Port international du Cap-Haitien
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The Port international du Cap-Haïtien is the seaport in Cap-Haïtien Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

's second largest city.
It is operated by the government port authority
Port authority
In Canada and the United States a port authority is a governmental or quasi-governmental public authority for a special-purpose district usually formed by a legislative body to operate ports and other transportation infrastructure.Port authorities are usually governed by boards or...

 Autorite Portuaire Nationale APN.

Facilities

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.

Characteristics of quays

The docks are four in number:

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
    RORO
    Roll-on/roll-off ships are vessels designed to carry wheeled cargo such as automobiles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, trailers or railroad cars that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels...

     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
    Cabotage
    Cabotage is the transport of goods or passengers between two points in the same country by a vessel or an aircraft registered in another country. Originally starting with shipping, cabotage now also covers aviation, railways and road transport...

  • 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
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