# El Guamache (VE EGU)

**UN/LOCODE:** VE EGU  
**Country:** Venezuela  
**Water Body:** Caribbean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Open Roadstead  
**GPS:** 10.9000, -64.1000

Coded VEEGU, El Guamache sits at the southern tip of Margarita Island, Venezuela's Caribbean holiday island in Nueva Esparta state. The harbour is an open bay with a single general-cargo berth and handles roughly 570 vessel calls a year, mixing island supply runs with occasional cruise traffic. Container handling is limited: this is a supply port for the island's consumer goods, not a container gateway. Most passenger and ferry services to the mainland (Puerto La Cruz, Cumaná) run from the nearby Punta de Piedras terminal rather than from El Guamache itself. Hinterland reach is confined to the island's road network, with no rail connection. For containerised or high-volume cargo to Venezuela, the mainland ports of Puerto Cabello and La Guaira are the practical alternatives.

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