The new Government of Dominican Republic has designated Lic. Anibal Garc a Duverg as Executive Director of the Autoridad Portuaria Dominicana. Its main objective will be to inform the participants about the new technologies for the improvement in the handling of the trade and port cargo in the hemisphere. There is no registration fee but there are limited vacancies. Applications should be send to the CIP Secretariat no later that September 23, 2000.
Participants have to pay their own expenses as transportation, housing and food.
If you need further information, please contact this Secretariat. The Port of Sepetiba is located in the Bay of Sepetiba, in the region of Madeira, Itaguai County, west from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It takes an hour and half to get to this port from the city of Rio de Janeiro. The total area is 10.000.000 m . Its conditions of navigability, that include an access channel and depth of 18.7 mts., are ideal to operate the biggest and most modern ships all around the world.