The shipping platform

Location: Puerto Cabello is situated on the NW coast of Venezuela, approx 120km W of Caracas. General overview: One of the major ports on the Venezuelan coast providing facilities for the handling of general cargoes, containers, bulk cargoes and chemicals. Lagoven Oil Terminal and Puerto Borburata are both outside the main harbour but are under the jurisdiction of Puerto Cabello. Venterminales Pier is a private terminal, see separate entry. Exports: Hardwood, coffee, cocoa, indigo, hides, sugar and asbestos fibre. Imports: General cargo, machinery, copra and sesame seed. Traffic figures: Approx 2,340 vessels and 9,375,000t of general and bulk cargo handled annually. Load line zone: Tropical. Max size: Main Harbour: LOA 240m, draught 10.27m. Lagoven Oil Terminal CBM: LOA 198m, draught 10.4m, 40,000DWT. Puerto Borburata: Tankers LOA 175m, beam 21m, draught 9.4m, 32,000DWT.