The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT), Maritime Administration (MARAD), was authorized to conduct port damage assessments in Honduras and Nicaragua ports damaged by Hurricane Mitch. Honduras and Nicaragua made the original request for technical assistance through the Organization of American States (OAS) in December 1998. Resolutions adopted at the XX Meeting of the Permanent Technical Committee on Ports of the OAS, held in December 1999 in Santiago de Cali, Columbia, authorized MARAD to organize a U.S. multi-agency team to be sent to Honduran and Nicaraguan ports to evaluate port damages. As provided in the OAS mandate, the Republic of Guatemala, in cooperation with MARAD, helped to coordinate this effort. The focus of the assessment is to develop a near-term and long-term port recovery and improvement action plan that will restore high productivity ports to fully operational status. This will help stimulate economic recovery of the affected Central American countries. The multi-agency team has conducted onsite investigations and interviewed appropriate government and private sector stakeholder groups (see stakeholder names in Attachment 1). Included in these groups are Crowley Maritime Transport, Maersk/Sea-Land Services, Chiquita Brands International, Inc., and Dole Food Company, Inc. The team evaluated port operations, and infrastructure. In addition, a comprehensive assessment of both waterside and landside infrastructure was conducted. This assessment included: Navigation channels; Anchorage areas; Turning basins; Berthing areas; Off-loading cargo areas; Marine terminals and warehouses; Port security and safety; Port access roads; Major upland road connectors; Environmental Protection.


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    Titel :

    Port Damage Assessment: Short-Term Action Report. Honduras: Assessment of Port Infrastructure Damage Caused by Hurricane MITCH, 1998


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2000


    Format / Umfang :

    64 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch