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El Bluff, Nicaragua

The El Bluff Seaport
 

Nicaragua was settled as a colony of Spain in the 1520s and gained its independence in 1821. Violent opposition to governmental manipulation and corruption spread to all classes by 1978. The result was a short lived civil war that brought the Marxist Sandinista guerrillas to power in 1979.

Nicaraguan aid to leftist rebels in El Salvador caused the US to sponsor anti-Sandinista contra guerrillas through much of the 1980s. Free elections in 1990, 1996, and again in 2001 saw the Sandinistas defeated. The country has slowly reconstructed its economy during the 1990s, but was hard hit by Hurricane Mitch in 1998.

The port has a large sand bar on the North side of the island. It is surrounded by very shallow water and not very sheltered from high winds on the Eastern side. Inside to the West you should expect calms seas and a slight breeze. The best anchorage area to use is before you enter the port just South of El Bluff to keep out of the paths of fishing vessels entering the narrow channel.

Due to the poor infrastructure and high operating expenses, most containerized sea cargos are shipped by highway to and from Puerto Limon (in Costa Rica) and Puerto Cortes (in Honduras). Nicaragua has six seaports and all are operated by the Government-run Port Authority (ENAP).

The Port Authority is improving Corinto’s facilities and hopes that the result will sharply increase the port’s competitiveness. Puerto Sandino, also located on the Pacific Coast, is primarily used for the import of unprocessed petroleum. The remaining Pacific port of San Juan del Sur has limited capacity and uses boats to load and unload cargo.

On the Atlantic Coast, Nicaragua have three seaports: El Bluff, El Rama and Puerto Cabezas. El Bluff and Puerto Cabezas are basically piers and handle limited cargo. El Rama is a roll on, roll off port. It is located on the Rama River, 40 miles from the coast.
 

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