# Rio Grande (AR RGA)

**UN/LOCODE:** AR RGA  
**Country:** Argentina  
**Water Body:** South Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** River (Natural)  
**GPS:** -53.7833, -67.6833

Despite hosting Tierra del Fuego's tax-free electronics industry, Río Grande is not the maritime outlet for its own factories. The open roadstead at the river mouth handles only small craft today; frozen meat and wool were shipped here historically, but containers and general cargo now move through Ushuaia. A new multipurpose port is planned at Estancia Las Violetas, designed for multimodal handling of containers and hydrocarbons on the southern routes toward Antarctica. Until it opens, commercial relevance stays limited, and Ushuaia — with the wider Patagonian ports for mainland links — remains the practical alternative.

## 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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