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Port international du Cap-Haïtien

Coordinates: 19°45′31″N 72°11′42″W / 19.75861°N 72.19500°W / 19.75861; -72.19500
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Port international du Cap-Haïtien
Port international du Cap-Haïtien
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Location
Country Haiti
LocationCap-Haïtien
Coordinates19°45′31″N 72°11′42″W / 19.75861°N 72.19500°W / 19.75861; -72.19500
UN/LOCODEHTCAP[1]
Details
Operated byAPN
Owned byAutorité Portuaire Nationale (Haiti)
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Website
www.apn.gouv.ht

The Port international du Cap-Haïtien is the seaport in Cap-Haïtien Haiti's second largest city. It is operated by the government port authority Autorité Portuaire Nationale APN.[2]

Facilities

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Two access channels leading to the Port:

  • Channel-West, 1 mile long, from 10 to 15 m deep, well marked by navigation aids
  • Channel-East, marked by tags of day (is hardly used)
  • Turning basin and berth wide, 11 to 18 m deep
  • Steering: Valid anytime
  • Radio: VHF Channel 16 or 12
  • Anchoring and quarantine: Buoy No. 1

Services offered: pilotage, mooring, storage, handling, grouping and unbundling of containers, home cruises, marina, water reservoir of 800 m³ capacity.

Quay characteristics

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There are four docks:

The platform of Cruise:

  • 176 m long
  • 10.5 m water depth
  • 7 bollards

The pier-International Trade:

  • 250 m long
  • 9.5 m water depth
  • RORO ramp of 30 m wide
  • 13 bollards
  • Electricity for refrigerated containers
  • Storage
  • Covered area: 2210 m²
  • Open area: 72,000 m², including 45,000 square meters for containers

Equipment proper handling

  • the platform of cabotage
  • 100 m long
  • 3.5 m water depth

Open-storage area of 0.5 ha

  • Marina:
  • 100 m long
  • 2.4 water depth
  • 40 bollards available-area of 13,000 m²[3][4]

Military

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The Haitian Coast Guard has one of its main bases in Cap-Haïtien.

Container Terminal

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Port du Cap-Haïtien's container terminal opened in 1998, and is owned and operated by the Fatima Group, a Miami-based conglomerate controlled by the oligarch Fred Beliard and his family.[5][6]

Rehabilitation

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USAID financed $24 million of works to renovate the port beginning in May 2024.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "UNLOCODE (HT) - HAITI". service.unece.org. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Port of Cap Haitien".
  3. ^ "Home". apn.gouv.ht.
  4. ^ "APN – Autorité Portuaire Nationale – Haiti".
  5. ^ "Cap Terminal | Home". www.capterminal.com. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  6. ^ "FATIMA GROUP". Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  7. ^ Sénat, Jean Daniel (2024-04-12). "Vers la réhabilitation du port international du Cap-Haïtien". Le Nouvelliste (in French).