Buenos Aires, Argentina Passenger Lists 1914-1952

View of the Port of Buenos Aires circa 1907.

View of the Port of Buenos Aires circa 1907. GGA Image ID # 141a532c5c

Passenger Lists available from the GG Archives from the Port of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Organized by Date of Departure, Steamship Line, Steamship or Ocean Liner, Class of Passengers, Route, and the Ship's Captain.

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America. The Port of Buenos Aires is the principal maritime port in Argentina. Operated by the Administración General de Puertos (General Ports Administration), a State enterprise, it is the leading transshipment point for the foreign trade of Argentina.

Front Cover of a First Class Passenger List from the SS Vandyck of the Lamport & Holt Line, Departing 9 July 1914 from Buenos Aires to New York via Montevideo, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia (Salvador), Trinidad (Port of Spain), and Barbados (Bridgetown)

1914-07-09 SS Vandyck Passenger List

Steamship Line: Lamport & Holt Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 9 July 1914
Route: Buenos Aires to New York via Montevideo, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia (Salvador), Trinidad (Port of Spain), and Barbados (Bridgetown)
Commander: Captain A. Codogan.

1935-06-01 SS Asturias Passenger List

Steamship Line: Royal Mail Lines
Class of Passengers: First and Second Saloon
Date of Departure: circa 1 June 1935 (Note 1)
Route: Southampton to Buenos Aires via London (Tilbury), Cherbourg, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Spain (Coruña Galicia [A Coruña], Las Palmas, Vigo), Portugal (Leixöes, Lisbon), Madeira, St. Vincent, Cape Verde Island, Brazil (Bahia, Pernambuco [Recife], Rio de Janeiro, Santos, São Paulo), Montevideo, Uruguay
Commander: Captain A. Purvis
Note 1: Passenger List did not provide departure date from Southampton - Only the Arrival date (18 June 1935) for Buenos Aires Argentina

Front Cover of a First Class Passenger List from the SS Conte Grande of the Italia Line, Departing 30 March 1952 from Genoa to Buenos Aires via Villefranche, Barcelona, Dakar, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, and Montevideo

1952-03-30 SS Conte Grande Passenger List

Steamship Line: Italia Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 30 March 1952
Route: Genoa to Buenos Aires via Villefranche, Barcelona, Dakar, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, and Montevideo
Commander: Captain Pietro Passano.

Front Cover of a Second Class Passenger List from the SS Giulio Cesare of the Italia Line, Departing 22 May 1952 from Buenos Aires to Genoa via Barcelona and Villfranca

1952-05-22 SS Giulio Cesare Passenger List

Steamship Line: Italia Line
Class of Passengers: Second Class
Date of Departure: 22 May 1952
Route: Buenos Aires to Genoa via Barcelona and Villafranca
Commander: Captain Filippo Rando.

The Madero Docks at Buenos Aires circa 1907.

The Madero Docks at Buenos Aires circa 1907. GGA Image ID # 141a594d47

The port, known as Puerto Madero, had by 1907 become insufficient to meet growing maritime traffic. Puerto Madero, and its complementary Catalinas docks, could handle a maximum of 30,000 tons of cereals daily (cereals were the leading export of Argentina, and the foreign exchange these shipments earned were key to the mercantile model of the time).

he Canadian Government Merchant Marine Ship SS "Canadian Ranger" at Buenos Aires circa 1920.

The Canadian Government Merchant Marine Ship SS "Canadian Ranger" at Buenos Aires circa 1920. Canada Today, 1921-1922. GGA Image ID # 14a6365eec

Extensive improvements have been carried out at the port, and the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's steamers, instead of landing passengers at La Plata, which necessitated a railway journey to the capital, now proceed to the Madero Docks at Buenos Aires. The city itself might be termed, without much exaggeration, the Paris of the Southern Hemisphere, and in the arrangement of its streets there is, indeed, more than a passing resemblance between the two.