CAUCEDO PORT WILL BE WORLD TRANSFER CENTER OF GOODS

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic


Puerto Caucedo global transshipment center will merchandise.

Four companies used the country as an operation hub.


Andres, Boca Chica. Caucedo

Multinational companies that announced their operations in the country are Evergreen, NYK, Hanjin and Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), companies that initiated the transfer of goods to the U.S. and South America starting next Thursday, March 22.

Port, the largest number of international safety certifications, will be used by four international shipping center of their goods transit operations to North America and South America.The information was offered yesterday by Eddy Martinez, director Center Investment and Export Dominican Republic (CEI-RD), Jose Gonzalez Nelton, managing director of the Port Caucedo and Anibal Pina, Vice President of the Association of Shipowners.
Martinez exposed that investment in the Port Caucedo exceeds U.S. $ 400.00 million and that the four largest ocean transportation company worldwide used the country as a center of operations.

Manifesto that decision for carriers is due to the efficiency and security to ensure port facilities, while the good investment climate is what determined that these companies take advantage of the exceptional conditions that have the country for their efforts business.

Some of the ships will make rounds by four of the ports of eastern United States come to download couple Caucedo, which in turn loaded to return to U.S. docks.

And simultaneously also another round of ships ports will be playing in Brazil to return to Caucedo, which in turn take charge to return to Brazilian ports. In the first stage, companies will use ships that will make rounds of 42 days, between the ports of Norfolk, New York, Savannah, Miami and Caucedo, as well as from Santos, Navigators, Rio de Janeiro and Caucedo. Each of the vessels to be used will have a capacity of 2,100 20-foot equivalent containers.


NYK line initially  will deploy three ships in service to the Dominican Republic, while Hanjin, Evergreen and HMM used one each.

Jose Gonzalez Nelton Caucedo reported that the Port receives 25 to 26 ships a week and can simultaneously receive 30 to 40 boats. Post Caucedo also receives Panama ships as the Navigator Express, with a capacity of six thousand containers of 20 feet.

This type of boat will not fit through the Panama Canal, and thus expand the terminal, but in the country according explain Gonzalez, who reported investing $ 25 million in the expansion of the Port and projected future other investments ranging from U.S. $ 200 million and $ 300 million for its modernization.

Reported that security of the port has invested over U.S. $ 5.0 million and a door with a GPS system, which does not involve people, invested $ 800 thousand for the screening of trucks

Zero Smuggling

Gonzalez reported that in Caucedo no possibility of smuggling of goods, due to high levels of security existed. In addition, the port is one of the most modern in Latin America, with GPS that does not exist in Latin America and many countries worldwide with 108 cameras and smart cable to detect intruders. The capacity is 40 thousand containers and can get 12 trucks. Has 6,000 drivers, of which 3.300 are registered and screened for drugs.