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Port Of Caucedo News

15 Aug 2023

P&O Maritime Awarded Dominican Republic Towage Contract

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Maritime services provider P&O Maritime Logistics on Tuesday announced it has secured a towage contract with DP World in the Dominican Republic, which will increase the volume and size of vessels calling at the Port of Caucedo.The contract, which starts on December 7, will see P&O Maritime Logistics deploy three tugs to support operations at Caucedo, which has a capacity to handle up to 2.5 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs).The three tugs, including two newbuilds will help facilitate higher frequency and the handling of larger vessels…

20 Sep 2017

Dominican Republic Shuts Most Ports ahead of Hurricane Maria

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Dominican Republic closed most of its ports ahead of Hurricane Maria, but the country's 34,000-barrel-per-day refinery was still running, the government said on Wednesday. Ports that suspended operations under the "red alert" declared for extreme weather conditions are La Romana, Samana, Arroyo Barril, Puerto Plata and Manzanillo, the Dominican Port Authority said in a statement. Maria was a Category 4 hurricane when it hit Puerto Rico earlier on Wednesday. The ports of San Souci and Haina…

28 Oct 2015

First Warehouse at Caucedo Logistics Center Opened

The first warehouse at the Caucedo Logistics Centre has been officially opened at a special ceremony in the Dominican Republic by President Danilo Medina Sanchez and HE Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Chairman of DP World. The Caucedo Logistics Centre is a joint venture between DP World and Caucedo Development Corporation. It provides regional distribution facilities for foreign and Dominican businesses connecting them to a comprehensive, efficient, logistics multimodal network provided by the Port of Caucedo which is operated by DP World. Phase 1 will see the development of warehousing over 4.3 million sq/ft (40 hectares) and a further 8.61 million sq/ft (80 hectares) developed in Phase 2. Timing will be in line with market demand.

05 Oct 2015

DP World Plans Big for the Panama Canal

DP World is expanding its container terminal at Port of Caucedo following the expansion of the Panama Canal to accommodate larger container ships, reports ASC. DP World will increase the capacity of the port to 2.5-million TEU and started work to increase the depth of the quay wall in late August. The depth will be increased from 13.40m to 15.00m and the shipping channel will be deepened to 17.00m. The new developments are based on the project to expand the Panama Canal, which will allow passage and operations of 13-14,000-teu container ships. These ships currently cannot call at Port of Caucedo due to its draft restriction and quay capacity. The estimated time of completion of the expansion project is April 2016.