The Haiti Seaports Handbook 2015-16

The Haiti Seaports Handbook 2015-16

Summary: The 2015-16 edition of the Haiti Ports Handbook, a bilingual French and English publication produced by Land & Marine Publications for the Autorité Portuaire Nationale (APN). It presents the APN, the post-earthquake reconstruction of Haiti's ports, port statistics, private terminals, cabotage ports and a directory of port services.
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In the foreword, APN director general Alix Célestin says the edition is meant to introduce the APN to its institutional partners, and calls for new governance of the port sector because the APN's missions and statutes are obsolete. The introduction describes earthquake damage in 2010 (the North Pier container terminal in Port-au-Prince collapsed and the South Pier was partly destroyed) and the reconstruction program: a new earthquake-resistant container terminal in Port-au-Prince, rehabilitation of Cap-Haïtien with USAID funding, and rehabilitation of the main cabotage ports. Other chapters cover port history, the APN's organization, port security, the Maritime Association of Haiti (AMARH), SEMANAH, investment, cruise ports and the Lafito Global port and free zone.

The statistics section gives cargo and ship traffic at Port-au-Prince for fiscal years 2009-10 to 2013-14, bulk imports by product, vehicle imports, international container traffic and traffic at Cap-Haïtien. Closing sections give port details for the international ports, profiles of the principal cabotage ports and a directory. Much of the publication consists of advertisements from shipping lines, terminals and port service companies.

Sectors
Geography
Time Coverage
2009 to 2015

How to cite

Land & Marine Publications Ltd; Autorité Portuaire Nationale (APN), The Haiti Seaports Handbook 2015-16, https://haiti-maritime.org/biblio/les-ports-maritimes-dhaiti/

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