Haiti Port International de Port-au-Prince Additional Information
Performances
Performance Type
Year
Vessels Calls
881
OCT 2010 - SEPT 2011
Container traffic (TEU's)
189,028
OCT 2010 - SEPT 2011
Container in
57,644
OCT 2010 - SEPT 2011
Container out
60,539
OCT 2010 - SEPT 2011
Total Cargo Handled (mt)
3,045,178
OCT 2010 - SEPT 2011
Capacity
Capacity Type
Bulk (mt/year)
Container (TEU's/year)
Conventional
(mt/year)
Export activity
of the Port
------------
111,456 (OCT 2010 SEPT 2011)
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Import activity
of the port
2,933,713 MT (OCT
2010 - SEPT 2011)
946,984 MT (OCT 2010
- SEPT 2011)
1,986,730 (OCT 2010 SEPT 2011)
Berthing Specifications
Total Berths
Quantity
Length Draft
Conventional
Berths
1
200m
5 to 8
M
Container Berths
1 foating barge
115m
8m
Container Berths
1 foating barge
115m
8m
Container Berths
1 foating barge
90m
8m
Cased Oil Jetties
one ouside the public port at "Thor" Terminal
10–18
m
Bulk Cement
Berths
one ouside the public port at "Varreux" Terminal,
LCS and CINA
8-9m
Berthing Support
Quantity
Berthing Tugs and Mooring Boats
5
Pilot Boats
2
Water Barges
0
Police Boats
1
Anti-pollution Boats
0
Speed Boats
0
t Cargo Equipment (operational)
Appliance
Quantity
Capacity
Cranes - Travelling
N/A
Cranes - Portal Electric
N/A
Cranes - Electric Overhead
N/A
Cranes - Gantry Container
N/A
Cranes for Floating barge
2
80 MT
Cranes for Floating barge
1
120 MT
Forklift
26
from 2MT ot 60 MT
Fire Engines
N/A
Conventional Cargo
Conventional cargo is received at the South Pier, discharged by crane on trucks. Bagged rice
is one of the most common items.
Containerised Cargo
Containerized cargo is discharged through the three floating docks, which are all equipped
with a crane. The containers are then loaded onto chassis and directed to the container
terminals, depending by the shipping line.
Containerised Cargo Handling Charges
Containerised Cargo Handling
type
20 ft (TEU's)
40 ft (FEU's)
Discharge
USD 150 or 210, depending
on the shipping line
USD 150 or 210, depending
on the shipping line
Containerised Cargo Handling
20 ft (TEU's)
40 ft (FEU's)
type
Floating pier utilisation
USD 300 for commercial
USD 300 for commercial
operators; 150 for
operators; 150 for
humanitarian organisations humanitarian organisations
Deposit for each container when
delivered to w/h outside of the
port (this will be refunded)
USD 300
USD 300
Transport from Port to w/h
USD 250
USD 250
Shore Handling: Containerised Cargo
Shore handling is done on chassis. There are no mobile cranes available. Container stackers
are also used.
Shore Handling Types
20 ft (TEU's)
Import Containers
included in the above price
Stripping and re-stuffing
USD 65
40 ft (FEU's)
USD 90
Shore Handling Charges
Cargo (per ton or part of)
Charge
Cargo handling (dockers)
USD 3,75/MT
Ten day removal charges, or transfer within the port, or transfer to
customs
USD 125 per
container
Import containers handled at the Inland Container Depots
USD 125 per
container
Export containers handled at the Inland Container Depots
USD 125 per
container
Storage Facilities
Some limited covered storage space is available at the different container terminals, but not
capable to handle massive arrivals. De-stuffing of containers has to be done at external
warehouses. Public port storage facilities have been destroyed by the 2010 earthquake.
Container yards are often congested. 120,000 sqm of open storage space is available.
Storage Facilities Managed By N/A, destroyed during the 2010 earthquake.
Storage Facilities: Port Storage
Total floor space
Quantity
Container Yard
Customs Warehouses
Floor Area (m2)
120,000
N/A
Other Comments
Port au Prince Private Terminals
Those terminals are also in Port-au-Prince bay, but they are not managed by the APN. Each
of these terminals is normally used for a specific commodities such as cement, oil, and
grains.
Those ports can be utilized only after having obtained authorization by the APN.
Terminal Varreux (Quai de la HASCO)
Coordinates:18°34′22.8″N 72°20′45.6″W / 18.573°N 72.346°W / 18.573; -72.346
Depth
alongside:
9
metres
(30
ft)
Equipment: Pipeline for fuel and cement, and crane.
Les
Moulins
d’Haïti
(Quai
de
Lafiteau)
Coordinates :18°41′25.8″N 72°21′25.92″W / 18.6905°N 72.3572°W / 18.6905; -72.3572
Depth
alongside:
9
metres
(30
ft)
Equipment: Vacuum and derricks for the discharge of grain.
La Cimenterie Nationale (Quai de Fond-Mombin)
Coordinates: 18°42′37″N 72°23′22″W / 18.71028°N 72.38944°W / 18.71028; -72.38944
Depth
alongside:
8
metres
(26
ft)
Equipment: Mobile cranes.
DINASA (Thor)
Coordinates:18°32′27.6″N 72°23′06″W / 18.541°N 72.385°W / 18.541; -72.385
Depth
alongside:10–18
metres
(33–59
ft)
Equipment:
Pipelines
for
oil
and
railway
wagons
Storage capacity: 6,699,000 gallons.
Le Ciment du Sud (Thor-le-volant/ Terminal Abraham)
Coordinates:18°32′40″N 72°23′15″W / 18.54444°N 72.3875°W / 18.54444; -72.3875
Depth
alongside:
12
metres
(39
ft)
Equipment: Crane, warehouse space (12.000MT, 1.800SQM), piping for oil and cement.
The other Ports
Port International de Cap-Haitien
 Location:North Department, Cap-Haïtien

Latitude: 19˚26’51’’ N

Longitude: 72˚44’46’’ W

Port Authority: APN

Contact:
Rue
18
Blvd
du
Front-de-Mer,
e-mail: apncap@apn.gouv.ht // Phone +509 262 2100
Cap
Haitien,
Haiti

The port serves as container port with one terminal for 10% of the national import
(10,000 TEUs).

There is one terminal and a few global shipping lines (e.g. PRESTIGE SHIPPING) serving
the port.

3 vessels can arrive at a time.

Commercial cargo arrives normally containerized; humanitarian cargo in break-bulk or
containerized.

Capacity of receiving 1,000 containers/ month.

The terminal owns container handling equipment. Other types of equipment, e.g. mobile
cranes and forklifts, are scarcely available. There are two mobile cranes (private, not
owned by the APN) to serve all in the port.

Bulk handling is almost exclusively received as bagged or bundled cargo, which is
handled as break-bulk.

No grain elevators, silos or other mechanical bulk handling equipment is available.

Handling is being done by private port operators (such as Cap Terminal SA)
Characteristics:

Sea map: 1231

Time: GMT - 5 pm

General weather conditions: Wind-sea North East

Easterly: force from 10 to 15 knots

East wind in the morning;West wind in the evening

Rains: November to April,

Moderate swell, 1.50 m maximum
Access and services
 Two access channels leading to the Port: Channel West, 1 mile long, 10 to 15 m deep,
well marked by navigation aids; and Channel East, marked by day beacons (is practically
un-used)

Basin-swinging mooring and wide, from 11 to 18 m depth

Control: Valid at all times

Radio: VHF Channel 16 or 12

Anchorage and Quarantine Buoy No. 1

Services offered: piloting, mooring, storage, handling, grooming and unbundling of
containers, home cruises, marina, water reservoir of 800 m³ capacity
Characteristics of the 4 quays:
 Cruise the dock:

176 m long

10.5 m water depth

7 bollards
The platform of International Trade:

250 M long

9.5 M water depth

RORO ramp of 30-m wide

13 bollards

Electricity-reefer

Storage:

-Covered area: 2210 m²

-Open area: 72,000 sqm, including 45,000 sqm for containers Equipment and proper
handling
The coastal shipping dock:
 100 M long

3.5 M water depth

open-storage area of 0.5 ha
Marina dock:

100 M long

Water depth of -2.4

40 Bollards-area of 13,000 m² available
Major Ports for coastal shipping
Port of Fort-Liberté
 Nord-Ouest Department

Latitude : 19°40’05.46’’N

Longitude : 71°50’12.29’’W

Situated along the coast north of the country, this port is a safe docking. The swell never
exceeds 1 meter. The wharf has been dredged to a depth estimated at approximately
1.80 m.
Port of Port de Paix
 Nord-West Department

Latitude: 19°56’28.42’’N

Longitude :72°49’52.63’’W

The port of Port-de-Paix is a marginal wharf and includes: a storage area and an open
basin dredged to a depth of 3 m; and a storage area of 4050 square meters was built.

Some cargo is received here but ships need to be lightened off shore and cargo
transferred with small boats
Port of Gonaives
 Artibonite Department

Latitude : 19°26’58.06’’N

Longitude : 72°42’52.28’’W

Gonaives has two ports, a Public (not in use) and a private Port.

The Public Port of Gonaives is not utilized anymore. It was damaged after four
hurricanes swiped the city in 2008. Landslides caused a low draft. Its storage space is
congested by imported cars that were never collected. However, it consists of a jetty
mounted on piles and a concrete deck used as storage area. Vessels may use
approximately 45 m from piers on both sides of the pier. There are 1,600 sqm of
concrete deck used for open storage area and 11 bollards for mooring ships. The access
channel to the port and wharf was dredged to a depth of 3.3 m.

The private port is located at 19 ° 26'54'' N, 72 ° 42'21'' W, 3 km from the city.
The access road is a dirt road and is then sometimes impassable during the rainy season,
which consequently blocks vehicle access to the dock for unloading ships.
The private port has a terminal (WAF Sedren) with a limited docking space.
Only one vessel (RORO or self-geared) can be treated at a time. According to Customs, 3
to
4
boats
arriving
every
month.
Containerized
or
break-bulk
freight
can
be
received.
The equipment for container handling is limited (one old and one private mobile crane
forklift
to
any
port).
Private
teams
of
handlers
are
available
port.
There
is
a
silo,
but
is
not
operational.
The
storage
space
of
the
port
There
is
no
problem
A customs office and the APN representation are on site.
is
of
not
usable.
congestion.
Port of Anse-a-Galettes
 Ouest Department, Ile de la Gonave

Latitude 18°50’22.54’’N

Longitude 72°51’56.78’’W

This port was built in a marshy area north-east of the island of La Gonave. The dock,
built of concrete and fitted with bollards 9, has an area of 540 m² and open storage area
of 900 sqm. The access channel is dredged to a depth of 4 m.
Port Petit Goave
 Ouest Department

Latitude : 18°25’51.22’’N

Longitude : 72°52’11.77’’W

The original pier was built in 1927, with 39 m long and 19 meters wide, an area of 741
m². It was later expanded by a length of 37 m long and 19 m wide. Draft 2 meters. Flatbottomed barges can dock at a special ramp. Vessels to be lightened 100 m away.
Port of Miragoane
 Nippes Department

Latitude 18°26’42.81’’N

Longitude 73°05’25.91’’W

The pier is 35 m long and 12,5 m wide and consists of a reinforced concrete structure.
International coastal traffic increased, even if facilities are quite outdated. The current
water depth is 2.10m.
Port of Jeremie

Grand Anse Department

Latitude :18°38’34.31’’N

Longitude : 74°06’42.02’’W

The port of Jeremie offers a wharf with an access channel reduced to 2 m draught. This
concrete wharf with an area of 850 sqm is built on a rise of 1.70 m and has a berth
length of 122 m. It has 12 bollards 10 tons, 58 wooden fenders and approximately 8,000
square feet of open storage area.
Jacmel Port
 Sud-Est Departement

Latitude: 18°13’49.56’’N

Longitude : 72°32’11.45’’W

Company/Port Authority: Autorité Portuaire Nationale (APN)

The wharf was built in two parts presents a total area of 1.713 sqm and 106 m front
approachable from both sides. Because of prevailing winds and currents, only the east
side of the pier is used, with a draft of about 5m.

At the beginning of the earthquake relief operation one vessel (arriving from Santo
Domingo / Dominican Republic) was handled per day. The traffic significantly decreased
with one ship arriving every 6-8 weeks.

Cargo arrives containerized or in break-bulk.

The terminal owns neither container handling equipment, nor mobile cranes or forklifts.
The equipment has to come along on board of the vessel.

No grain elevators, silos or other mechanical bulk handling equipment is available.

Handling is being done by private port operators

There are no storage facilities at the port.

There are no reported congestion problems.
Port of Saint Marc
 Artibonite Department

Latitude :19°06’34.35’’N

Longitude : 72°42’10.00’’W

Prevailing winds are trade winds from the west. The pier is 40 m wide and 87 m long. St
Marc ports receives also international shipments, mainly car and clothes.
Corail Harbour
 Nippes Department

Latitude:18°34’06.24’’N

Longitude : 73°53’26.66’’W

The port has a quay of 51mx10 m, a median of 73mx10 m, ans a pathway connecting the
median to the driveway leading to the city of Corail. The access channel is dredged to a
depth of 3.30 m.
Port of Anse d'Hainault
 Grand Anse Department

Latitude :18°29’14.89’’N

Longitude : 74°27’17.78’’W

The wharf is measuring 51m long and 10m wide. Channel dredged to a depth of 3m30.
An access (dirt) road connects the port to the main road leading to the town of Anse
d'Hainault.
Port of La Saline
 Ouest Department

Latitude : 18°33’52.93’’N

Longitude : 72°20’57.80’’W

This port is located at the terminus of Delmas Road. Its old infrastructures were badly
damaged during 2010 earthquake but it’s still regularly utilized as passenger and
merchandise port, which joins Jeremie Port in the southern part of the island. Concrete
wharf measuring 275.50 m long and 7.34 m wide, a median gravel and retained by a
dam built on an area of 17.400 sqm; 72mx20m a warehouse, a shelter for passengers
30mx10m ; a 30.000sqm basin dredged to a depth of 4m.
Port Carriès
 Ouest
Department
Originally designed as a recreation area for the benefit of an individual, these facilities
were made available to the APN by the Government of Haiti in 1997, following the
sinking of the boat'''' PRIDE GONAIVIENNE at the port of Montrouis.

The port is the used to connect mainland with La Gonave Island.

There is a wharf built on piles with a deck of irregular shape, generally oriented in an
east-west and of an approximate area of 560 sqm. It has a draft of 5.80m. A little north
and in the direction perpendicular to the dock, a marina is located measuring
approximately 228 sqm in area and around, where the draft reaches 4.5m. The enclosed
port Carriès has the appearance of a complex of buildings of various sizes and three (3)
are used to house the administration staff.
Other ports considered inactive by the National Port Authority (APN)
Les Cayes Port
 Sud Departement

Latitude : 18°11’22.89’’N

Longitude : 73°44’52.56’’W

It is a smaller port not officially listed by the APN, with one damaged pier and one new
pier under construction.

Mainly of sea patrolling purpose (Cost Guards).

The new pier (depth 4m) is being built for the Police and the Coast Guard.

No vessel can harbor here, they need to anchor off shore. Cargo must be offloaded into
rowing boats and brought to the pier for manual unloading.

There are no cranes, forklifts or other handling devices.

No grain elevators, silos or other mechanical bulk handling equipment is available.

There are no storage facilities directly at the port.

There is a customs office at the entrance to the port.