Port international du Cap-Haïtien


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.

Facilities

Two access channels leading to the Port:
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

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.

Rehabilitation

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