Manzanillo Port is located in Manzanillo,
Monte Cristi Province
Monte Cristi () is a province in the northwest of the Dominican Republic. The capital city is San Fernando de Monte Cristi (usually simply Monte Cristi). The spelling Montecristi is also seen. The Montecristi province is located in the Cibao front ...
,
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...
. It is very close to the border with
Haiti.
Overview
Port of Manzanillo was built in the 1950s by the Dominican Fruit Company (La Grenada), a North American company dedicated to export bananas and other minor fruits of the country.
This harbor currently is under a leasing-trade for its reconstruction and still been supervised by the Dominican Port Authority.
Its operations are based on deplaning clinker, material for concrete, exportation of domestic products such as animals, fruits and food to
Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...
and sometimes general cargo and container cargo operations.
Port information
* Location:
* Local time:
UTC−4
* Weather/climate/prevailing winds: From May 15 until September 15
* Climate: mostly sunny, tropical. Hurricane season runs from June to November
* Prevailing winds: direction ENE–ESE
* Average temperature range: 28–30 °C.
See also
*
List of ports and harbours of the Atlantic Ocean
This is a list of ports and harbours of the Atlantic Ocean, excluding the ports of the Baltic Sea.
For inland ports on rivers, canals, and lakes, including the Great Lakes, Saint Lawrence Seaway, and Mississippi River, see inland port.
Country n ...
References
Manzanillo Port(Spanish)
{{Ports and Harbors in the Dominican Republic
Ports and harbours of the Dominican Republic
Urban planning in the Dominican Republic
Buildings and structures in Monte Cristi Province