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PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Land access to a vital supply port in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince is being closed off after attacks by armed gangs, operator Caribbean Port Services (CPS) said ...
The Port-au-Prince port, the largest in the country, can’t be permitted to shut down for “even a second,” he said during an interview on Magik 9 radio station.
A major port terminal in Haiti was broken into Thursday as violence in the country escalated after the government extended its state of emergency.
The Port international de Port-au-Prince (UN/LOCODE: HTPAP [1]) is the seaport in the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. It suffered catastrophic damage in the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Some of docks and warehouses are operated by the government's Autorité Portuaire Nationale (APN), and some are run by private companies. [2]
The next day, they attempted to secure the principal port in Port-au-Prince, closed since 7 March due to the violence. [177] On 17 March, a UNICEF aid container carrying critical items for infants and mothers was looted in the port, while 60% of hospitals nationally were unable to operate due to medicine and fuel shortages. [ 178 ]
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
Key ports have been closed for more than a month, but on Thursday Florida-based non-profit Hope for Haiti said a first humanitarian flight since the capital's airport shut down had landed in Port ...
The socioeconomic and political crisis in Haiti has been marked by rising energy prices due to the 2022 global energy crisis, as well as protests, and civil unrest against the government of Haiti, armed gang violence, an outbreak of cholera, shortages of fuel and clean drinking water, as well as widespread acute hunger.