities. Together these handle roughly 7.4 percent of Chile's foreign-trade cargo and about 14.6 percent of its solid bulk. This is a bulk and minerals hub, not a container line port or a general-cargo customs gateway. Shippers needing containers in northern Chile use Antofagasta, while regional mining stays with the Caldera bay terminal system.

## Transit Times & Routes

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