Today, we will talk about La Guaira Port in Venezuela, since many of our clients are venezuelan Freight and forward entrepreneurs. They ship maritime cargo to Venezuela from the United States, Asia and Europe. Some customers frequently ask questions about the maritime route of the goods and especially about the ports of arrival in Venezuela.
For this reason, we disclose some data about the La Guaira Port that may be of general interest. Especially, we disclose some details about the new container terminal. In our company Trackingpremium we offer software for load management.
The Port of La Guaira.
The port of La Guaira is the most important in Venezuela, along with that of Puerto Cabello in Carabobo state. It is the main port not only because of the cargo volumes it handles but also for its strategic location. La Guiara is near ( 6 km) from Simón Bolívar International Airport whicih is close to Caracas. In fact, i t joins Caracas via a highway that ascends up to 900 meters above sea level through modern viaducts and tunnels. It is a journey of about 30 km, which is 40 minutes.
Near the city of La Guaira and throughout the coast there are beautiful beaches for the enjoyment of tourists and top-notch hotel facilities.
The port terminal has a plot of 88 hectares, with a breakwater of 1096 meters long, 26 docks, 4 exclusive for the use of passengers. It also has a fishing port and a reserved port for the military. It can store up to 13,092 tons. The captaincy of Puerto de La Guaira is located in its passenger terminal.
How to get there?.
La Guaira Port is is a facility located on Avenida Soublette, in the Vargas state, with a strategic position in the north center of the country on the coasts of the Caribbean Sea. It has a maximum draft of 11.5 meters. Geographic coordinates are: 10o 36′ 58” N 66o 55′ 0” O. Furthermore, this port is conveniently located near other ports in the caribbean region.
For example, travelling by sea it is 1619 nautical miles from the port of Miami, which means between 6 and 7 days traveling at 10 knots.
Also it is 1134 nautical miles from the Port of Panama- 4 days at a speed of 10 knots.
And 2703 nautical miles from the Port of Houston – 12 days to 10 knots.
http://www.bolipuertos.gob.ve/puertos/laguaira.aspx.
Modernizing the Port.
In 2011 the Ministry of Transport and Communications announced that an agreement between Venezuela and Portugal for the modernization of the La Guaira Port was being prepared.
Ministerio de Transporte.
The work was awarded to the Portuguese company Texeira Duarte and was estimated to start the project in 2012. The project involved expanding capacity, modernizing facilities and receiving Post Panamax vessel with an investment of approximately $400 million and in several stages.
Among other things, the project includes a gaining 150,000 m2 of land to the sea, a space compared to 15 football pitches. The construction of a new container yard, an operating building, a repair shop and all the most modern port operation equipment: 6 STS (Ship to shore) cranes; 15 RTG’s patio cranes; 2 Reach Stacker; 6 forklifts; 32 tractor terminal and 40 tractor wedges.
The work was completed in just 30 months. In 2014, teixeira Duarte handed over the fully completed Terminal to the Bolivarian Government of Venezuela.
The Terminal Equipment.
The Specialized Container Terminal of the Port of La Guaira has sophisticated state-of-the-art equipment, specially designed to mobilize contained cargo in the safest and most efficient way according to the most modern international standards of the maritime industry. Our facilities have the following equipment.
6 CRANES STS (Ship to shore) STS cranes are dock portal cranes designed for safe and efficient loading and unloading of containers on container ships.
15 RTG CRANES. RTG cranes are grated cranes specially designed to be used in container yards for the mobilization of empty or full containers with a maximum weight of 45 tons.
2 REACH STACKER. Reach-stackers are specially designed container mobilization equipment with a maximum up to 45 ton up to 45 tons of up to 45 tons and a maximum stacking height of 5 high containers.
32 CONTAINER TRACTORS. Terminal Tractors – Terminal Tractors by name – are special transport units with high travel capacity allowing them to mobilize trailers with full containers, or with special general cargo loads, oversized parts, etc.
6 EMPTY-HANDLERS. Empty-handlers are specially designed equipment for the mobilization of empty containers with up to 10 ton up to 10 ton up and a maximum stacking height of 4 containers high.
40 SEMI-TRAILERS FOR CONTAINERS. Semi-trailers are units that allow quickly and safely the placement of containers filled or empty for mobilization to or from storage blocks; easily adapt to terminal tractors to allow container mobilization.
The Specialized Container Terminal (TEC) is the Venezuelan nation’s new commercial transshipment opportunity to connect the ports of South America and the world. State-of-the-art technology, trained staff, competitive rates and strategic location, position the terminal as one of the most modern and advantageous in the región
.https://teclaguaira.com/
Statistics of the Port of La Guaira.
From 2017 to 2020 statistics are available:
515 total boats Dock
576249 total TEUS movilizated.
124 boats dock.
114750 TEUS movilizated.
We remind our readers of the last post of this blog about maritime shipments. See
https://www.trackingpremium.com/borr/
The TEU (“Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit”) is defined as the approximate unit of measurement for a container. This unit of measurement is based on the dimensions of a standard container: height 8.5 feet (2,591 m), width 8 feet (2,438m) and length 20 feet (6,096m) representing an approximate volume of 38.5 cubic meters.
We also have the 2TEU containers or the 45-foot containers, which can accommodate 2.25 TEU.
