The Port is on the shores of the Caribbean Sea, 150 kilometres to the north of the mine and has the capacity for ships of up to 175.000 tons dead weight, 300 meters in length and 45 metres in width. Its navigation channel is 19 metres in depth, 225 metres in width and 4 kilometres in length.
The Port's main facilities are: a train unloading station, three stacker-reclaimers and a linear ship loader that carries the coal and unloads it in the ship's hold. Its present annual average loading rate is 5,900 tons per hour, peaking at a maximum of 9,000 tons. In the first quarter of 2008, the peak loading rate will be increased to 12,000 tons per hour.
The port also has a commodities pier where ships of up to 30,000 tons dock to deliver machinery, spare parts, fuel and other materials required for the mining operation.
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