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How the port works, what customs and the maritime authority say about yachts, and pilotage in the Strait. The page covers Punta Arenas.

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Dock walking

What to know about the port before you walk it

Who runs itEmpresa Portuaria Austral runs Terminal Arturo Prat in town and Terminal José de los Santos Mardones at Bahía Catalina.

Terminal Arturo PratA pier on piles, 18 m wide and 373 m long. It has 2 berthing fronts, 6 berth sites and 682 linear metres of berth. Two landing platforms serve tenders.

Cruise shipsTerminal Mardones takes large cruise ships when technically they cannot be served at Terminal Arturo Prat.

YachtsThe Empresa Portuaria Austral berth service covers tourism vessels and small craft. Its undated tariff note says the yacht tariff covers boats up to 50 TRG. Larger yachts pay the special vessels tariff. The page says tariffs are adjusted every six months.

Empresa Portuaria Austral, terminal pages and berth service page.

Customs and permits

What Chilean authorities say about yachts

Customs

Temporary admission

The Chilean customs service says every private vessel that calls in Chile completes the temporary admission without commercial purposes. The four yachts in its report filed with the Punta Arenas regional customs office. (Servicio Nacional de Aduanas, 9 April 2025.)

Paid trips

Foreign yachts seized

On 9 April 2025 the customs service reported 4 cases in which foreign yachts and sailboats that called at Puerto Natales, Punta Arenas and Puerto Williams were found selling paid trips. The customs office said the vessels stay seized until the case is regularised. On 6 April 2026 it reported a French-flag sailboat seized at Puerto Navarino for the same reason.

Crew and tourists

Paid work needs a permit

The police investigations service, quoted in the 2025 customs report, says people who entered as tourists and did paid work without a permit broke the migration law. The national migration service decides the fines.

Pilotage and Antarctica

Pilots and the Antarctic authorisation

PilotageThe Directemar Strait of Magellan page says pilotage is compulsory for navigation in inland waters between the Chacao Channel and Cape Horn. It also says pilots can be requested for Antarctic navigation.

Pilot requestThe page says shipping agencies send the pilot request at least 72 hours ahead for vessels sailing from other transfer stations and ports outside the Valparaíso region or abroad. The page is undated.

Antarctic authorisationIAATO says every yacht expedition to Antarctica needs authorisation from the operator's own country or the flag state. It says an Argentine or Chilean exit permit, called a zarpe, is not a suitable authorisation by itself.

Directemar, Strait of Magellan page (undated). IAATO, information for yachts (undated).

Pay

Crew pay by yacht size

Role	45 to 50 m	70 m and over
Captain	EUR 9,000 to 12,000	EUR 15,000+
First Officer	EUR 4,500 to 6,000	EUR 7,000+
Chief Engineer	EUR 7,000 to 9,500	EUR 8,500+
Chef	EUR 5,500 to 6,500	EUR 8,000+
Bosun / 2nd Mate	EUR 3,200 to 4,000	EUR 5,000+
Chief Stew / Purser	EUR 2,800 to 4,000	EUR 3,000+
Deckhand	EUR 2,800 to 3,500	EUR 3,000+
Stew	EUR 2,200 to 2,500	EUR 2,200 to 2,500

UKSA salary guide 2025, in EUR. The guide does not state the pay period and is not specific to Punta Arenas.

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