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Ports · Cienfuegos
Port of Cienfuegos
Deep-bay multipurpose + petroleum/liquid bulk
🔴 Stateℹ️ Atlas — info only
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/catalytic cracker, so yields low-value fuel oil. A pipeline upgrade to the Carlos Manuel de Cespedes power plant, initially 3.3 km, was expanded past 4 km
Sector
Ports
Province
Cienfuegos
Coordinates
22.140, -80.450
Layer
Layer 2 · Atlas
Notes
Refinery historically Cuvenpetrol (Cuba-Venezuela JV).Controlling entity
State oil & gas monopoly: refineries, the Matanzas supertanker base, onshore oil JVs. Counterparty to confiscated-refinery Title III exposure (Exxon/Belot).
Sources: BNamericas