Agency Details
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Agencia Nacional de Viagens, SA
Rua Serpa Pinto
Cx. Postal 58
Praia
Cape Verde
E-Mail: anavpraia@cvtelecom.cv

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Praia Port Information
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Praia is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde. It lies on the southern coast of Santiago island in the Sotavento group. It is the island's ferry port and is home to one of the nation’s three international airports. Praia is Cape Verde’s largest city, a commercial center, and a port that ships coffee, sugar cane, and tropical fruits. Praia also has a fishing industry and there are resort beaches nearby.

Praia Port
Located at LAT: 14 54 N / LON: 23 31 W on the island of Santiago, the Port of Praia is one of the principal ports in Cape Verde’s port network. The Port has two “L-shaped” mooring wharfs, totalling 690 meters in length with depths ranging from 5 to 9 meters and is designed and equipped to handle up to a million tons of cargo annually.

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Mindelo Port Information
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Mindelo city and main port of Cape Verde, in the Atlantic Ocean. It lies on the northwest shore of São Vicente Island, about 560 miles (900 km) off the west African coast. The city’s deepwater harbour on Porto Grande Bay is an important refueling point for transatlantic freighters. Mindelo port has been a submarine cable station since 1875. A new shipyard, financed by a loan from the European Investment Bank, was completed in the early 1980s.

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PSI Information
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• Pre-shipment inspection is not required for shipments into Cape Verde.
• The commercial invoice for the goods either in Portuguese or in English translated to Portuguese should accompany the shipment.
• Requirements for Customs clearance: commercial invoice, Bs/l and a Declaration of Importation (TCE) issued locally.
• Requirements for release of the cargo at the port: Customs clearance and original of Bs/L, dully stamped (with release permission) by ship’s agent.

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Transport News
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First MCC-Funded Road Reaches Completion - 09/06/09
The government of Cape Verde, together with the Millennium Challenge Corporation [MCC] have completed the Orgãos-Pedra Badejo road. Managed by MCA-Cape Verde the road lies in Santiago Island’s most agriculturally productive valley. The road is the first component under the 5-year US$110 million MCC compact with Cape Verde to reduce poverty and stimulate economic growth. MCA-Cape Verde will continue work on the Assomada-Rincão and Cruz Grande-Calhetona roads creating a more expansive transportation network for Cape Verde. The MCC compact with Cape Verde, signed in July 2005, supports the country’s national development goal of transforming its economy from aid-dependency to sustainable, private-sector led growth. The various projects under the compact are aimed at increasing agricultural productivity, improving road infrastructure and modernizing the Port of Praia. [USMCC Washington 09/06/09]

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Contacts and Links
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ENAPOR – Cape Verde Port Authority
Enaport do Porto de Praia
CP 87Santiago
Praia
Cape Verde Islands - CVI
Phone : +238 633341
Fax : +238 633899
Website: http://www.enapor.cv/portal/v10/PT/aspx/index.aspx

Camara de Comercio, Industria, Agricultura e Servicos de Barlavento
Rua da Luz 31
PO Box 728
MINDELO
Cape Verde
Phone: 238-328495
Fax: 238-328496
Email: camara.com@mail.cvtelecom.cv

Camara de Comercio, Industria e Servigos de Sotavento
Rua Andrade Corvo, Edificio Shopping Moeda, 2: And
Box 105
PRAIA-SANTIAGO
Cape Verde
Phone : 238-617234
Fax : 238-617235
Email : cciss@mail.cvtelecom.cv

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