LA GUAIRA ZONE

LA GUAIRA PORT
Latitude: 10° 36' North (N); Longitude: 66° 55' West (W)

Location: The Port of The Guaira is located in the Coastal region Center North of Venezuela, in the region that is denominated State Vargas, to only 35 kilometers (21 miles) of capital Caracas of the country and to 12 kilometers (7 miles) of the main airport of the country.

The port of The Guaira has an area of 850.000 mts2 approximately, it possesses a basin of 4.339 mts. Of longitude, 25 jetties of it robs that they allow soaked of up to 12.5 mts and operative facilities the 24 hours a day during the whole year. Likewise, it has a storage area covered with 136.721 mts2, 12 vertical silos, 6 intersilos and 8 cells with capacity to preserve 13.092 metric tons of grains. Other details:

Number of Jetties: 25

Area of Warehouses: 68.730 mts2

Patios and Roads: 178.840 mts2

Capacity of The Silos: 12.500 Tons.

Height of Jetty on the level of the sea: 2.40 mts.

Shipping agencies: 24

Almacenadoras: 22

Transport: 23

Density Average: (Sea) 1.025 Kg . x 1 mts3

Average of Ships a day: 4 to 5 units

I average time in the jetty: (hours) 14.45

Ships Trigueros: 5 days

Longitude of Jetties: 4.333 mts.

La Guaira Port
Pier Characteristics

Name

Length

Width

Depth

Remarks

Meters

Feet

Meters

Feet

Meters

Feet

North Sector

1

455

1492,7

2,4

7,8

10,9

35,7

Roll On/Off

2

155

508,5

2,4

7,8

9,1

29,8

General Cargo

3

176

577,4

2,4

7,8

8,8

28,8

General Cargo

4

176

577,4

2,4

7,8

8,5

27,8

General Cargo

5

176

577,4

2,4

7,8

9,4

30,8

General Cargo

6

176

577,4

2,4

7,8

10,9

35,7

Roll On/Off

7

155

508,5

2,4

7,8

9,7

31,2

Roll On/Off

8

160

524,9

2,4

7,8

10,3

33,7

General Cargo

East Sector

9

137

449,4

2,3

7,5

9,1

29,8

Coastal Dock

10

161

528,2

2,3

7,5

8,5

27,8

General Cargo

11

161

528,2

2,3

7,5

8,8

28,8

General Cargo

12

136

446,1

2,3

7,5

8,5

27,8

General Cargo

13

136

446,1

2,3

7,5

8,5

27,8

General Cargo

14

136

446,1

2,3

7,5

8,5

27,8

Coastal Dock

South Sector

15

168

551,1

2,4

7,8

8,5

27,8

General Cargo

16

144

472,4

2,4

7,8

8,8

28,8

General Cargo

17

144

472,4

2,4

7,8

8,5

27,8

General Cargo

18

144

472,4

2,4

7,8

9,7

31,2

General Cargo

19

144

472,4

2,4

7,8

8,8

28,8

General Cargo

20

144

472,4

2,4

7,8

8,8

28,8

General Cargo

West Sector

21

160

524,9

2,4

7,8

8,5

27,8

Pas. Terminal

22

160

524,9

2,4

7,8

9,1

29,8

Pas. Terminal

23

50

164

2,4

7,8

9,7

31,2

Tugs

24

171

561

2,4

7,8

9,7

31,2

Tugs

24A

171

561

2,4

7,8

9,7

31,2

General Cargo

25

84

275,5

2,4

7,8

4,5

14,7

Captain Crafts

25A

160

524,9

2,4

7,8

3,6

11,8

Fishing Crafts


COUNTRY/REGION: VENEZUELA/ESTADO VARGAS
TERMINAL NAME: PUERTO DE LA GUIARA
TERMINAL OPERATOR: PUERTO LITORAL CENTRAL C.A. (P. L. C.) (Government owned company)

TERMINAL/PILOT COORDINATES :

Lat. 10° 36’ N – Long. 66° 56’ W

DISTANCE PILOT STATION TO BERTH:

Located into the Port area

HOW MANY ACTIVE BERTHS:

19 Berths

MAX. ARRIVAL DRAFT:

31 Ft.

MAX. DRAFT AT ANCHORAGE:

No Restriction

MAX. DRAFT (Channel):

31 Ft

SALINITY:

1025

TIDE RANGE:

0,50 Ft. (On high swell)

NUMBER OF BERTHS:

25 Berths

MAX. DEADWEIGHT:

35.000 SWDT

MAX. BEAM:

No Restriction

FRESH WATER AVAILABLE & COST:

Limited ex trucks (Some berth’s by pipe line)

BUNKERS AVAILABLE & TYPE:

MGO, DO ex barge & trucks

CARGO TYPES:

General cargo & Containers

NORMAL TUGS USAGE:

02 Tugs

AVERAGE DISCHARGE/LOAD RATE:

General cargo: 200/300 Mts. P/Day/HatchContainers: 11/13 P/Hr.

 


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