Megaport In Manzanillo(pepillo Salcedo)

Forget it. It ain't gonna happen. I've heard about this project since I was a kid.

Texas,

I think that the only reason that the Manzanillo port was not developed previously was its distance from any population center or transportation hub and its proximity to Haiti. It is, by far, the best natural harbor in the country. Ask any sailor, Ozama, Haina and Puerta Plata are attrocious ports. That said, go with what Pib said and don't hold your breath on development right now.

I know some Dominican Yorks from Manzanillo. It sounds like a very pleasant traditional Dominican town. I'd like to check it out some day.

One thing for sure, and 2 for certain...this is an enjoyable port to ship out of at the moment. We love shipping from this port. No hassles, peaceful, good sized tarpon rolling around.....but there still has not been any release of funds for infrastructure development yet. Makes for good "development" conversation though..........

Best, Dave

Not a chance!!!

Just like PIB said...don't dream about it. It's all hoopla. I believe I posted something about this sometime ago.

There is something strange going on with this thing. Lots of violence has occurred with things related to the Manzanillo deal. For one, a senator who happens to have his office 7ft. under the sea limit at Cementerio Cristo Redentor was involved with this deal, and ended up with a ruptured femoral. He got stuffed with a few bullets at a party in Alma Rosa.

One of his killers ended up swallowing a butcher knife at La Victoria jail because he was talking too much, and a secretary who happened to be working at the wrong time while her boss, an engineer involved in the Manzanillo deal was not in the office, was almost burned to death match by match with a box of matches, beaten to a pulp when the mafiosi from that Manzanillo deal could not find the engineer. He was the target.

I observed the police investigating and while the poor chick was taken to the hospital from the engineer's office in Ensanche Piantini. For the rest of the next three months the engineers had more bodyguards than Trujillo protecting the 4th. floor office,
The bodyguards were real policemen working on duty for money.

Now what does that tell you about this deal?

TW

I cannot talk about the politics of the deal. However, with the new Zona Franca opening up in Juana Mendez in Haiti, the new one in Dajabon and the one in Montecristi, plus the one in Mao and Esperanza, I think that it would certainly get a lot of play.

But, I think that the government is afraid to let anyone here (in the DR) get in on this because of the riches to be made....unless they have a finger or two or three in the pie...

I don't know if I will see this happening unless DR private enterprise gets involved as with the Santiago airport....

HB