The Multimodal Caucedo Port is located in Caucedo,
Boca Chica
Boca Chica is a municipality ('' municipio'') of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there is one municipal district (''distritos municipal''): La Caleta. As of the 2012 census it had 123,510 inhabita ...
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Santo Domingo Province
Santo Domingo () is a province of the Dominican Republic. It was split from the Distrito Nacional on October 16, 2001.
Municipalities and municipal districts
As of June 20, 2006, the province is divided into the following municipalities (''m ...
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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 ...
. This harbor is only used for cargo operations incoming from several countries in the
Caribbean zone and is the youngest and the most modern port in the island.
Caucedo is managed by
DP World, a global port operator that was founded in 2005 by a merger of Dubai Ports Authority and Dubai Ports International. DP World Caucedo is a maritime terminal and global free zone located 25km away from
Santo Domingo
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In July 2017, DP World Caucedo confirmed they successfully received the largest ship that has ever visited the Dominican Republic. The
Malta
Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...
-flagged container ship,
COSCO
China Ocean Shipping Company, Limited, formerly China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company, commonly known for its abbreviated name COSCO Group, or simply, COSCO, is a former Chinese Government owned shipping and logistics services supplier compan ...
YANTIAN, has an overall length of 350.55m and is able to transport 9,469 containers, weighing 107,498 tons.
Overview
Caucedo Port has one container terminal, which is located next to
Las Americas International Airport.
The terminal was built in 2003 by the private sector.
According to a statistical report submitted by Dominican Port Authority (APORDOM) for January to June 2017, Multimodal Caucedo port had 66.3% of
TEU (
Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) movement in the island, followed by Rio Haina Port with 27.4%, and the other ports in the Dominican Republic handling 6.1%.
Caucedo Logistics Center is the first and only free trade zone located within a port facility in the Dominican Republic.
In December 2018 Caucedo held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of an additional 400 meters of berth with a 17 meter draft increasing its capacity by 45%.
See also
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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.
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Port information
* CAU - CAUCEDO
* Location:
* Local time:
UTC−4
*Berthing Capacity: 600 meters
* 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: 28C–30 °C
References
Multimodal Caucedo Port(Spanish)
{{Ports and Harbors in the Dominican Republic
Caucedo
Urban planning in the Dominican Republic
Buildings and structures in Santo Domingo Province