Ports · Cienfuegos

Port of Cienfuegos

Deep-bay multipurpose + petroleum/liquid bulk

🔴 Stateℹ️ Atlas — info only🚫 OFAC SDN

Scale

~11-12m channel; 5 piers + 3 tanker buoys

Status

Best natural deep harbor. Refinery reactivated in 2026 processing Russian crude but lacks a vacuum tower and catalytic cracker, so it yields low-value fuel oil for distributed generation. The pipeline to the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes power plant was extended from 3.3 km to over 4 km.

Sector

Ports

Province

Cienfuegos

Coordinates

22.140, -80.450

Layer

Layer 2 · Atlas

Notes

Refinery historically Cuvenpetrol (Cuba-Venezuela JV).

Controlling entity

CUPET — Cuba Petróleo Unión🚫 SDN

State oil & gas monopoly: refineries, the Matanzas supertanker base, onshore oil JVs. Counterparty to confiscated-refinery Title III exposure (Exxon/Belot).

Sources: BNamericas

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