Puerto Caleta Paula, Maritime port in Caleta Olivia, Argentina.

Puerto Caleta Paula is a port south of Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz Province, built around an excavated dock 600 m by 300 m behind the shoreline, with a 1,100 m pier and a 150 m extension of the main quay. Its depth allows vessels drawing up to about 9.6 m to operate year-round. The site also holds a shipyard with a dry dock for building and repairing ships up to 140 m long.

The first-phase project began in 1992, based on an idea by German-Argentine engineer Wolfgang Langbehn to excavate a dock behind the shoreline, as at the port of Cape Town. The consortium Roggio and Pentamar won the tender in September 1993. The dock was enlarged to 450 by 300 metres with an 8-metre draught, and Néstor Kirchner, then governor, inaugurated the port in September 1998.

The port's name comes from the Caleta Paula cove south of Caleta Olivia. Its cofferdam North spur also serves as a berth for coastal fishing boats and small port service craft, so both the fishing fleet and service vessels tie up within the same harbour basin.

The port lies south of Caleta Olivia on the Golfo San Jorge, with a 1,100 m quay and a cofferdam north face used by coastal fishing boats and small service craft. Water is stored in a 500,000-litre reinforced concrete tank with outlets on the quays, and fuel is supplied through nine points, eight on the quay and one on the north cofferdam. Approach is marked by a red-lit buoy and green and red beacons flashing twice every twelve seconds.

The port features specialized mooring equipment with bollards designed in different capacity classes to safely secure vessels of varying sizes. This engineering approach allows the facility to handle a diverse fleet with precision and safety.