The Port of Puerto Plata is located in San Felipe de Puerto Plata

San Felipe de Puerto Plata

San Felipe de Puerto Plata, often referred to as simply Puerto Plata, is the capital of the Dominican province Puerto Plata.The city is famous for resorts such as Playa Dorada and Costa Dorada, located east of San Felipe de Puerto Plata. There are a total of 100,000 hotel beds in the city.The only...

, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

. This is the main harbor in the north coast and it is currently used for cargo operations and several military movements. Although the government is planning to rebuild the old terminal for Commercial Passenger operations.

Overview

The Port of Puerto Plata is the third most important port in the country, it has two Terminals, one of them is currently been repaired by the government for tourism cruise operations, and its known as Muelle Viejo.
The other is currently operating and its called Muelle Nuevo

This harbor operates container cargo, general cargo, fuel and touristics cruise managements.

Port Information

• Location: Latitude 49’N 19º Longitude 42’W 70º
• Local time: GMT – 4
• Weather/Climate/Prevailing Winds: From May 15 until September 15.
• Climate: mostly sunny, tropical. Hurricane season runs from June to November
• Prevailing winds: direction ENE-ESE.
• Average temperature range: 28C-30C.