The Almirante Storni pier was declared as “Provinvial Port” and then it was transfered to the Province of Chubut on May 1st 1992, according to the National Law Nº 24.093 (Port Activities Law) and also the Law Nº 3.755 of Chubut and its Regulation Decret Nº 209/93.

Administración Portuaria de Puerto Madryn is a public entity, which doesn’t belong to the State, with juridical representation and full legal capacity, according to the Civil Code’s resolution, for the development of its goals, and it is able to carry out any kind of administration and arrangement acts, only with the limitation imposed by the port normative. “Administración Portuaria” is in charge of the administration, management and direction of the Almirante Storni and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena piers.

Administracion Portuaria has a lot of attributions and obligations. In accordance with the Statute, these are its attributions and obligations:

1. To enter into agreements with physical or juridical, public or private persons, in order to build new port installations or repair, change and/or enlarge them.
2. To grant concessions, leases or authorizations for the explotation of port installations and piers. To make agreements with private persons about the constitution of antichresis en el caso de licitaciones de obras públicas para la construcción o reparación del Puerto, previa autorización de la Junta Provincial Portuaria.
3. To establish tariffs, rates, prices and fees for the use of Port Services.
4. To settle and charge tariffs, rates and prices mentioned in point 3.
5. To supply on its behalf or by third parties, all services required for port and marine activities.
6. To coordinate services supplied by state or private owned companies.
7. To participate, within its jurisdiction, in the enforcement of the 1973 International Convention to prevent ships contamination, annexed protocols and protocol of 1978, ratified by Argentina under Law Nº 24.089 in coordination with Prefectura Naval Argentina (Argentine Coast Guard).
8. To adopt all necessary means of control to ensure protection and care of port facilities.
9. To issue working standards for the developement of more efficient, economic and safer port activities.
10. To denounce at the concerning Authority of Enforcement, all defaults penalized by the Law of Defense of Free Competition, caused by either Service Companies or by other ports or maritime terminals within the Argentine republic.
11. To inform authorities of the Provincial Labor Administration, about those practices that attempt against the regular labor activities carried on within the port boundary.
12. To hold mutual agreements under cooperation and technical / scientific assistance.
13. To form arbitral courts with friendly and honest arbitrators.
14. To ensure strict fulfilment of all port legal rules and regulations.
15. To make investments in the Port with genuine funds.
16. To publish a Yearly Report of all activities undertaken.
17. To present every year to the Provincial Port Council, an Annual Budget, an Investment Program, a Balance Sheet and the Yearly Report.