PORT-AU-PRINCE  information for this port
Location: Latitude: 18° 33' N - Longitude: 72° 21' W ADMINISTRATION: Autorite Portuaire Nationale Boulevard La Saline, PO Box 616, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Tel: +509 223 1262/221 0198 - Fax: +509 223 2440 - e-mail: apnpap@hotmail.com Port manager: Julio Julien. Tel: +509 223 1262 or 221 0198 - Fax: +509 223 2440 Harbour master: Murat Lazarre. Tel: +509 222 4773 - Fax: +509 223 2440 - Radio frequency: Channels 10,12,14,16 WORKING HOURS: Mon-Fri: 07.00-16.00 - Sat: 07.00-12.00 Closed: Independence Day (1 Jan), Hero's Day (2 Jan), Labor Day (1 May), Flag Day (18 May), Ascension Day, Assumption (15 Aug), All Saints (1 Nov), Mourning Day (2 Nov), Commemoration Day (18 Nov), Discovery of Haiti (5 Dec), Christmas Day (25 Dec). APPROACH: North of Ile de la Gonave with a depth of 28 meters. Estuary is called Saint Marc, West La Gonave - Landmark: Cathedral, Lamentin. HAZARDS: Mardi-Gras Reefs. TRANSPORTATION: All main berths are road linked and inland transportation is by truck. Ma s Gate Airport is 3 km from the sea port. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS: Imports: Food products, manufactured goods, oil and petroleum products - Exports: Assembled products, coffee, cocoa, sisal. WEATHER: Trade winds, breezes (east in the morning, west in the evening). Maximum tidal range is 0.38 meters to 0.45 meters - Currents are reported to set north-west in channel St Marc and east in Channel Gonave. ANCHORAGE: | Anchorage point | Latitude | Longitude | | Alpha | 18° 33' 13.1" N | 72° 22' 43" W | | Beta | 18° 33' 19" N | 72° 23'07.7" W | | Charley | 18° 33' 24.6" N | 72° 23' 31.5" W | | Delta | 18° 33' 52.4" N | 72° 22' 57" W | | Echo | 18° 33' 58.1" N | 72° 23'20.6" W | | Foxtrot | 18° 34' 04.1" N | 72° 23' 45" W | | Hotel | 18° 34' 27" N | 72° 24' 09.2" W | | Juliet | 18° 34' 27" N | 72° 23' 23" W | | Kilo | 18° 34' 44" N | 72° 23' 57" W | | Lima | 18° 34' 42" N | 72° 22' 45" W | | Quebec | 18° 34' 16.4" N | 72° 22' 55" W | PILOTAGE: Pilot boards to the west of the fairway buoy. Pilot boards at anchorage buoy with port ship agent representative, quarantine team and the national police. Pilot requests to disembark just after vessel clears berth. Vessel uses two tugs with ship's lines - Pilotage charges are calculated in relation to vessel draft. TOWAGE: Provided by Marintec SA Tel: +509 222 8026 - Fax: +509 222 8064 TRAFFIC: Vessel calls per year: Container: 123 - Cruise: 0 - Ro-ro: 15 - Bulk: 137 - Breakbulk: 223 Multipurpose and car carrier: 348 Cargo handled per year: More than 1 million tonnes. Cargo handled per day: Less than 1,000 tonnes. EQUIPMENT: One gantry crane - 29 fork-lift trucks - 16 tow trucks - 11 chassis. STORAGE: Open storage: 95,032 square meters - Covered storage: Warehouse with 11,240 square meters capacity. BUNKERS: Ships are supplied by road tanker. PROVISIONS: There is a supermarket near the port. WATER: Fresh water is available at quay. Drinking water is available at the wharf, but vessel must provide her own connections. Rate of loading is 10 tonnes per hour. FACILITIES: Largest vessel: 23,058 dwt - Maximum draft alongside: 35 meters. Longest vessel: 204 meters. | Berth | Length (meters) | Depth (meters) | | Cargo | 380 | 8.5 | | Container | 425 | 8.5 | | Ro-ro | n/a | 9 | | Bulk | 135 | 8.5 | (Rail-mounted container crane of 30 tonnes capacity on the apron equipped to handle 20, 40 and 45 ft containers). Dedicated container terminal is 425 meters in length with 8.5 meters depth. Ro-ro: Two special ro-ro berths of 14 and 29 meters breadth respectively and 9.0 meters depth. PRIVATE WHARFS: | Wharf | No of berths | Length (meters) | Depth (meters) | | Terminal Varreux Wharf | 4 | n/a | 9 | | Minoterie D'Haiti Wharf | 1 | 85 | 14 | | Ciment D'Haiti | 2 | 71 | 10-18 | | Shell Installations | n/a | 480 | 11 | MEDICAL AID: The General Hospital. LLOYD'S AGENT: Ets. J.B. Vital SA, Port-au-Prince.
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