Photos of Port at Port-au-Prince by Glenn Rix, Georgia Tech

There are two piers at the port. The north pier is where the crane is that many may have seen in photos. The wharf was completely destroyed by liquefaction-induced lateral spreading and is now submerged. At present, no effort is being made to restore operations at the north pier because of the extensive damage. The south pier was less heavily damaged with much of the damage concentrated in the batter piles. US Army divers assessed the condition of the piling supporting the pier and it was opened to allow one truck at a time to offload cargo. NAVFAC engineers are developing plans to repair that damage as quickly as possible to make the pier fully operational again. Unfortunately, one of the recent aftershocks caused more damage, and the pier was closed again on Tuesday evening and remained so through at least Wednesday when we visited.

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