Actions of unloading goods never before performed in the dock of Baracoa take place these days in that territory concerning the urgency of bringing various products to Guantanamo municipalities most affected by Matthew.
According to statements by José Antonio Olivares Diaz, CEO of the company Port Services of Oriente, the scale of operations demand a quick study by specialists from GeoCuba, who evaluated the depth at several sites in the bay of the First City and certified l the exact point where an emerging anchorage for current conditions.
With the help of a brigade of dockers from Santiago de Cuba, well versed in unloading operations, are decanted from an anchored vessel in the harbor to the pier, 2 000 800 tonnes (t) of cement at the rate of 600 tons per day, using two barges with a capacity of 250t each.
The complex task, more difficult by the waves of the last days, would have demanded much more time, if as is usual in loads of great proportions, the transfer had been made from Boqueron to the port of Baracoa.
The characteristics of the dock and port facilities of the Primacy of Cuba only make possible transactions with medium and small boats, not exceeding 4.5 meters deep.
Olivares Diaz also said that goods like tiles, food, electrical poles, and a crane, were transported by sea from Santiago de Cuba to Baracoa municipality in which also works a brigade of santiagueros port in the recovery of two warehouses destroyed by the impact of the hurricane.