Security Concerns: Ships Abandon Port, State to Enhance Protection of Port-au-Prince Bay

Shipping companies have not sent vessels to the Port of Port-au-Prince in recent days and are threatening to halt their operations due to deteriorating security in the bay, including the kidnapping of two sailors and gunfire directed at the APN facilities by armed gangs hiding in buildings. The Conille government has addressed the issue with the necessary urgency. Three 110-foot ships will soon be deployed to secure operations in the bay. The TPTC, PNH, and FAD’H have begun demolishing buildings used by gangs to shoot at the APN facili