# Guiria (VEGUI)

**UN/LOCODE:** VEGUI  
**Country:** Venezuela  
**Water Body:** Caribbean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Breakwater)  
**GPS:** 10.5667, -62.3000

Trawlers, coastal freighters and a pilot-boarding station set the rhythm at Güiria, a modest harbour on Venezuela's Gulf of Paria coast in Sucre State. Built originally as an oil terminal, it now works mainly as a fishing port, handling food, consumables and general or bulk cargo with quay cranes and forklifts. Container line services and large-scale customs clearance are not confirmed here. Hinterland reach depends entirely on road links into eastern Venezuela, with no rail connection. Shippers needing box services or sizeable import clearance route via Puerto Cabello, the country's busiest general-cargo port, or La Guaira, home to Venezuela's only dedicated container terminal. Naturally deep approaches keep calls straightforward but confine Güiria to a regional role.

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