The inauguration ceremony was undertaken by His Excellency Leonel Fernandez, President of the Dominican Republic, and HE Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Chairman of DP World, this weekend.
The expansion consists of an additional 300 metre deepwater berth, two new broad yield mobile cranes in addition to the existing five post-Panamax ship-to-shore gantry cranes.
Last year the terminal handled more than 1,300 cargo ships and exceeded 1m teu. This followed an increase of 23% in 2009 at which time the port was described as the fastest growing port in the region by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America.
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