Port of San Pedro de Macoris
Encyclopedia
Port of San Pedro de Macoris is located on the Higuamo river, San Pedro de Macoris
, Dominican Republic
. This port is mainly used to discharge bulk fertilizer. Cement
clinker, coal, wheat, diesel and LPG. It is also used to export sugar and molasses produced by several sugar cane
mills in the region.
This port used to receive most of the operations for the Port of Santo Domingo, because this one was unable to handle that capacity of boats in that moment.
SPM Port received operations from Europe
and the United States
.
This harbor became the Pan American World Airways
' hydro-hub for air operations making at the same time, the port to be unable to keep receiving maritime operations.
This terminal is currently been restructured and recuperated and is handling individual cargo operations.
San Pedro de Macorís
San Pedro de Macorís is a municipality and the capital of the San Pedro de Macorís province in the Dominican Republic.-Demographics:...
, Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
. This port is mainly used to discharge bulk fertilizer. Cement
clinker, coal, wheat, diesel and LPG. It is also used to export sugar and molasses produced by several sugar cane
mills in the region.
Overview
The Port of San Pedro de Macoris is the oldest harbor in the country; It was built by the end if the 19th century.This port used to receive most of the operations for the Port of Santo Domingo, because this one was unable to handle that capacity of boats in that moment.
SPM Port received operations from Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
This harbor became the Pan American World Airways
Pan American World Airways
Pan American World Airways, commonly known as Pan Am, was the principal and largest international air carrier in the United States from 1927 until its collapse on December 4, 1991...
' hydro-hub for air operations making at the same time, the port to be unable to keep receiving maritime operations.
This terminal is currently been restructured and recuperated and is handling individual cargo operations.
Port Information
- Location: Latitude 26’N 18° Longitude 18’W 69°
- Local time: GMT – 4
- Weather/Climate/Prevailing Winds: From May 15 until September 15.
- Climate: mostly sunny, tropical. Hurricane season runs from June to November
- Prevailing winds: direction ENE-ESE.
- Average temperature range: 28C-30C.