# Cumana (Puerto Sucre) (VE CUM)

**UN/LOCODE:** VE CUM  
**Country:** Venezuela  
**Water Body:** Caribbean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Open Roadstead  
**GPS:** 10.4667, -64.1833

In a region built on sardine canneries, Cumaná (Puerto Sucre, VE CUM) is first and foremost a fishing port, set where the Manzanares river meets the Caribbean in the capital of Sucre State. The traffic mix reflects that vocation: fishing vessels account for roughly 36 percent of calls, cargo ships about 21.5 percent and passenger ships around 15 percent, the latter including ferry links towards Isla Margarita. A single finger pier berths two vessels at once, backed by four warehouses of some 3,000 square metres and about 7,000 square metres of open storage. On the cargo side the port mainly moves scrap steel, agricultural products and seafood; there is no dedicated container terminal. Road links open up the farming hinterland of Sucre State. For containers and international liner cargo, Puerto La Cruz (Guanta) or Puerto Cabello are the appropriate alternatives.

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