Port Chiapas

Coordinates: 14°41′49″N 92°24′40″W / 14.697°N 92.411°W / 14.697; -92.411
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Puerto Chiapas (Port Chiapas)
container, cruise
Size of harbour950 m × 350 m
(3,120 ft × 1,150 ft)[1]
Land area60,000 square metres (6.0 ha; 15 acres) container storage[2]
No. of berths625 metres (2,051 ft)[1]
Director GeneralAlfonso Perez[3]
Statistics
Annual revenue$1.5 million (2009)[3]
Website
www.puertochiapas.com.mx

The Port Chiapas (

Princess Cruise Line stop at Port Chiapas.[6][7]

Cruise information

There is little of interest to the cruise passenger in the immediate vicinity of the port. There is a craft market as one leaves the dock, but the nearest town, Tapachula, is a few miles inland.

pre-Columbian archaeological site with several carved Maya stelae and monuments.[9] Volcán Tacaná
dominates the port's eastern horizon and a number of ruins and biological reservations are accessible from it.

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See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Terminal de Carga" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-03-25.
  2. ^ "The Port of Chiapas receives the arrival of the Hapag Lloyd shipping line, as part of the scheduling stated on the containers trade route". 4 February 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
  3. ^ a b c d Chiapas improves port for economic development.
  4. ^ "Inicio". Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  5. ^ Transportation and Ports in Mexico Archived 2009-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Mexico Port Guide: Puerto Chiapas. cruisemates.com Archived 2009-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Luxury Cruise Vacations from Regent Seven Seas Cruises". Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  8. ^ Holland American Line, In Port: Puerto Chiapas (2011)
  9. ^ "Puerto Chiapas". Holland America Line.