Port of Santo Domingo - Sans Souci Terminal

Sans Souci Terminal

The new Sans Souci terminal, is a state-of-the-art homeport terminal, combining the essential in design, flexibility in the spaces and illumination; respectful architectonic relation with the Colonial City. The terminal is able to handle nearly 3,800 passengers plus crew and able to accommodate today’s largest ships (eagle-class or equivalent).

The terminal has the following facilities: a ground level for baggage handling and disembarking; a 3,200-square-metre (34,000 sq ft) mezzanine level which accommodates immigration, duty free stores, internet center, information stand, bathrooms and other facilities as planned; allowing passengers a view to Sans Souci’s ground level, as well, a view to the river, sea, and Colonial City. The second floor is an open 1,200-square-metre (13,000 sq ft) area which is an ample footbridge that crosses all the structure, and houses the gangway for ship access (embarkation/disembarkation).

The terminal also offers other facilities, such as: ample areas for loading and unloading of baggage and containers, accessible parking lots for visitors and tour operator’s vehicles, a complete security system: CCTV, x-ray detectors and fire detection.

The Sans Souci Pier specifications are:

• Length of pier: 250 meters / 810 feet
• Height of pier AWL: 2.16 meters / 7 feet
• Apron width: 30 meters / 97.2 feet
• Fenders: foam-filled hanging fenders - 5 feet (1.5 m) diameter
• Distance between bollards: 5 meters / 16 feet
• Strength of bollards: 100 tons / 2 - 150 tons
• Depth of water at low tide: 9.7 meters / 31.4 feet
• Turning basin max length: 370 meters / 1200 feet
• Max LOA allowed: 360 meters / 1166 feet
• Availability of gangway: yes, team pax gangway to 3rd floor of terminal
• Distance from pier to city: 1 mile