8 ports from the Dominican Republic updated
The following ports and terminals in the Dominican Republic have been amended:
Azua Barahona Boca Chica Cabo Rojo Manzanillo Palenque Puerto Caucedo Santo Domingo
Azua, also known as Puerto Viejo de Azua, is located approx. 15 km. SW of the town of Azua. The port handles LPG, Ro-Ro and general cargo at the finger pier. The LPG terminal is inland of the finger pier.
Information amendments can be found under overview, charts, documents, max. size, LPG/LNG facilities, fuel, dry dock, telephones, banks and connections.
This port mainly used for loading bulk cargoes. The two main exports are sugar, which is loaded manually in bags onto the vessels where they are bled through the ship's hatches into the cargo holds, and gypsum, which is loaded mechanically by conveyor belt. Of the four berths in the port, only the sugar and gypsum facilities are used regularly to handle cargo; the other two are used mainly as lay-berths for vessels undergoing repairs or fishing vessels awaiting orders. The sugar mill also exports some bulk molasses from its facilities.
Amendments are available under charts, documents, max. size, berths, bulk facilities, dry dock, police/ambulance/fire, telephones, nearest airport, connections and banks.
The port of Boca Chica is one of three ports serving the capital city of Santo Domingo. Although it was built in the 1950's to serve the Boca Chica sugar mill, and was meant to be used to export sugar, it is now almost exclusively used for import cargoes, mainly trailers, containers and some lumber, newsprint, and homogeneous cargoes.
Changes to the information can be located under overview, charts, ISPS compliance, documents, berths, container facilities, cargo handling faciities, fresh water, fuel, dry dock, police/ambulance/fire, telephones, connections and banks.
The port of Cabo Rojo is a one-berth private installation operated by Ideal Dominicana SA. The port facilities are used for the shipment of limestone and bauxite.
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Manzanillo was built by an American banana exporting company in the 1950s. Port has approximately five sailings per month for export of fresh fruit, mainly bananas and import of clinker.
Updated information can be found under the following headings: charts, max. size, anchorages, tugs, berths, stevedores, medical, telephones, connections and banks.
Palenque or Punta Palenque is a Single Buoy Mooring (SBM) facility, operated by the Refineria Dominicana de Petroleo. The SBM is approx. 2.5 n.m. off Punta Palenque, 20 n.m. SW of Santo Domingo.
This terminals information has been updated under charts and documents.
This port is primarily dedicated to handling container vessels up to post-Panamax size. Near the international airport, the port has a Free Zone and established logistics centres.
The updated information for this port can be found under charts, documents, max. size, restrictions, berths, container facilities, stevedores, fresh water, fuel, dry dock, telephones, developments and banks.
Santo Domingo is a multipurpose river port which handles dry and liquid bulk, general cargo and cruise vessels. It is located on the Ozama River, on the south coast of the Dominican Republic.
Information amendments can be found for the overview, charts, documents, max. size, approaches, restrictions, anchorages, tugs, berths, facilities (bulk, container, passenger, other and tanker), dry dock and connections.