Port of Tarrafal

Located on the island of São Nicolau, the port of Tarrafal is mainly intended for interisland traffic. Regularly receiving ships from several islands, this port constitutes an important factor of interconnection of the island of São Nicolau with the rest of the archipelago.

Physical characteristics of the Port

Built in 1991, the Port of Tarrafal has two piers, with 80 and 45 meters in length respectively, and depths varying between 3 and 5 meters. For the warehouse of goods, there is in the port a covered warehouse with an area of 450m2. The port is equipped with a roll-on / roll-off metal ramp..