Port international du Cap-Haïtien

Port in Haiti

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

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

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

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

Container Terminal

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

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

References

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).